"(Reuters) - IndyCar is the land of opportunity for the world's top women race car drivers who will try to turn Sunday's 100th Indianapolis 500 into Ladies Day at the famed Brickyard.
"While women drivers rarely compete at European racetracks, they are a regular fixture on North America's top open wheel circuit battling wheel-to-wheel against the men."
"There is still some of that back in Europe (gender discrimination) and that is why we tend to come over here. It is so great to be treated just as another professional, another racing car driver." - Pippa Mann, first British women to compete in the Indianapolis 500.
BTW: Reuters mistakenly labels this Sunday's Indianapolis 500 as the "100th"...though this race marks the 100th anniversary of the 500 (the first 500 was raced in 1911), it is, in fact, the 95th running at The Greatest Race Course in the World because the 500 wasn't held during 1917, 1918, 1942-1945 because of the wars.
IndyCar land of opportunity for women racers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-motor-racing-indy-women-idUSTRE74Q73V20110527
"While women drivers rarely compete at European racetracks, they are a regular fixture on North America's top open wheel circuit battling wheel-to-wheel against the men."
"There is still some of that back in Europe (gender discrimination) and that is why we tend to come over here. It is so great to be treated just as another professional, another racing car driver." - Pippa Mann, first British women to compete in the Indianapolis 500.
BTW: Reuters mistakenly labels this Sunday's Indianapolis 500 as the "100th"...though this race marks the 100th anniversary of the 500 (the first 500 was raced in 1911), it is, in fact, the 95th running at The Greatest Race Course in the World because the 500 wasn't held during 1917, 1918, 1942-1945 because of the wars.
IndyCar land of opportunity for women racers
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/27/us-motor-racing-indy-women-idUSTRE74Q73V20110527
