Shirley Shahan

Shirley Shahan
Retired1972
Super Stock
Years active1950s to 1972
Awards
1997International Motorsports Hall of Fame

Shirley Shahan (nicknamed the "Drag-On Lady") is a pioneering American woman drag racer.[1]

Shahan in 1965 became the first woman to win an NHRA pro event.[2] Her husband, H. L., prepared the cars she drove.[2]

She became a member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and the Drag Racing Hall of Fame in 1997.

  1. ^ Taylor, Thom. "Roddin' @Random: Take 5 [sic] with Shirley Shahan" in Hot Rod, April 2017, pp.16-17.
  2. ^ a b Taylor, p.16.