Tags: Motorsport Racer, Nascar Driver, Racing Driver.
Louise Smith (July 31 1916 in Barnesville Georgia – March 4 2006) was tied for the second woman to race in NASCAR at the top level. She was known as the first lady of racing. [1]She went as a spectator to her first NASCAR race at the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1949. She could not stand watching the races so she entered her family’s shiny new Ford coupe in the race and rolled it.