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82-year-old woman inducted into Motorsports Hall of Fame
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-14 10:56


This handout photo provided by Betty Skelton Erde taken either1954 or 1955, shows her jumping over a car in a boat at the Cypress Gardens attraction, in Winter Haven, Fla. An auto racing pioneer, Erde once was the fastest woman on Earth, setting female speed records at Daytona Beach and Utah's Bonneville salt flats half a century ago. On Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008, she reaches a new milestone as only the fifth woman inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in suburban Detroit.[Agencies]