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- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 146 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 146
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 77 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 77
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- Calendar, "Honoring Women in Motorsports," 2006-2007 - The Lyn St. James Foundation created this calendar honoring women in racing. Featured racers included Janet Guthrie, first woman to start the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500; Shirley Muldowney, four-time NHRA Top Fuel champion; and Desire Wilson, only woman to win an F1 race of any kind. Proceeds from the calendar's sale supported the foundation's mission to advocate for women in motorsports.
- 2006-2007
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Calendar, "Honoring Women in Motorsports," 2006-2007
The Lyn St. James Foundation created this calendar honoring women in racing. Featured racers included Janet Guthrie, first woman to start the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500; Shirley Muldowney, four-time NHRA Top Fuel champion; and Desire Wilson, only woman to win an F1 race of any kind. Proceeds from the calendar's sale supported the foundation's mission to advocate for women in motorsports.
- Sanyo Team Autodyne T-Shirt, 1978 - Before she started her racing career, Lyn St. James co-founded Autodyne, an automotive parts wholesale business based in Dania (now Dania Beach), Florida. Electronics manufacturer Sanyo co-sponsored St. James's amateur sports car racing efforts in 1978. St. James turned pro the following year.
- 1978
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Sanyo Team Autodyne T-Shirt, 1978
Before she started her racing career, Lyn St. James co-founded Autodyne, an automotive parts wholesale business based in Dania (now Dania Beach), Florida. Electronics manufacturer Sanyo co-sponsored St. James's amateur sports car racing efforts in 1978. St. James turned pro the following year.
- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 126 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 126
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 60 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
- Collections - Artifact
Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 60
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- Katherine Stinson and Elfreida Mais on the Racetrack during the Tri-State Fair, Memphis, TN, October 1916 - Katherine Stinson was only the fourth American woman to receive a pilot's license when she earned hers, at age 21, in 1912. Stinson went on to achieve several more firsts: the first woman authorized to carry U.S. air mail, the first woman to fly a complete vertical loop, and the first woman to fly in Japan and China.
- October 01, 1916
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Katherine Stinson and Elfreida Mais on the Racetrack during the Tri-State Fair, Memphis, TN, October 1916
Katherine Stinson was only the fourth American woman to receive a pilot's license when she earned hers, at age 21, in 1912. Stinson went on to achieve several more firsts: the first woman authorized to carry U.S. air mail, the first woman to fly a complete vertical loop, and the first woman to fly in Japan and China.
- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 162 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 162
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- 38th Annual Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb, July 1960 - Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his own photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This image by Jack Brady Associates was taken during the 1960 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Joyce Thompson, pictured here, became the first woman to compete in the event that year. Thompson finished 13th in an Austin-Healey she called the "Termite."
- July 04, 1960
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38th Annual Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb, July 1960
Dave Friedman has captured and preserved auto racing history through his own photography and his collection of works by other photographers. This image by Jack Brady Associates was taken during the 1960 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Joyce Thompson, pictured here, became the first woman to compete in the event that year. Thompson finished 13th in an Austin-Healey she called the "Termite."
- Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 189 - Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.
- November 01, 2008
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Oral History Interview with Lyn St. James, 2008--Photographs--Digital Images--Item 189
Racing legend Lyn St. James established her Complete Driver Academy in 1994. The Academy provided a comprehensive education and training program for talented women race car drivers who aspired to attain the highest levels in motorsports. In 2008 staff from The Henry Ford traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, to interview St. James and documented the Academy's instructors, students, classrooms, and hands-on sessions.