Thursday, July 5, 2018

Natalie Decker Racing: Race Cars, Women, And Changes

By Martha Brown


Motorsport has been for the longest time been a sport where access to it was determined by some dangly bits between your legs. But in recent times, those without these so important dangly bits as Natalie Decker Racing Team, have made a compelling argument as to why they don t matter and what does is how fast you can go around a corner.

Even though lady s have been in motorsport since 1901. There notoriety hasn t taken off until the modern day and age where they have made their presence felt without the need to unionize or take matters to the supreme court. But with good old fashioned, pedal to the metal and breaking records in the process.

Being different in any industry has its perks and its pitfalls, regardless of whether you drive really fast around corners for a living or feeding hay to racehorses. The biggest negative associated with a woman on the track could be that there s always a need to prove yourself, even when they have established themselves to be the best at what they do by competing at the very best level that their industry has to offer. An unnecessary hurdle men don t have to jump over.

Hopefully, sometime in the future, there ll be races with both sexes at the starting line.because when all is said and done, racing is about who can cross the start/finish line first among their peers. With the proper training regiment and talent, there should be no reason why that can t be.

Yes, the stereotype that boys are meant to play with cars and girls with dolls still prevails, despite changing attitudes. In these modern times, it s easier to enlist a daughter to a driving school tailor-made to harness the driving skill in all those it enlists, when you consider that driving became a viable option that could be pursued by women in the 1920 s.

But as more and more females find themselves fulfilling their dreams, a new generation can find themselves with idols to look forward to. And ways to get into motorsport from a young age as it becomes more and more socially acceptable for little girls at the go-kart track, honing their skills. After all, it was once illegal for people other than men with curly beards to vote, but look at the world now.

But all this scrutiny has one thing going for it. It can either make you or break you as a motorsport driver of the opposite sex. The exact same scrutiny that can be used to highlight just how well or even better you are than your male peers. It then bottles down to perspective and a little luck.

With all of that said and done, it hasn t be a walk in the park for a woman when it comes to racing. But inroads have been made to change the worldview and perception of people because gender roles are overrated.




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