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2014 Ferrari 458 Spyder. (Image source:
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Can Y'all imagine 'RASSCAR without Princess Danica?
Or Thy Leggy Juan' (Katherine Legge) co-driving that Bad Arse Michael Shank
Racing Acura NSX in IMSA Sports Car competition. And don't forget reigning IMSA
GTD Class Champion Christina Nielsen or Aussie V8 Supercars racer
"Symona-Symona. (Simona de Silvestro)
Really not even sure why this is a topic of
interest right now? Since after all, we're in the 21st Century, right? Other
than Y'all probably have heard the Buffoonish words of John McEnroe recently denigrating
female tennis players, and specifically Serena Williams, for which I won't even
bother repeating his stupidness, other than interesting how he's got a book out
right now...
As the ridiculousness of this subject matter
first caught my Attenzione when the Indianapolis Star's Motorsports Insider Jim
Aello wrote about Mann's plight.
As Indy Cars sole female racer at this year's
Indy 500 rightly pointed out the absurdity of a European entity trying to
establish a Females Only racing league, to which Pippa Mann promptly implored
it's regressive intentions of returning women to the 19th Century.
As it's sad to think that such notions exist,
making Y'all wonder just what was the point of Janet Guthrie
"Breaking The Glass Ceiling" at Indianapolis forty years ago? When she
became the first female to successfully race in the Indy 500.
Not to mention what has Lyn St James devoted
much of her life to? Besides being the male dominated Open Wheel Racing Sport's
second female racer at Mother Speedway, along with her Women In Racing initiative.
As you can read Pippa Mann's original Blog Post in its
entirety on her Official website regarding the matter of Hand Maids Racing
Series by clicking Here
Yet with summer having arrived early in
Seattle, along with being Uber busy, I really haven't thought about it further,
until listening to a recent episode of Speed Freaks, who featured Chanterria McGilbra
, the Founder & CEO of Prancing Ponies',
which was a most invigorating Chinwag' about La Femmes trying to empower young
females to succeed in life.
As Prancing Ponies Foundation seeks to offer
young women having graduated High School scholarship opportunities to live
abroad during summer before they enter college, to expose them to International
travel and world culture. As currently four scholarship winners are living in
France.
Chanterria mentioned how Prancing Ponies was
the first organization to host an all female Ferrari Rally in 2016, with this
year's Rally taking place on August 4th from Milan to Monaco.
Along with being the first ever to host a
women's Car Show at Pebble Beach this August during the Monterey Historics; Err
Motorsports Reunion weekend.
As the Car Show will Kick off the Pebble
Beach Concours de Elegance weekend on August 16th from 1-5PM in Carmel, CA.
As you can get an
idea of what Chanterria hopes to do with her Prancing Ponies Foundation, how it
got started, and how she acquired her Scuderia Ferrari 458 Spyder! By checking
out the story below...
And if you're in
Carmel in mid August, and lucky enough to find yourself able to visit Pebble
Beach, then check out the Car Show! Or Y'all can visit their website at: Prancing Ponies
