Alan Cesar
Alan Cesar Associate Editor
7/30/12 9:14 a.m.

Donna Mae’s winning Sprite had a knack for accumulating historical significance. Its initial owner was Dr. Jonas Salk, the man who discovered the first polio vaccine. Read more about it below.

http://classicmotorsports.net/articles/power-pink/

Woody
Woody MegaDork
7/30/12 4:56 p.m.

That's a pretty cool story.

aeronca65t
aeronca65t Dork
7/31/12 6:53 a.m.

Donna Mae was the Honorary Race Director of the 2010 Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. She was a popular local that was well known to folks in the Pittsburgh area....especially the local SCCA flaggers.
You can read about it HERE

Since then, the PVGP has run a Donna Mae Mims Spridget Race at each event. I was lucky enough to get 3rd place in this years DMM Race. I won a case of beer. Mims would have approved.

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