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Erica Enders and Team Capture First Victory of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
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Valerie Thompson
Valerie Thompson races one of America’s fastest BMW S 1000 RR land speed motorcycles, Her racing career started in 2006 drag racing motorcycles on quarter-mile tracks throughout the US in the All Harley Drag Racing Association and NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle series. … Driven to go faster, she created her own land speed-racing team in 2012 and Valerie is now a 7-time motorcycle land speed record holder with a personal best top speed of 217.7 mph (350.53 KM/H) on a one-mile course.
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Kitty Hambleton
Kitty Hambleton( formerly O'Neil) is the fastest woman on Earth, as she holds the women's land speed record on a car : she reached up to 825.127 km/h, in December 6, 1976. Driving her rocket car SM1 Motivator in the Alvord Desert, she probably even (briefly) reached a speed of 965 km/h, yet, using only 60% power of her car engine. Actually, she could have surpassed the world record, if her contract did not stipulate that she was authorized to break the women's record ... but forbidden to break the men land speed record
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Florence Griffith-Joyner
Currently, Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraiser-Pryce is the reigning 100-meter dash champion at both the Olympics and the world championships. Given those titles, many consider her to be the fastest woman in the world.
Fraser-Pryce’s personal best time in the 100-meter dash was set in June 2012 in Kingston, Jamaica. She completed the race that day in a blistering 10.70 seconds. Given that time, however, Fraser-Pryce is not the fastest woman in history.
American Carmelita Jeter, who finished second to Fraser-Pryce at the London Olympics, has a personal best time of 10.64 seconds in the 100-meter dash. While extremely fast, Jeter is also not the fastest woman in history.
While extremely fast, Jeter is
also not the fastest woman in history. That title belongs to the
one and only Florence Griffith-Joyner. Known as
“Flo-Jo” by her many fans, Griffith-Joyner still holds the all-time
world record in the 100-meter dash at 10.49
seconds set in 1988.
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PENELOPE PITSTOP AND RACEGIRL MOTORSPORTS TEAM FOR MERCHANDISE GEARED TO
WOMEN WHO LOVE AUTO RACING
– Penelope Pitstop, the power-pink, ultra-feminine (but ever gutsy) heroine of Hanna-Barbera’s animated 1970’s series Wacky Races, will join NASCAR and NHRA powerhouse Racegirl Motorsports in an exclusive partnership catering to female racing fans. Penelope Pitstop: The Original Racegirl is projected to be a huge co-branding hit for Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Racegirl Motorsports, both on and off the racing circuit.
Penelope was deemed a perfect match for Racegirl’s expansion into licensed character merchandise. “Women and girls are into motor sports, and we continue to see the interest grow week-in and week-out trackside,” said Racegirl president Robert Chestnut. “Penelope Pitstop is the original racegirl, so bringing her to the track on great merchandise was a perfect fit.”
About 100 million race fans watch televised motor sports events annually, and 40 percent of those fans are women. In less than four race seasons, Racegirl Motorsports has become a fan favorite, with teams competing in NASCAR Nationwide Series and NHRA Powerade events. And trackside, the Racegirl trailer is one of the most frequented souvenir destination, its sales topping almost all other souvenir trailers. Penelope Pitstop was a natural character for the face of Racegirl.
Penelope first faced a checkered flag in Wacky Races, a series of outlandish cross-country road competitions in supercharged speedsters, usually outpacing the field of 11 daredevil drivers such as Dick Dastardly (and his wheezily sinister dog, Muttley), Peter Perfect, and the Slag Brothers. Her personality carried her into her own spin-off series The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, in which her greedy uncle Sylvester Sneakly (a.k.a. The Hooded Claw) relentlessly pursued the racing heiress. Both shows are now on best-selling DVD collections.
Racegirl was looking for a spokes-character for increased graphic appeal and extension of their merchandise lines, and they were well aware of the appeal of nostalgic cartoons characters who were not necessarily anchored to a particular show or era. With its loyal fan following and well-established lifestyle brand, Racegirl instantly “got” Penelope’s enormous potential for their lines. Penelope Pitstop—the Original Racegirl—was a co-branding coup. “Judging from the reaction we’ve received, the fans have completely taken Penelope as their own,” Chestnut says.
The new year brings a new, more “girly” Racegirl/Penelope Pitstop trailer to most of the year’s racing events from February to November. Two Penelope look-alike actresses have already been cast for appearances at the events, playing spokes-model for Racegirl promotion. Racegirl Motorsports has already expanded Penelope’s presence on its www.goracegirl.com website.
It is hoped that with Penelope pulling ahead of the licensed character pack for women race fans, she will chalk up a victory as a popular off-track retail phenomenon.