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Re: Louise Smith

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Subject: Re: Louise Smith
From: "Rick Brown" <Free2000@quixnet.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 14:23:51 -0700
Great story and pics.  Don't know about seat belts, but it looks like they
may have had cages in one of the pics, but then in one of the crashed ones
the top is flattened, and she is just standing next to it!


>See, when you sit in front of a computer all day, every now and then you
get
>an itchin' to see what's out on the Internet. As you might guess, right now
>I'm on this quest to find fierce women in racing, and whoa, I found this
>Living Legends of Auto Racing web site. I think it's all about NASCAR. They
>have a section devoted to women, listing a whole two. One of them is Linda
>Petty, wife of Richard. She'll be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of
Fame
>this year..
>
>The other one is Louise Smith, another inductee. This one's a really good
>story.
>
>http://www.lloar.com/drivers/_smithlouise.html
>
>By the way, but were not race car drivers back in the forties completely
>INSANE? Check out her helmet! Did they even have seatbelts back then? I
>don't think so.
>
>later,
>Katie
>
>Katie Kelly
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