Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-10 | Page 49 | Women Drive Autos in Big Race on Los Angeles Track

Women Drive Autos in Big Race on Los Angeles Track fiillil : nj ; . i iaiillilii Li: . - H' , f - ' fc" 4 l fr" - Nv . i -A f ! r - V' ' ' x MH MISS HELEN" SL'-MMEESBY was one of the participants in the recent re-cent women's world championship auto mobile race, held at Ascot park speedway, speed-way, ("'aiifornia. The women entered into the dare-devil escapade to prove that they were just as able to take care of themselves while indulging in danger- ous sports as the men. The officials of the race were all women. Mrs. C. H. Wofeld, winner of the five-mile championship cham-pionship race, covered the distance in j 4 minutes and 119 seconds, which was : twenty seconds faster than was made by Mrs. Guneo of New York, who had claimed the world's champinnxt. for women drivers.