Burt, Patsy

Great Britains most succsessful female racing driver?

42 Outright wins and 24 Times runner up
151 Ladies awards and 13 Course Records
46 Ladies Records and 12 Continental Ladies Records
172 Class Awards and 118 Other Awards
8 International and 21 National Records (SS and FS up to 1 mile)
4th 1959 RAC Hill Climb Championship (1.5 Cooper Climax)
1970 National Sprint Champion, First woman to win a National Title (4.4 McLaren Oldsmobile)
Outright course record holder - Brighton, 1968-'75
Ladies record holder - Shelsley Walsh - 1967-'78
First British driver to compete in a full season of the European Mountain Championship.

Would a list of achievements like the above, would you agree that Patsy is probably GB's most successful female racing driver?

Certainly Britains most successful hill climb driver.

Patsy Burt was the FIRST woman to win a NATIONAL title when she won the 1970 British Sprint Championship and she is still the only woman to have won an RAC/MSA NATIONAL title.

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Certainly Britains most successful hill climb driver.

Certainly amongst the Lady Drivers.

Tony Marsh with SIX British Hillclimb Titles may be considered the best although Andy Priaulx's World Saloon Title may just eclipse Marsh!

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Certainly amongst the Lady Drivers.

Tony Marsh with SIX British Hillclimb Titles may be considered the best although Andy Priaulx's World Saloon Title may just eclipse Marsh!

;)Oops! That what I meant .Britains most successful female hill climb driver.
In circuit racing Tina Cooper has won the Mini 7 championship,

The announcement of her death in the Times a couple of years ago went along the lines of 75 years and a DNF........... it was cracking!

Oops! That what I meant .Britains most successful female hill climb driver.
In circuit racing Tina Cooper has won the Mini 7 championship,

And the right name for it too! :D :D

Did she not develop/pioneer the use of the timing strut on her McLaren?

Did she not develop/pioneer the use of the timing strut on her McLaren?


:cool: Quite correct Alan, it was origonally called the 'Burt' strut.

Patsy Burt is still the only lady driver to win a British Sprint Championship round, in fact she won 6 rounds and set 3 new course records en route to the Sprint title in 1970.

She did set several FTDs on the hills but she never won a British Hillclimb Championship round with second place at Stapleford in 1960 being her best result.

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Whoosh-Bonk seen hear at Shelsley Walsh at the 60th Anniversary Meeting in October 2007.

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