LETTERS

REFERRING TO YOUR EDITORIAL ON WOMEN IN RACING [FROM THE EDITOR, JULY], if you want to see accomplished female racers in action, come to Santa Pod when the FIA European Drag Racing Championship returns – next year now.

For the record, the reigning (four-time) FIA European Top Fuel champion is a woman: Anita Mäkelä of Finland. The current European record holder for elapsed time is a woman: Maja Udtian of Norway (3.806sec). The current European recordholder for terminal speed is a woman: Jndia Erbacher of Switzerland (318.96mph).

It’s an old story, but we bang on year in, year out about international female drag racing successes over the decades, to little effect. One’s outlook no doubt depends on whether one considers the racing of motor vehicles over short distances in straight lines to constitute ‘real’ motor racing. Some don’t, we know full well – but by that same token Usain Bolt presumably was not a ‘real’ runner.

ROBIN JACKSON, SANTA POD RACEWAY

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