Drag racer Paula Murphy standing with a Volkswagen Beetle at a car lot in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
The Alabama Power Company building is visible in the background on the left. In 1971, Murphy was invited to drive at the Talladega Superspeedway, where she broke the NASCAR women's closed-course record.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/112553 |