![]() ![]() “I couldn’t believe the car wasn’t there and everybody had gone,” she says. They didn’t join her for the podium celebration, and by the time she got back to the garage, all of the gear had been loaded. Victory notwithstanding, her crew was pissed that St. James secured funding through winning the Kelly American Challenge series I can see Charlie Selix’s eyes to this day, looking at me through the windscreen. Whitney was trying to get the net down, but I wouldn’t release it. I swear to God, I didn’t pre-think this through. ![]() “I came in for the stop when we were supposed to change drivers, and I didn’t get out of the car. “I have never been that consistently in the zone,” St. Because her regular co-driver, Bruce (later to become Caitlyn) Jenner wasn’t available, Whitney Ganz was penciled in as his replacement in the 500-kilometer enduro. Two years later, during a frigid Indianapolis 500 when 13 cars crashed – including the pole-sitter, on the pace lap – she soldiered on to an eleventh-place finish and earned Rookie of the Year honours.īut perhaps her best day came at Watkins Glen in 1985 in a factory-backed Ford Mustang prepared by Roush Racing. In 1990, co-driving a Jack Roush-prepared Mercury Cougar with Robby Gordon and Calvin Fish, she scored GTO class wins in the endurance classics at both Daytona and Sebring. James could wheel a car with the best of them. But her work as an advocate has obscured the fact that, in her day, St. Nobody has promoted women in racing more tirelessly or effectively. Argetsinger Award for Outstanding Contributions to Motorsports from the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen for being “a pioneer for women in motorsport” – and deservedly so. Earlier this month, now 74 years old, she received the Cameron R. James suffers from a similar case of mistaken identity. By the time Carlos Reutemann died this past summer, he’d devoted much of the previous 30 years to politics, so most younger Argentinians probably remembered him more as a statesman than as a mercurial driver who spent a decade near the top of Formula 1. James final screen appearance was in 2002 and she died in Sydney, Australia, aged 87, on. James was married to the New Zealand producer Eric Tayler, a fellow RADA graduate, and they had two children, one of whom is the Australia actress Sally Tayler, who also appeared with her in The Young Doctors. TV series, 1 episode 2: "The Killing Of Toby McGee" Guest role: Alice Dawes (as Marilyn James) Recurring role: Beryl Denbigh (as Marilyn James) Guest role: Alice Potter (as Marilyn James) Guest role: Mary Johnson (as Marilyn James) Guest role: Meg Barker (as Marilyn James) Recurring role: Madeline Bray (as Marilyn James) Guest role: Moll Miller (as Marilyn James) She appeared in the series from its inception in 1976, until it ended in 1983, one of only a few actors to appear for the duration of the series. After meeting her husband they emigrated to Australia in 1965, and, credited now as "Lyn James", appeared in numerous Crawford Productions series, before she became best known internationally for her role as doctors secretary Helen Gordon in the Australian television soap opera The Young Doctors. After graduating from RADA, James made her professional debut as an actress in 1949, appearing in numerous plays and TV serials in England for the BBC. She was born Margaret James, the daughter of theatre actor and producer Jack James and granddaughter of photographer Levi Ladd. Lyn James (13 November 1929 – ), credited also as Marilyn James, was a Welsh-born actress of stage and screen and director, who became known for her career in England and later Australia, particularly as receptionist Helen Gordon in television soap opera The Young Doctors Biography ![]()
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