Lucy O'Reilly Schell - Wikipedia
Lucy O'Reilly Schell (26 October 1896 – 8 June 1952) was an American racing driver, team owner, and businesswoman. Her racing endeavours focused mainly on Grand Prix and rallying. She was the first American woman to compete in an international Grand Prix race [1] and the first woman to establish her own Grand Prix team. [2]
Lucy Schell: The Pioneering Rally Driver Who Beat the Nazis
2020年5月31日 · In 1938, Lucy Schell, driver René Dreyfus, and Delahaye took on Hitler's Silver Arrows, and won. This story is based on the book Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a Legendary...
How a woman and a Jewish racing driver beat Hitler in 1938
2020年8月28日 · Though not as well known today as some other female automotive pioneers like Alice Ramsey, Dorothy Levitt, and Hellé Nice, Lucy was one of the best female drivers of her era. More impressively, she remains the only woman to own a winning Grand Prix racing team. Lucy and Laury Schell with their Delahaye 138 at the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally Wikipedia
Lucy Schell — Wikipédia
Lucy O'Reilly Schell, née le 26 octobre 1896 et décédée le 8 juin 1952 à 55 ans, était une femme pilote automobile irlando - américaine, essentiellement en courses automobiles de Grands Prix et de rallyes.
Faster: How a Jewish Driver, an American Heiress, and a …
2020年3月17日 · And Lucy Schell, the adventurous daughter of an American multi-millionaire, yearned to reclaim the glory of her rally-driving days. As Nazi Germany launched its campaign of racial terror and pushed the world toward war, these three misfits banded together to challenge Hitler’s dominance at the apex of motorsport: the Grand Prix.
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Lucy O'Reilly Schell | First Super Speedway
The chauffeur lost control, the car slammed into a tree head-on and Laury Schell was killed instantly near Pont-sur-Yonne. Lucy sustained serious injuries. She was unable to go to Indianapolis for the race but nineteen-year-old Harry Schell, drivers Dreyfus and LeBègue, and chief mechanic Luigi Chinetti made the trip to Indianapolis.
On the Road with the Heiress Who Dominated Early Motorsports
2020年3月20日 · A distinguished correspondent who had covered insurrections in Ireland and North Africa, Marsillac, for his next assignment, would accompany American heiress and rally driver Lucy O’Reilly Schell on her next adventure. Trench coat draped over his arm, he surveyed the lunchtime crowd.
The Jewish Racing Driver Who Beat the Nazis - Neal Bascomb - Road & Track
2020年3月17日 · A woman named Lucy Schell decided that something had to be done—so she launched her own racing team. A dazzlingly fine driver in her own right, Lucy had cash to spend, reasons of her own to...
How Lucy O'Reilly Schell Used Motorsport To Fight Fascism - Jalopnik
2021年12月13日 · Laury was killed. Lucy was seriously injured. But to ease her pain, she renamed her team Écurie Lucy O'Reilly Schell and intended to contest another season of Grand Prix racing. It wasn't...
Lucy Schell and Rene Dreyfus - Hannah Howe
The fight against fascism has taken many different forms including victory on the racetrack thanks to Lucy O’Reilly Schell, 26 October 1896 – 8 June 1952 and René Dreyfus, 6 May 1905 – 16 August 1993. Lucy O’Reilly was born in Paris of an American father and a French mother.