| DOROTHY MERCER | |
| DATE OF INDUCTION: | January 14, 1993 |
| CAREER SPAN: | 1965-1973 |
| COMPETITION TYPE: | Oval, Speed Run, Cross-Country |
| BRANDS RACED: | Polaris |
| AGE AT INDUCTION: | 48 |
 One of snowmobile racing's best-known female drivers, Dorothy Mercer enjoyed an intense and
colorful career in snowmobile racing beginning with amateur competition in Nevada and
throughout the west and quickly developing during the 1970's into a professional racing
career as the only woman driver to ever race with a factory Sno-Pro team.Always a willing and able competitor, Mercer developed an "all-business" reputation early in her career by showing consistent competitiveness racing snowmobiles in women's classes and against the men. Her impressive string of victories illustrated her tremendous talent and led, in 1970, to an offer to race as a member of the Polaris factory team. Among her many accomplishments in snowmobile racing is a competition record including an unbroken string of wins at all the major oval track venues in her first factory year and a series of speed records including a top speed of 138.7 MPH set on the Polaris X-3 in 1973. Mercer also raced cross-country with the factory team and set a record for women that stands today with a third overall finish in the grueling Winnipeg to St. Paul I-500 in 1972. |
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