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from Southern California to Northern
California and . . . they were a little
jealous! They said that wo me n had to
race 125s an d m y peo ple said, 'Mary's
the o nly o ne and she's more than
capable.' The guys in the north still said
no ... I sol d my bike and continued to
race cars."
eN: "How long did you stick with
sports cars?"
MM: " I raced cars up to 19 64. That
wa s the year my brother was kill ed
while racing a t Vacaville. I was ge tting a
fo rm ula car prepared at th e ti m e of his
death and, shortly before t he series I
was to drive too k place, I was inv olved
in an accident while on a b usiness trip '
back East. I real ly got busted lip. It
t ook me ne arl y a year t o get my body
back together . That plu s m y bro ther
getting killed and 1 just sort of fell out
of the wh ole scene for a while. We had a
bab y and I forgo t ab out racing for a
time. "
McGee : Ta ll " fella" in a Barbour suit.
Mary McGee:
An interview
with a lady
By Marty Gregory
Without looking at the name on
the Bell Star, the ordinary
spectator at a desert race migh t
think that Mary McGee is just
another "fella" out to tum the gas
on and get a trophy. Mary, at 5'
12" (as she says), cuts a lean
figure which doesn't look at all
out of place at a Hare 'N Hound. The
people in the pits at the Ram Bam 70
(held last Fallin Idaho) didn't pay
m uch attention to the tall "fella"
wearing the Barbour suit u n til the
helmet was pulled off.
"Hey, Mary! Helluva ride at Baja!
Didn't those flat shocks beat you to
death ?" The questions start pouring at
her from several directions.
With characteristic pa tience and the
smile that comes from loving your
work, Mary answers every question and
talks to the local race fans like she 's
known them all her life. From a
personality stan
