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The Fastest Woman on Wheels: The Life of Paula Murphy

by Erik Arneson
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781642341454
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Octane Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Octane Press
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  • Pages: 180
  • Original Price: GBP 15.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 273 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Motor Sports / Automobile Racing

A fearless pioneer and a versatile and gifted driver, Paula Murphy was the first woman to pilot a jet car to a Bonneville Salt Flats speed record, the first woman to make laps at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the first woman to secure an NHRA Funny Car license. Throw in driving a Pontiac Sunbird literally around the world, nearly dying at the helm of a rocket car, and scoring closed-course speed records at NASCAR's famed Talladega Superspeedway behind the wheel of cars driven by both Richard Petty and Fred Lorenzen, and you might be starting to scratch the surface of her incredible life.


Author Erik Arneson worked directly with Murphy and some of the biggest names in motor sports to dive deep into her story and relay to the world the impact this single mother from Ohio had on the world of racing. If you find the list of feats above impressive, add the Baja 1000, Mobil Economy Runs, Monaco, Union/Pure Oil Performance Trials, as well as high-speed stunts on horses, sailboats and a snowmobile and you're starting to get close. Jump in--The Fastest Woman on Wheels is one hell of a ride.


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With more than thirty years in the sports media business, Erik Arneson is an award-winning author, having published racing biographies such as Darrell Gwynn: At Full Throttle, John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing's 300-mph Superstar, and Mickey Thompson: Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend. His book on Thompson won a Bronze Medal at the International Automotive Media Awards (IAMA) in 2008, and Arneson was the NHRA Media Award winner in 1998 while writing for USA Today.

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