In the testosterone-fueled world of drag racing, where burning rubber and roaring engines define the landscape, one woman shattered the glass ceiling, leaving a trail of broken records and blazing tracks in her wake.
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– 1958: Begins her drag racing career in the Super Stock class. – 1965: Achieves her first major victory in a match race against Don Garlits.
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– 1973: Becomes the first woman to earn a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) licence in Top Fuel. – 1976: Secures her first NHRA Top Fuel World Championship, making history as the first woman to win a major motorsports title.
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– 1980: Clinches her second NHRA Top Fuel World Championship. – 1981: Survives a near-fatal crash at the NHRA Southern Nationals
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– 1982: Earns her third NHRA Top Fuel World Championship. 1983: Her autobiographical movie, ‘Heart Like A Wheel’ hit the cinemas
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– 1986: Announced her retirement from full-time racing. – 2004: Returns to NHRA racing for a brief period at the age of 64.
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– 2011: Receives the prestigious NHRA Lifetime Achievement Award. – 2020: Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.