Midge Whiteman

{{short description|Australian former racing driver}}

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Midge Whiteman is a former Australian race driver who competed in the 1967 Gallaher 500 with Jane Richardson in a Morris 1100S. They defeated an all-male team in an identical car and remain one of two all-female teams to ever finish the Bathurst 500 (now the Bathurst 1000).{{Cite web |date=2019-08-24 |title=Balancing The Grid |url=https://www.motoringweekly.com.au/2019/08/24/balancing-the-grid/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Motoring Weekly |language=en-GB}}

The second team to finish was in 1968 at the Hardie-Ferodo 500, with Whiteman and Christine Cole finishing 5th in their class.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

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  • https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19670924&id=Ef1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JOcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1757,8698083&hl=en/ref

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Category:Australian racing drivers

Category:Living people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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