R.I.P. Mary McGee

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From the New York Times:

Mary McGee, Motorcycle Racing Pioneer, Is Dead at 87

According to the NYT article:
McGee died the day before ESPN released “Motorcycle Mary,” a 22-minute biographical documentary, on its YouTube channel. The movie chronicles McGee’s years as one of the few female racecar drivers and the sole woman in motorcycle racing.
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Her most remarkable achievement came in 1975, when she became the first person, man or woman, to complete the Baja 500 race solo.
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She ought to have been awarded a trophy for that feat but it went instead to a (male) racer in an automobile, who finished behind her.

I tip my helmet to her.
 
Sad to hear. She had more balls than most of her opponents.

To hear it from her first-person made it extra special.
 
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