Female racing pioneer Mary McGee has died at the age of 87. Her family says McGee died of complications from a stroke at her home in Gardnerville, Nevada, on Wednesday, the day before a documentary on her career was released globally.

Female motorsports pioneer Mary McGee, known affectionately as "Motorcycle Mary," died Wednesday at the age of 87. According to the Associated Press

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

Juneau-born racing pioneer “Motorcycle Mary” McGee, who became the first woman to race motocross in the United States and participate in international competition, died on Wednesday at the age of 87 — a day before an Oscar-contending documentary was released about her,

Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and subject profiled in an Oscar-contending documentary, died of complications from a stroke at her home in Gardnerville.

Motorcycle Mary” McGee, the first woman to race motocross in the United States, died in Gardnerville, Nevada, a day before the release of an ESPN documentary on her life.