Shirley Shahan posing with 1967 Dodge Coronet drag racing car
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Description
View of driver Shirley Shahan posing with 1967 Dodge Coronet drag racing automobile. Painted on side of car: "Wynn's Drag-On-Lady, Dodge." Typed on back: "Wynn Oil Company sponsors Drag-On-Lady, Shirley Shahan. Wynn Oil Company of Azusa, California, announced that Shirley Shahan, the Drag-On-Lady, is the latest addition to the company's growing racing team. David L. Blackmer, Wynn's manager of racing, announed the sponsorship following Shirley's debut of her new 1967 Dodge Coronet at the Carlsbad Raceway last week. Shirley will now be known as the 'Wynn's Drag-On-Lady' and will travel throughout the United States appearing at various drag strips, and making personal appearances on behalf of Wynn Oil Company and its distributors."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na020104
- Subject:
- Dragsters
- Dodge Coronet automobile
- Women drag racers
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8.25 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Biography--Shahan, Shirley
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.