volume VI, number 3--march 2001

Lorraine Clark
British MGOC Driver

Lorraine, 36, comes from London and has been racing for just 5 years. This year she gained awards for 4th in the MGOC Class A, and top lady racing driver of BWRDC (British Women’s Racing Drivers Club). These awards and her unending determination drive her forward, with ambitions for a first win this year....

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Reflections on a Tragedy
by Karen Salvaggio

For more than 18 years now, I have started each racing season with the watching of the Daytona 500. This event, arguably the greatest race on the NASCAR circuit, carries with it a prestige and an aura that is seemingly unmatched at other NASCAR venues. Having prepared all winter long for the season opener, race teams come to Florida in February to establish early dominance and set the tone for the racing year. Thousands of fans also make what has become an almost "pilgrimage" to the track at Daytona to watch and support their beloved drivers....

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About That Tirade on Women Drivers
by Susan Douglas

Like everything else on this planet, there are advantages and disadvantages for men and women involved in motorsports, and--little surprise here--the advantages and disadvantages are different for men than they are for women.

The existence of these differences is something I've lived with all of my adult life, and something I had to get over a while back. So it was a truly unpleasant surprise for me to read Karl Fredrickson's opinion piece, "Women Drivers" in the January 2001 issue of Speedway Illustrated....

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Editor's Notebook
Seduction and Immortality
by T.W. Theodore

If you just look, is it cheating? I’ve been intrigued and fascinated by some of the most seductive road courses in the world: the sensual curves of Watkins Glen; the country charm of Mid-Ohio; the aloofness of Laguna Seca; the grand elegance of Le Mans, and the coarse beauty of Sears Point, to name a few. I admit that I have sampled their wares and have not regretted a moment of my time spent with them....

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