{"id":17001,"date":"2011-02-04T12:18:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T12:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=17001"},"modified":"2023-01-24T14:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:05:46","slug":"linda-vaughn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/linda-vaughn\/","title":{"rendered":"Linda Vaughn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Regular readers will doubtlessly realise that we here at Influx Towers are fascinated by Show Girls. The fact that our own lovely Fluxbabes<\/a> are at the pinnacle of the promotional profession has something to do with it.<\/p>\n

But, the axe that we have continued to grind is that you can gauge the spirit of the automotive times by the aesthetic qualities era’s showgirls.<\/p>\n

Read what you like into this piece of homespun semiology, but we’re dedicated to the study of showgirl styles past and present.<\/p>\n

And, it’s taken a while, but we finally believe we may have stumbled across the ultimate showgirl in Linda Vaughn.<\/p>\n

From the late sixties all the way through to the eighties, the girl from Atlanta Georgia started her career as the slightly less glamorous role of a dental technician, but began a life as the First Lady of Drag Racing in 1961 after winning the coveted beauty title of Miss Atlanta Speedway.<\/p>\n

For the next three decades Linda was an extremely high profile presence on the tracks, strips and ovals of America.<\/p>\n

This was of course at a time when America was booming and the reach of the Auto industry and its race sponsorship was incredibly far reaching.<\/p>\n

It’s easy to scoff at what may seem a trivial contribution wrought in skin-tight lam\u00e9 and rhinestones; but when you think of how grand a scale US motorsport was at the time Linda was a star amongst stars.<\/p>\n

As the showgirl who came to define the boom time era of American racing, Ms Vaughn, we salute you!<\/p>\n\n\t\t