Barbara Terry heads to Baja

LAKE WYLIE — Gentlemen won’t be the only ones starting their engines today when the 2008 Baja 500 rolls off in Enseñada, Mexico.

Billed among the toughest automotive endurance races on the planet, the Baja makes history with its 40th annual edition as the first female racer, Barbara Terry of River Hills, competes in the Score Light series hoping to outduel 12 other teams in the 500-mile, two-day event.

Her professional racing career includes stops in New York and Los Angeles, although she “fell in love” with Lake Wylie and quickly set up shop for Barbara Terry Racing in February.
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Robby Gordon’s sister, primarily an off-road driver, will be in Saturday’s Pro/Celebrity race.

Beccy Gordon just might be an accident waiting to happen Friday on the streets of downtown Long Beach.

It’s not that NASCAR driver Robby Gordon’s sister, one of the competitors in the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race, can’t handle a race car. In 2006, the Dana Hills resident teamed with her sister Robyn Gordon and Heather Bonnani as part of All American Girl Racing and finished the Baja 1000 while competing in the Baja Challenge division. That made them the first all-female team in the race’s history to complete one of the most grueling endurance tests in motor sports.
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