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Women racing in Ohio 1940s

Thomas Luce All Messages By This Member #78192 I had 2 aunts from my mothers side who drove race cars in the Ohio area in the 1940s. Their names are Helen and Julia Lesick. It would be so cool to find photos of them in their racing attire.? All we know is they raced but have no photos or memorabilia. Many thanks for the consideration.? -- Thomas Luce Manhattan Beach CA USA
Darren Galpin All Messages By This Member #78193 开云体育 You may need to look outside of Ohio - Julia Lesick won a race at Longview, PA, in July 1940. Haven't found any pictures though. Cheers, Darren Galpin Bristol, UK On 18/04/2025 03:20, Thomas Luce via groups.io wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text I had 2 aunts from my mothers side who drove race cars in the Ohio area in the 1940s. Their names are Helen and Julia Lesick. It would be so cool to find photos of them in their racing attire.? All we know is they raced but have no photos or memorabilia. Many thanks for the consideration.? -- Thomas Luce Manhattan Beach CA USA
Thomas Luce All Messages By This Member #78194 A family member found that very result from Longview. The racing Lesick's did in fact race outside of Ohio. There were 4 racing Lesick's who hailed from Ohio. Steve Lesick who raced just about everything, Another brother lost his life in a racing accident. The 2 woman were, Helen and Julia.? A family member is putting together a history photo album for my mothers 100th birthday in May.? It appears that mom is the sole surviving member of the Lesick family from the Youngstown, Hubbard Ohio areas.? A little insight into Steve Lesick. His wife gave him an ultimatum: Pick racing or her, but you can't do both. Steve chose to retire from racing and become a family man. His day job was mechanic for the Blaney family race cars.? -- Thomas Luce Manhattan Beach CA USA
Darren Galpin All Messages By This Member #78195 I did search a little more in - the Lesick family seem to feature in the Salem, OH, newspapers. Found mention of a marriage license for Steve, a Helen Lesick becoming Helen Sox, but no mention of her with race results between 1935 and 1955. The only mention of Julia was that Longview result. Cheers, Darren Galpin Bristol, UK toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 12:31?AM Thomas Luce via <toml242001=[email protected]> wrote: A family member found that very result from Longview. The racing Lesick's did in fact race outside of Ohio. There were 4 racing Lesick's who hailed from Ohio. Steve Lesick who raced just about everything, Another brother lost his life in a racing accident. The 2 woman were, Helen and Julia.? A family member is putting together a history photo album for my mothers 100th birthday in May.? It appears that mom is the sole surviving member of the Lesick family from the Youngstown, Hubbard Ohio areas.? A little insight into Steve Lesick. His wife gave him an ultimatum: Pick racing or her, but you can't do both. Steve chose to retire from racing and become a family man. His day job was mechanic for the Blaney family race cars.? -- Thomas Luce Manhattan Beach CA USA
Thomas Luce All Messages By This Member #78196 Hi Darren, I greatly appreciate your efforts and will pass on the information to the family member who needs it. Fantastic research!! -- Thomas Luce Manhattan Beach CA USA

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