[RichardM]

The Feb. 27 issue of Autosport reported that Barbara Armstrong and Claire Mole of Great Britian are attempting to form "the first all-female line-up in the SCCA series (ProRally)". In my letter to the editor, I mentioned Gail Truess and Pam McGarvey and Jamie Thomas. I also warned them that I was posting here with the request that every one who can, send Autosport the names of the all woman teams that have competed in PRORally, ProRally and what ever else we have called this sport. The address is [email protected]
Richard Miller

 

[ProRallyPix]

Don't forget Janice Damitio and Amity Trowbridge and their great run at the ProRally PGT title a few years back.

Jim Culp
prorallypix.com

 

[Adrian Wintle]

>The Feb. 27 issue of Autosport reported that Barbara
>Armstrong and Claire Mole of Great Britian are attempting to
>form "the first all-female line-up in the SCCA series
>(ProRally)".

I also saw that, and passed it on to Lesley Suddard to let her respond...

Some of the recent all female teams:

Gail Truess and Pam McGarvey/Cindy Krolikowski/Pattie Hughes-Mayer
Lesley Suddard and Anne Thomas
Ilana Rosenshein and Jennifer Cote
...

(I'll let others add to the list)
Adrian

 

[robin]

>her respond...
>
>Some of the recent all female teams:
>
>Gail Truess and Pam McGarvey/Cindy Krolikowski/Pattie
>Hughes-Mayer
>Lesley Suddard and Anne Thomas
>Ilana Rosenshein and Jennifer Cote
>...
>
>(I'll let others add to the list)
>Adrian

Penny Zuk & __________? (she was a female)

Robin

 

[RichardM]

Please forward this information to Autosport. Over whelm them!

 

[BVG927]

I also hear that there is a (nudge nudge) all female team
that runs a VW Golf from Vermont also.

 

[jimmy]

And my ex and her sister, Kelly Brandt and Corky DuBois in a SAAB 96 with the windshield banner "TEAM #####", that Rally magazine would not publish (we can't put THAT in print).

press on,

 

[jimmy]

"TEAM #####", that
>Rally magazine would not publish (we can't put THAT in
>print).


Wow, you STILL can't get that past a net-nanny.
That is ######.

 

[RichardM]

> And my ex and her sister, Kelly Brandt and Corky DuBois in
>a SAAB 96 with the windshield banner "TEAM #####", that
>Rally magazine would not publish (we can't put THAT in
>print).
>
> press on,
>
I remembered the team name and car. Just could not remember their names. I mentioned them in the letter I sent to Autosport. Please forward the information. Thanks, Richard

 

[Ben]

>>The Feb. 27 issue of Autosport reported that Barbara
>>Armstrong and Claire Mole of Great Britian are attempting to
>>form "the first all-female line-up in the SCCA series
>>(ProRally)".
>
>I also saw that, and passed it on to Lesley Suddard to let
>her respond...
>
>Some of the recent all female teams:
>
>Gail Truess and Pam McGarvey/Cindy Krolikowski/Pattie
>Hughes-Mayer
>Lesley Suddard and Anne Thomas
>Ilana Rosenshein and Jennifer Cote
>...
>
>(I'll let others add to the list)

Kendall Russell and Diane Sargent.

BB

 

[KristenT]

Don't forget Kristen and Janice Tabor, Jamie Thomas and Tina Lengacher (for a few races, anyway!), Paula G. from SoCal, Amy Berbezano (she's pretty fast in that 2WD Eclipse!), Janice Damitio (her and Mom spent this last weekend saying, "hi Janice!" to each other)...

I'm sure there are more that we don't know about, running near the back of the pack with little recognition for stepping up to the plate in this mostly-men sport... I sent off my email to the mag, so hopefully they'll get the idea that these two women from abroad are not the first all-women team!

Kristen

 

[RichardM]

I
>sent off my email to the mag, so hopefully they'll get the
>idea that these two women from abroad are not the first
>all-women team!
>
> Kristen
Way to go Kristen. And just to add, Thursday is print day for Autosport so today is the last day to send them any thing. Given the several hour difference in time between here or where ever you are and London, send your message now.
Richard

 

[Wink Timber]

Let's join Mr. Peabody in the Wayback Machine....

1975 - Karen Fitzgerald and Pam Magnus entered several PRO Rallies in a VW Rabbit as part of F-Square Rally Team.

http://vintagerally.com/rallyemag/vwrabbits.htm

Also in the mid 1970s I knew a couple of women who ran TSDs in the Mpls/St. Paul area as Total Woman Auto Team (they picked the name, not me).

 

[KScheible]

I need to contribute! Gail McGuire who won the Production Championship with me in the Beelte has run numerous rallies as a driver and co-driver part of an all woman team. She has driven the One-Lap is a suedo Volvo all lady factory entry. She won the divisional driver's champioship in her truck and I believe that on a couple of occasions she had a female co-driver. Ben Bradley should interview her. She was third OA with Dick Zwitzer in the '73 (?) POR and has DRIVEN in the Shell 4000.

Trust me that lady has stories! I believe that she is also Chairing STPR.

Karl Scheible

 

[Morgan]

I talked with Claire Mole and she said this is news to her! They had been working on a deal to compete here, but the deal had fell through months ago

 

[GMT]

Thank you friends for your support of the female competitors in US Rally. I have been competing for 19 years and have had a female co-driver the majority of the time. See if you remember all these names that have been fearless enough to tell me where to go! Jean Lindamood, Charlotte Greene, Sue Kemper, Kerry Voll, Amity Trowbridge, Cindy Krolikowski, Pattie Mayer and Pam McGarvey. If I left someone out, it was not intentional, only dust on the brain. Perhaps this article was a backwards compliment. The most common question I am asked is how the guys respond to racing against a woman. My answer is always the same: "when I put my helemt on I become a driver and my car does not care what my gender is". Maybe they recognized us as competitors and not just women. I might be dreaming but the world of motorsports is always changing. I've had the opportunity to try a number of different types of racing but nothing compares to rallying! There is a number of Champ Car drivers that agree!

Gail Truess

 

[GMT]

I would like to say I just hit the "post message" button by accident, however.......... I thougt of 4 more women who have been my rally co-drivers: Sandy Gross, Diane Sargent, Mary Czyzio and Nancy Redner. There may be more, I'll keep you posted.

Gail

 

[Trevor Donison]

>I would like to say I just hit the "post message" button by
>accident, however.......... I thougt of 4 more women who
>have been my rally co-drivers: Sandy Gross, Diane Sargent,
>Mary Czyzio and Nancy Redner. There may be more, I'll keep
>you posted.
>
>Gail

Yep, you and your many co drivers showed us many times that "Girls Kick Butt"

 

[Eric_Anderson]

>Let's join Mr. Peabody in the Wayback Machine....
>
>1975 - Karen Fitzgerald and Pam Magnus entered several PRO
>Rallies in a VW Rabbit as part of F-Square Rally Team.
>
>http://vintagerally.com/rallyemag/vwrabbits.htm
>


There's a pix of Dick and Karen (you can just barely make her out in the car) at the fuel stop at the 1975 Sunriser. Suzy French was Karen's codriver on this event and I think that's her standing with her back to the camera at far right.

http://www.rallyalmanac.com/item.asp?recordid=vws&pagestyle=default

 

[Eric_Anderson]

>I need to contribute! Gail McGuire who won the Production
>Championship with me in the Beelte has run numerous rallies
>as a driver and co-driver part of an all woman team. She
>has driven the One-Lap is a suedo Volvo all lady factory
>entry. She won the divisional driver's champioship in her
>truck and I believe that on a couple of occasions she had a
>female co-driver. Ben Bradley should interview her. She was
>third OA with Dick Zwitzer in the '73 (?) POR and has DRIVEN
>in the Shell 4000.
>


I think that would be the 1972 POR. I think this is a pix of Dick and Gail on that event.

http://www.rallyalmanac.com/item.asp?recordid=por24&pagestyle=default