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    IHRA: 'Bunny' Burkett given unique tribute

    We&#;ve all complained about race track food – the price, the quality, the distance from the grandstands and the fact that whenever you dash to the food booth to grab a hamburger, somebody makes a record-setting run on the track.

    Except for that last issue, Maryland International Raceway has you covered, and they do it in a neat way: The Hot Rodz diner is a tribute to pioneer female racer Bunny Burkett, and there&#;s even a full-sized Funny Car of hers sitting on the roof.

    Carol &#;Bunny&#; Burkett has always credited Shirley Muldowney as the woman who really opened the door for female drag racers, but Burkett was one of the first through that door, and she held it open for others.

    Born in nearby West Virginia, Burkett began racing at her local tracks, including Maryland International Raceway, but she needed a job to help finance it. She found one in Baltimore at the Playboy Club, where she was a hostess. When she came back to th

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    History pt 3

    Many of you know that Bunny was diagnosed with breast cancer and in September underwent a double mastectomy. Amazingly, 30 days later she was back in her Funny Car burning up the track. She is a breast cancer survivor and maintains the philosophy that early detection is the key. This turned out to be Round one.

        In early Bunny underwent the knife AGAIN for a hysterectomy. Amazingly, 5 weeks later she was back in her Funny Car. This was round two.

    So you think to yourself &#;What else could go wrong?

    In spring of Bunny tripped and fell at her Spotsylvania home and broke her upper femur(the largest bone in the human body,) not just a little bit either.  She also had to get a new hip revision roughly 30 days before Easter. She was scheduled to race at Eastside Speedway on Easter Sunday.( She has not missed the Easter race in 44 Years!!!!)
    Amazingly, (Again) She made it to the race but would not be able to drive. 

    Enter &#; Lil Bear &#;

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    Carol Burkett

    American drag racing driver (–)

    Carolyn Burkett (May 29, – April 4, )[2] nicknamed "Bunny", was an American Alcohol Funny bil driver. In , Burkett became only the second woman to win a national title in a professional class,[3] following Shirley Muldowney.

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    Burkett was one of only a small number of women drag racing in professional classes.[3] She raced under both National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) sanctioning.[3] She began racing in the s, and in was still in the sport.[3]

    By winning the IHRA alcohol funny car (A/FC) national title, Burkett became only the second woman to win a national title in a professional class,[3] following Shirley Muldowney.

    In September , she was involved in a serious accident at Beaver Springs Dragway that threatened to end her racing career. nära the traps, Carl Ruth's funny bil crossed the centerline into the