Another 1963 Racing Story Where Women Are Nowhere to Be Found

February 9, 2025

• This 1963 Dodger Stadium road race article showcases the era’s complete exclusion of women from professional motorsports, featuring only male drivers like Dave MacDonald in what was supposedly the Shelby Cobra 289’s first competitive victory.
• The Reddit discussion focuses entirely on car specifications and male driver achievements, perfectly illustrating how motorsports history has been written – as if women simply didn’t exist in racing during this pivotal period of American sports car development.
• While we celebrate the technical achievements of the Cobra program, this coverage reminds us how far we’ve come from an era when racing was treated as an exclusively male domain, with no mention of the pioneering women who were fighting for track access during this same time period.

1960s racing, dodger stadium, shelby cobra, sports car racing