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october 6 , 2009 sports car club of america national championship american 1960 july 1 , 1927 donna mae mims.jpg donna mae mims
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donna mae mims

donna mae mims -lrb- july 1 , 1927 -- october 6 , 2009 -rrb- was an american race car driver .
she was the first woman to win a sports car club of america -lrb- scca -rrb- national championship .
mims won the scca class h championship in 1963 .
she was known as the `` pink lady '' of racing because she wore a pink racing helmet and coveralls and had the phrase `` think pink '' emblazoned on the back of her pink racing cars .
mims also competed in the fourth -lrb- and last -rrb- running of the cannonball run race in march 1979 .
