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Funeral Visitation of Donna Mae Mims Seated Behind the Steering Wheel of a '79 Corvette


Maybe I will be viewed at my desk and computer watching TV

BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. – Donna Mae Mims, the first woman to win a Sports Car Club of America national championship in 1963, has died. She was 82.

Mims died Tuesday of complications following a stroke, said Aaron Beinhauer, director of Beinhauer Family Services, which is handling the arrangements.

Per her wishes, Mims' body was seated behind the steering wheel of a 1979 pink Corvette for visitation hours at the funeral home in McMurray, Pa. and, as part of her funeral more than 60 Corvettes are expected to be in the procession.


Refered to as the "Pink Lady" in a non-Nixonian way, Mims was an employee of Yenko Chevrolet and started racing in the late 1950s. By 1963 she was the SCCA National Champion, 45 years before Danica Patrick was the first woman to win an Indy Race, and in 1968 she raced in the inaugaral Cannonball Run in a giant pink Cadillac limo.

Obituary at http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09282/1004146-122.stm
The obituary is a more interesting read than what I have here


Photo Credits: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Associated Press / New York Times file

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