Trophy Girls....

Here's a page we have put together in honor of the "trophy girls"...

thanks to Donna (Saling) Bledsoe for inspiring this page.  Here's her photo presenting a trophy to Mel McGaughy, circa 1953. Please send your trophy girl photos to nancy@autohobbies.com and we will post them on this special website.

Here's Donna today, racing her own car....

Dale Earnhart Sr with Doshia Wall (far right) Union Oil Racestopper, 1969-1983

Dale Earnhart Sr with Doshia Wall (far right) Union Oil Racestopper, 1969-1983

Photo from the collection of Doshia Wall.

Barbara (Mrs. Mel) Anthony, presenting a trophy to Allen Heath, circa 1946 - photo from the Mel Anthony collection

Here's Barbara Anthony in 1946, presenting Allen Heath a trophy for his 1945 brief season championship. Car was the Seth Reining #2, V-8 60, Mel Anthony collection.

Barbara Anthony presenting the Dash Trophy to Stan Muir, circa 1946 or 1947, photo from the Mel Anthony collection.

Shorty Templeman in the Kurtis Offy owned by Johnny Snider at Jantzen Beach Arena in the early 1950s. Woody Herman (bandleader) along with trophy girl are making the presentation.  There was a
dance hall at Jantzen Beach very near the race track.  Woody Herman was a
race fan and he arranged to have an intermission at the dance hall in order
to make the presentation.  Note that Pat Vidan, the starter in Oregon and
Washington in those days is standing off to the right.  Pat later became the
Starter at Indy.  Stamped on the back are the names Paul Edmundson and Jack Hickey. Photo and caption courtesy of Vic Peterson.

Johnny Dalby (L) & Pike Green (R) with trophy girl, Dot Saunders, photo courtesy of Mel Anthony

Car #20, owned by Swede Goddard, driven by Paul Pold. The trophy presenter is the late Tina King wife of the late midget car owner, Warren King. The car was later sold  & Shorty Templeman drove it to five championships, photo from Mel Anthony collection.

1946, Bud Green in the George Odalovich #8 receiving a trophy from an unidentified presenter, Mel Anthony collection.

Adolph Dans, photo courtesy of Don Radbruch, 1938 Portland after winning a 100 lap race.  With his daughter and son?   Bill Hill Collection

Shorty Templeman w/unidentified trophy girl, 1951  Playland Stadium, Seattle.  Bill Hill Collection, photo courtesy of Don Radbruch.

Allen Heath, 1941  Playland Stadium, Seattle.  McMurtry collection, photo courtesy of Don Radbruch.

Len Sutton, 1953  Playland Stadium, Seattle.  Bill Hill Collection, photo courtesy of Don Radbruch

Francis Quinn, 1930  Legion Ascot, Los Angeles.  Joe Gemsa collection, photo courtesy of Don Radbruch.

Sam Hanks, Atlantic? circa 1938, Trueblood Collection

Bill Vukovich,  Bakersfield, Ca. circa 1946, Trophy girl unkown. Stan Cowan Collection

1950s, Sea-Tac, photo from the Stan Cowan collection. 

1950s, Sea-Tac, photo from the Stan Cowan collection. 

1950s, Sea-Tac, photo from the Stan Cowan collection. 

1950s, Sea-Tac, photo from the Stan Cowan collection. 

1950s, Sea-Tac, photo from the Stan Cowan collection. 

John Goss is presented the winner's trophy by his mother, Edna Goss

Photo courtesy of Roni Goss McFadden.

Louie Sherman is presented a trophy by Jeri Goss.

Photo courtesy of Roni Goss McFadden.

Thanks, Robert for this trophy queen....

Trophy girl Laurie Larson in the early 1960s, submitted by her son-in-law, Scott. 

Watkins Glenn, 1972, No trophy but the presenter of the floral lei, Audrey Hagen of Buffalo, still gets up close and personal with Can Am Challenge Cup winner Denny Hulme.  Average speed in the 202 mile race in his Gulf McLaren was 114.44 MPH.  UPI Press Photo, Schaut Collection.

A famous trophy girl, Tricia Nixon Cox gets a smooch from Roger McCluskey, Sept. 3, 1972. Roger had just won the California 500. AP News Photo, Schaut Collection

AND, THE MOST FAMOUS TROPHY GIRL OF ALL....LINDA VAUGHN "Miss Hurst Golden Shifter"

This photo of the lovely Linda was taken by Gary Peacock at the Atlanta CanAm in 1971.