Mary McGee

Mary McGee was an American motorsport pioneer who became the first woman to compete in motorcycle road racing and motocross events in the United States. Born in Juneau, Alaska Territory, in 1936, she began racing sports cars with the Sports Car Club of America in 1957 and took up motorcycle road racing in 1960, becoming the first woman to hold an FIM license in the United States. She moved on to motocross and desert racing, finished the Baja 1000 in 1968 and in 1975 rode the Baja 500 solo on a 250 Husqvarna, passing seventeen two-man teams. She competed from 1960 to 1976, returned in 2000 to vintage motocross and raced for the last time in 2012. She was named an FIM Legend in 2013, was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2018, and is the subject of the 2024 documentary Motorcycle Mary.