BIG HEART; The first woman to beat the boys.(News)

Byline: ROGER HART Shirley Muldowney's life has been the stuff of movies, so it's no wonder Heart Like a Wheel, the 1983 Hollywood film dramatizing her drag racing career, is so good. Available on DVD Aug. 15, the feature includes 60 minutes of new interviews with Muldowney, "Bounty Hunter'' Connie Kalitta and "Big Daddy'' Don Garlits.

Muldowney was the first woman licensed to drive an NHRA dragster, and ended up winning Top Fuel championships in 1977, '80 and '82. Along ...

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