Diana Davison was one of the first lady racing car drivers in Australia.[1] She was the wife of Lex Davison and after being widowed, to Tony Gaze. A trophy was named in her honour called the "Diana Davison/Gaze Trophy".[2]
She acted as timekeeper for the Tasman Series.[3] She Narrated part of The History of the Rob Roy Hillclimb DVD[4]
She was awarded the Lex Davison Perpetual Trophy at Bathurst, however it was since lost. Davison sold ‘Little Alfa’ in 2008.[5]
She was a witness of the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 land speed record.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Newsletter" (PDF). Victorian Historic Racing Register. March 2007.
- ^ "Rob Roy 17th HISTORIC & CLASSIC MEETING" (PDF). Victorian Historic Racing Register. 30 November 2008.
- ^ "Car Racing Family Tunes Up". The Age. 29 January 1976. p. 27.
- ^
- "DVD – Rob Roy Hill Climb". Blue Range Studio. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- The history of Rob Roy Hill Climb : 1935-1961 Australia, Distributed by Chevron Marketing Services, 2008, retrieved 1 June 2017
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110710141826/http://www.doc-share.com/Volume_4_Issue_2_October_2008_35104. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Renn, Peter. "Eoin Young's Motormedia". www.peterrenn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2017.