Dirty drivers were lip locking the Trophy Girl whether she liked it or not, it was a part of the victory circle celebrations. Many of these young starlets were more frequently required to kiss the greasy, grimy, and sweaty race winner in winner's circle. Being a Trophy Girl was a break into stardom for a select few. There was more than a trophy to earn in victory lane, kissing the dirty face of the race winner was the normal ritual kiss the girl and hoist the prize, that other prize, the trophy.īy the Nineteen Sixties the trophy girl's popularity grew, the same girl would be seen at multiple races at Indy and NASCAR. Wide eyed and hungry for fast woman and speed, these men were souping up hotrods, roadsters, dragsters, and stock cars and the trophy girls became more daring as well. The Fifties arrived and young American's were now more rambunctious as ever, wild and daring, they were chasing anything with 2 legs and racing anything with 4 wheels. Auto racing was in full swing during the post-war baby boomer years and so were the curvy and glamorous trophy girls. Artists were painting portraits of semi nudes called "Calendar Girls", and soon young woman in dresses above the knee were the fashion. Many of these girls would become famous in Hollywood for their well endowed and curvy figures. Names like Susan Hayward, Lana Turner, Janel Blair, Betty Hutton, Vivien Leigh, Dorothy Lamour, and Jane Wyman, very curvy and busty woman that lit a young man's internal combustion. Young men returning from The War remembered the USO "Girl Friends" and the entertainment they would put on for the G.I.s. ![]() generation hungry to freely "express" themselves. In post war Hollywood the two piece bikinis showed up more frequently, another bi-product of that G.I. The only pretty and scantily clad women the boys saw were on the noses of their fighters and bombers. In the early 1940's the country took a recess from racing to fuel World War II. As auto racing evolved so did the trophy girl. During the years when the big open wheel race car was auto racing's only attraction, the girls were dressed more conservative and there wasn't much, if at all, the "kissing the girl" in victory lane. As each generation became more liberated the dresses got shorter, the hair grew longer, and the chests got bigger. Once dressed in heavy garments and big feather hats the Trophy Girl has evolved with the times. Trophy girls have been in victory lane as far back as auto racing itself. This includes photos, which are not obviously retro and portraits of famous young women doing nothing but posing.Trophy girls are as much a part of auto racing as pace cars and pit crews. Please add the info in the comments.ĥ: All reposts less than six months old and all reposts less than a year old from Top 100 will be removed.ħ: We reserve the right to remove any post that doesn't showcase historical coolness. Nobody cares about your sexual impulses, least of all the OP.Ĥ: All posts highlighting, in the title, that someone has recently passed away or titles trying to evoke sympathy upvotes will be deleted. ![]() Offensive comments include anything about pimping, about people's moms and scoring women. If you've found a photo, video, or photo essay of people from the past looking fantastic, here's the place to share it.ġ: Photos and videos must be over 25 years old.Ģ: Please put the year or decade in title, otherwise your post will be removed.ģ: Spam, racist, homophobic, sexist and offensive comments, as well as brigading, consistent reposting and shitposting, will result in a lifetime ban. A pictorial and video celebration of history's coolest kids, everything from beatniks to bikers, mods to rude boys, hippies to ravers.
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