{"id":494278,"date":"2015-02-01T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:24:22","slug":"mary-davis-1928-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mary-davis-1928-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Davis (1928\u20132014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_664904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-664904\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-664904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Drake (left) campaigned Astons for wealthy-sportsman Joe Lubin (right) during the late fifties on the West Coast. Drake\u00d5s wife at the time, Mary Davis (center) usually won the ladies\u00d5 races in the same car. Photo: Art Evans \" width=\"1080\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1-100x80.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1-770x613.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/maryDavis-1-293x233.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-664904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Drake (left) campaigned Astons for wealthy-sportsman Joe Lubin (right) during the late fifties on the West Coast. Drake\u00d5s wife at the time, Mary Davis (center) usually won the ladies\u00d5 races in the same car. Photo: Art Evans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of America\u2019s earliest female racing drivers has passed away at the age of 86 from heart failure. Mary Davis raced during the 1950s, the sport\u2019s formative years in America, and the long blond hair streaming out the back of her helmet quickly became her trademark. She drove a variety of Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz and Triumph racecars, winning a number of ladies races as well as the 1957 Mobilgas Economy Run.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from being a pioneer for women in racing, she also broke new ground in her business career, which was at least as noteworthy as her racing. In 1957 she opened a restaurant called The Grand Prix on Beverly Boulevard in L.A., which quickly became the watering hole of choice for most of the Southern California racing community. That was just the beginning for her, though, as she jumped into the development of the harbor in Redondo Beach with both feet, building the fabled Portofino Inn that would itself gain fame as the western terminus of Brock Yates\u2019 famed Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. She would eventually serve as president of the Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was a longtime advocate for women\u2019s rights, encouraging young girls to pursue their dreams and build careers for themselves. To all her many friends in and out of the sport, Vintage Racecar extends its sincerest condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of America\u2019s earliest female racing drivers has passed away at the age of 86 from heart failure. Mary Davis raced during the 1950s, the sport\u2019s formative years in America, and the long blond hair streaming out the back of her helmet quickly became her trademark. 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