The late ‘Donna Maezing’ was one of the Sports Car Club of America’s most… well… luminous luminaries. As we touched upon previously, her natural driving talent saw her progress through the ranks, racing to victory in Class H of the SCCA’s National Championship in 1963.
Rocked by the death of his lifelong friend Jo Schlesser in 1968, French racing entrepreneur Guy Ligier temporarily withdrew from motorsport to embark on a different quest: to build his own sports car in tribute to his fallen comrade. Of course, motorsport success was the ultimate aim, and building road cars both for homogolation and financial reasons was a necessity.