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Land Speed Ultimate Race - Paula Murphy

Land Speed Ultimate Race - Paula Murphy

Land Speed Ultimate Race - Paula Murphy - (01:10)

Meet Paula Murphy, who in 1963 became the fastest woman on the planet.

  • Added: 20-Mar-2009
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" Paula Murphy holds a special place in racing history."

" I can't look at this [unk]."

" In 1963, she became the first to claim the women's land speed record. Paula Murphy is living proof that the need for speed can transcend the sexes."

" I have really no idea that I'd come up here and set a land speed record because not anybody had done it before, and it wasn't a big thing to do as it is now."

" Like all land speed racers, Paula Murphy understands the obsession to become the fastest man or woman on earth."

" It does take an ego to do this, and it helps your ego, and if you are a special person, I think, to come up here and do crazy things like this."

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