Comments on: The Pink Lady, Donna May Mims passes

By: Edward Skakie

Edward Skakie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:25:29 +0000

Donna Mae Mims was lured to Mosport in the mid-sixties for some sort of promotion, and a deal was struck with a local BMC racer to have his car, an MG Midget I think, repainted pink for her to run that weekend. The car DNFd, but she was taken to be pretty nice, and nicely pretty. At that New Year’s eve party, sometime around 10:15, or so, having well imbibed some golden liquid or other, in just sufficient quantities, my friends & I were talking about her appearance that summer, and I suggested it would cement Canada-US automotive relations if we were to call to wish her a Happy New Year. Egged on by “you wouldn’t dare”, I looked up the area code for either Pennsylvania or Pittsburgh, dialed xxx-555-1212 for the long distance info operator, and GOT HER NUMBER! She was listed JUST LIKE AN ORDINARY PERSON! I dialed. She answered. “Donna Mae Mims”, or, perhaps, just “Donna Mae”. I said something like “My goodness, Donna Mae, what are you doing at home on New Year’s Eve?”, and she replied something along the lines of “Well, I’m just a quiet girl, you know”. I introduced myself as a Canadian mini driver, told her we’d been discussing her recent appearance at Mosport, and finished by saying we had enjoyed same, and that we all wished her a happy New Year, which the whole room repeated, and not sotto voice. She said she wished us all the same, and said a quiet “Good night”.

A sort of silly, drunken thing that one does in their youth, but I treasure the memory.

By: Gary Faules

Gary Faules — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:55:32 +0000

She really was a knock-out.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=Donna+Mae+Mims&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDonna%2BMae%2BMims%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF-8&imgurl=e78d30f6fbe36d8b

By: Gary Grant

Gary Grant — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:22:19 +0000

You sir are a bad, bad man. funny, but bad!

By: Think Pink « The Road Blog

Think Pink « The Road Blog — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:59:15 +0000

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By: Gary Faules

Gary Faules — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:59:11 +0000

From all I have read about her I bet she was a lot like Bud…. A wild ride in tha hay.

Did I say that? Must have been a computer glitch. lol

By: Nigel Smuckatelli

Nigel Smuckatelli — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:07:16 +0000

I remember her well from Sebring. Auto racing has lost a great one and a pioneer for women’s involvement in the sport. She will be missed. BTW, when she was at her peak the folks at Daytona would not allow women into the hot pits at stock car events. The times have changed thanks to people like Donna.