First Woman to...

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Menstuff is providing an incomplete list of "Firsts" women have accomplished when racing against men:

• Aitken-Walker, Louise - 1979 - first woman to win a national championship round in Britian.
• Aldred, Anna Lee - the first woman in the United States to receive a professional jockey’s license.
• Beckers, Christine - NASCAR - First time since 1949 that three women competed in a race together: Janet Guthrie, Lella Lombardi, and Christine Beckers
• Christian, Sara - First women to compete in NASCAR It was at Charlotte.
• Cuneo, Joan Newton - first female driver in the first Glidden Tour, won several races between 1905-1908, won a national amateur championship- 1909, broke speed records at the Marti Gras races - stopped racing in 1909 when women were banned from AAA events.
• de Balanza, Julia - first woman to race Formula One since introduction in 1950 of the Drivers Championship
• Duno, Milka - The first Latin American women driver ever to be classified "expert" First woman to win overall a major international sports car race outright in North America in 24 years when she triumphed in the second round of the 2004 Grand American (GrandAm) Sportscar Series at Homestead on 28 February 2004.First woman to twice win overall a major sports car race in North America. First woman to drive the fastest cars in the Rolex Series - the Daytona Prototype. First woman to win the prestigious Petit Le Mans. First woman with two class wins at Petit Le Mans. First woman to score points in the most important single seat racing series in Europe aside from Formula One - the Open Telefonica World Series. The first Latina to be featured in the advertising launch of the new Pontiac G6. First woman in history to score points in this prestigious Europe’s World Series Light by Nissan Championship series. First woman to win a Ferrari Challenge race in the USA. The first woman in the United States and second in the world to ever win the Ferrari Challenge race at Road Atlanta
• Enders, Erica - the first woman to qualify first in the pro stocks.
• Filippis, Maria Teresa De - The first women to compete in the modern Grand Prix era.
• Fisher, Sarah - a second-place finish at the IRL's inaugural race at Homestead Miami Speedway in 2001 is the best result ever by a woman in Indy-style racing. 2002 Sarah became the fastest woman qualifier ever for the Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average speed of 229-plus miles per hour. A few months later, Sarah became the first woman to ever qualify fastest for a major North American open-wheel event capturing the pole and setting a new track record at Kentucky Speedway. First woman to drive the fastest cars in the American Le Mans Series - LMP 900
• Guthrie, Janet The first women to qualify for a major American automobile race, the World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In 1976, the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Winston Cup superspeedway stock car race On May 7, 1977, Guthrie was the first woman to race in the Indy 500, she also set an Indianapolis 500 qualifying lap-speed record. She was also the first woman to qualify for the Daytona 500 finishing 12 in 1977.
• Halliday, Liz - the first women to race the Aston Martin DBR9 in International sportscar competition and the first women to ever win a round of the British GT Championship – Spa, 2003.
• Heath, Kate - 1st Louise Aitken-Walker Trophy
• Holl, Diane - The first woman to be chief engineer of a race winner in modern Indy-car history.
• Howell, Mrs. John -1899 - first woman to obtain a driver’s licence
• King, Anitam - first woman race driver on West Coast - daring behind the wheel and quit after a near death accident (silent film actress) - first person to complete a transcontinental journey, alone.
• Kirk, Tammy Jo - first female NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Driver in 1991 - first woman to win two Busch Pole Awards in the series in 1996 - first female driver to compete in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in 1997
• Kleinschmidt, Jutta - first woman to win the Paris-Dakar Rally 2001.
• Labrousse, Mme - first woman to entered the Paris-Spa race. She finished 5th
• Legge, Kathrine - 2000 - the first female driver to win a pole British Formula Ford Zetec Championship. 2002 - the first female to receive the prestigious British Racing Drivers Club (BRDC) Rising Star Award. 2005 - the first female driver to win a major U.S. open-wheel event when she scored victory in her very first Atlantic Seires event, coming from seventh on the grid to win in Long Beach. First female driver to win a major open-wheel race in United States. 2006 - First female driver to run full-time in Champ Car World Series
• Linz, Mrs. F.J. - organized the first women’s motor club
• Lombardi, Lella - Spanish GP, first women to post a top six placing (6th), 1975. The only woman (so far) to earn even half a point in a World Formula One Driver's Championship Race. (The race was shortened because of numerous on track accidents.)
• Mann, Pippa - The first British female to have won an international kart race (2003). The first female to race in the World Series by Renault 3.5 Championship.
• Mims, Donna Mae - First woman to win a national championship - 1963
• Mitchell, Lynn - the first woman to win a feature event on her home track, an asphalt circle-track in Ohio. (It has been open since the late 1930's).
• Moise, Patty. One of only two women to have run a full schedule in the NASCAR Busch series (in the 1990's) the other being Shawna Robinson. The first woman to lead a NASCAR Busch Series race (at Road Atlanta in 1987) and the first woman to win a Bud Pole at a superspeedway (at Talladega in 1988). In addition, Moise holds the record for the highest finish by a woman in a NASCAR Busch Series race, with a seventh-place at Talldega in 1995.  The first woman to lead a NASCAR Busch Series race (at Road Atlanta in 1987) and the first woman to win a Bud Pole at a superspeedway (at Talladega in 1988). In addition, Moise holds the record for the highest finish by a woman in a NASCAR Busch Series race, with a seventh-place at Talldega in 1995.
• Mouton, Michele - France. First woman to win a round of the rally World Championship, won at San Remo Rally in 1981- win the rallies of Portugal, Brazil and Acropolis and finish second overall in Rally World Championships with co-driver Fabrizia Pons 1982 - first woman to win the Race of Pike’s Peak (1985) Ran in the 1975 Le Mans
• Muldowney, Shirley. The first woman licensed by the National Hot Rod Association. She was the first driver, male or female, to repeat as NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Winston World Champion and the first driver to win the Championship three times: 1977, 1980, and 1982.
• Patrick, Danica - the first full-time female driver in the history of the Toyota Atlantic Series. The first women in history to win a pole position in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. The first woman to lead the Indy 500.
• Poensgen, Katja Katja Poensgen, 21, of Germany, became the first woman to win an international motorcycle racing title. She topped all in the Supermono Cup series on a Suzuki 750 at Brands Hatch, UK, Aug. 2nd, 1998. German VW Polo Cup-#30
• Saint-James, Lyn the first woman to win a professional road race driving solo and is the first woman to drive faster than 200 mph on an oval track.
• Sampey, Angelle - a three-time champion, has won more races than any other woman in NHRA history.
• Sampey, Angelle - Angelle set a national motorcycle speed record by negotiating the quarter mile at Reading, Pa., in 7.373 seconds, the fastest pass ever by an NHRA pro stock motorcycle by either a man or woman to earn her first NHRA victory. A three-time champion who has won more races than any other woman in NHRA history
• Skelton-Frankman, Betty - first woman in Covette Hall of fame
• Troxel, Melanie - First NHRA Top Fuel driver, male or female, to reach the final round in the first five events of a season. First female to be named a quarterly winner of the prestigious ESPY Driver of the Year award. Became quickest and fastest female in NHRA history at Pomona 2 in 2005.
• Vaters, Pamela Driver of Boogie Van monster truck. Pamela is the first and only female monster truck driver to qualify for the Penda Point Series.
• Whitaker, Amanda Jane, l first female to win a British National Single Seater Championship by winning the Monoposto Championship (1996) Euro Historic F2-Chevon B.34 FA
• Willard, Jessica is the ORIGINAL Queen of Diamonds. She drove Al Hanna's Queen of Diamonds jet dragster when he first debuted it.