Sunday, October 11, 2009

2009 RallyCross National Championships Begin

DENVER, Colo. (Oct. 10, 2009) - The 2009 RallyCross championships got underway today with sub 30 degree temperatures, snow flurries, wind and ice. Still, the field of sixty nine rallycrossers broke into four groups and took to their respective courses to battle each other for the title of National Champion.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Mims, First Female National Champ, Dies at 82

Donna Mae Mims, SCCA's first-ever female National Champion died Tuesday from complications from a series of strokes. She was 82.

Known as the Pink Lady of sports car racing because most of her cars were painted pink, Ms. Mims, whose maiden name was Warnock, graduated from Dormont High School in 1945. She first became interested in race cars when she and her husband, Mike, came upon an unusual-looking two-seater at a car dealership on West Liberty Avenue in the 1950s.

For the full story courtesy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, click here.

Image: Donna Mae Mims, with Olivia Moore, whose father now owns Mims' famous pink Austin-Healey Sprite. Image courtesy of Jeff Moore.