Mary McGee, known as Motorcycle Mary to dirt bike fans ... McGee began her career in motorcycle road racing as a way to improve her car racing skills. She made the move to dirt racing in 1963 on a 250cc Honda Scrambler. McGee continued to ride competitivel ...

GARDNERVILLE, Nev. -- Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary “Motorcycle Mary,” has died, her family said. She was 87. “McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps,” her family said in a statement.

Among her many achievements in motorsports, Ms. McGee in 1975 became the first solo racer to complete the grueling Baja 500 in Mexico.