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Deborah Gregg
Deborah Gregg raced sportscars in the States in the 1980s, and ran Brumos Motorsport after the premature death of her husband, Peter Gregg, in 1980. The Greggs first met at a party, and initially...
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Cheryl Glass
Cheryl Glass is most famous for being the only African-American woman ever to race sprintcars professionally, and to race in Indy Lights.She was born in December 1961 in California, and moved to...
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Catie Munnings
Catie Munnings won the European Ladies’ Rally Championship in 2016, aged eighteen and in only her second season of rallying. She started in 2015, driving a Peugeot 106 in British club rallies, with her...
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Rebecca Jackson
Rebecca Jackson is best known for racing Porsches in the UK, and for her “Project Le Mans” plan. She grew up around motor racing, having been introduced to the sport as a baby by her dad. However, she...
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The Fast Girl Trophy
Sally Stokes in her MiniBrands Hatch, 19th May 1963Joey Freeman (Aston Martin Spa Special)Michaelle Burns-Grieg (Austin Mini)Wendy Hamblin (Lotus 7) - fastest lapSally Minter (Austin A40)Sally Stokes...
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Bonnie Henn
Bonnie, centre, with Janet Guthrie and Lyn St JamesBonnie Henn raced Ferraris and Porsches in IMSA between 1979 and 1985, usually as part of her father, Preston Henn's, team. She and Preston were...
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Marika Diana
Marika in 2011Marika Diana is an Italian driver who is most famous for winning the 2005 Italian Formula Ford Challenge.Her 2005 victory was only her second season of car racing, and her second in...
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Chantal van der Sluis
Chantal van der Sluis raced in the early and mid 1990s, in the Netherlands. She was a race-winner in one-make series and a popular figure at the time.She was introduced to karting at the age of...
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Gillian Fortescue-Thomas (Goldsmith)
Gillian Fortescue-Thomas (Goldsmith) was active in sports and touring car races in the UK and Europe between 1970 and 1975, then later in historic motorsport. She rose to prominence in 1971, when she...
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Ladies, Start Your Engines!
June 11th marks 120 years since a woman first raced a motor vehicle in an official event.Léa Lemoine won the Championnat des Chauffeuses at Longchamp racecourse, from seven other women. All of them...
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The Fast Girls Consul GT Challenge
Gillian Fortescue-Thomas1. Gillian Fortescue-Thomas2. Jenny Birrell3. Micki Vandervell4. Rosemary Smith5. Yvette Fontaine6. Gabriel Konig7. Susan Tucker-Peake8. Margaret Blankstone9. Carolyn...
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Muriel Thompson
Muriel in her FANY uniformMuriel Thompson was Brooklands’ first female winner in 1908, when she won the Ladies’ Bracelet Handicap and the Match Race that followed it, defeating Christabel Ellis. She...
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Pat Coundley
Pat Coundley raced sports and touring cars in the 1960s, in the UK. She was always quite sporty and her first love was horses, in common with several other speedqueens, such as Pat Moss and her...
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Laleh Seddigh
Laleh Seddigh is Iran’s top woman driver. She has won several races against men, as well as her country’s Ladies’ Championship. Laleh was born in 1977. Her family was wealthy; her father owned several...
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Vivien Keszthelyi
Vivien Keszthelyi is a Hungarian driver who had her first senior races in 2014, aged only thirteen. She was competing in the Suzuki Swift Cup in Central and Eastern Europe. Her best result was second,...
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Valérie Chiasson
Valérie Chiasson is a Canadian driver who is now based in Luxembourg and racing in Europe.She began racing in 2007, after five years of karting from age thirteen to eighteen. Her family background is...
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Speedqueens at War
This weekend’s commemorations of the Battle of Passchendaele have inspired me to write something slightly different for Speedqueens. Women served in and alongside the military in many ways during the...
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Sue Hughes
Sue with her Radical SR3Sue Hughes, also known as Sue Hughes-Collins, is a longstanding figure in Australian motorsport. She has experience in most disciplines, but is most known for saloon racing.She...
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Osmunde Dolischka
Osmunde Dolischka rose through the European single-seater ranks during the 1990s, after winning a regional karting title in 1994. She was one of a small group of women who came within touching distance...
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Sue Ransom
Sue with Lella LombardiSue Ransom mainly raced saloons in Australia, in the 1970s and 1980s. She drove a variety of cars and entered the Bathurst 1000 five times between 1973 and 1980. Her earliest big...
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