Queen of Speed
Tue, 08/12/2009 - 2:21pm — Liam
Cool.
In 1929 Hellé, driving an Omega-Six, won the Grand Prix Féminin at Montlhéry, becoming ‘the fastest woman in the world’ by lapping the steep-sided bowl at 198 kph. Her preparation for the race had been less than ideal: ‘A green-eyed boy, a friend of one of the costume makers at the casino, had stayed the night. A mixture of morphine, champagne and sex had left her wanting to crawl into a coal hole when she woke up.’
Intellectually, I support compulsory seatbelts, mandatory motorcycle helmets, drink driving laws, speed limits, automatic cameras, stringent engineering safety standards and compulsory third party insurance for all. But there’s something about the interwar motoring culture that’s just… awesome.
arleeshar wrote:
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dave (not verified) wrote:
Thus I guess, is born the term Helle on Wheels…
Would this tasty morsel of human achievement survive the puritanical risk reduction regime of law and order? Nay. Such troublemakers would be summarily sentenced to socialisation schools for deviant behaviour.
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