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How Trailblazer Lyn St. James Conquered Sexism in Her Racing Career
St. James, 74, is still knocking down walls and empowering others to follow their racing dreams.
By Bradley Brownell
Lyn St. James has had the kind of career most racers would be jealous of.
In a decades-long path, she raced at every major endurance sports-car event in the world, qualified for the Indianapolis 500 seven times, and set some impressive speed records. She didn’t come from a racing family or start karting as a toddler. She just had the sheer force of will and determination to push herself into a sport largely devoid of women.