The 250mph Crash That Nearly Killed Drag Racing's First Lady: Shirley Muldowney
The 250mph Crash That Nearly Killed Drag Racing's First Lady: Shirley Muldowney
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On a summer day in 1984 at Montreal's Sanair Speedway, Shirley Muldowney's Top Fuel dragster disintegrated at 250 miles per hour when a left-front tire exploded. The three-time NHRA champion's car launched airborne, crushing her hands, legs, and pelvis in a career-ending wreck, or so everyone thought. Nineteen months later, against all medical predictions, drag racing's most defiant pioneer returned to the driver's seat. This is the complete story of the accident that tested the limits of human resilience.