An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first woman to race a Grand Prix car on American soil.<\/p>\n
McLaughlin, who has raced professionally for nearly 30 years, became what is believed to be the first woman to race a Formula One car in an organized Grand Prix event, when she raced a March 721 at this year\u2019s Monterey Historic Automobile races. According to McLaughlin, \u201cWe were surprised to learn that no other woman had raced an F1 car in the states before. I\u2019m proud to be the first and hope it encourages others to do the same.\u201d For more on the career of McLaughlin, see this month\u2019s interview on page 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An unusual bridge in American racing history was crossed this past August when British racer Lorina McLaughlin became the first woman to race a Grand Prix car on American soil. McLaughlin, who has raced professionally for nearly 30 years, became what is believed to be the first woman to race a Formula One car in an organized Grand Prix event, when she raced a March 721 at this year\u2019s Monterey Historic Automobile races. According to McLaughlin, \u201cWe were surprised to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":700220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[19350,548,18435,12036,18105,18151],"class_list":["post-460034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-formula-one","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-lorina-mclaughlin","tag-people-news","tag-racing-news"],"yoast_head":"\n