Pinkie Rollo

Marianne "Pinkie" Rollo (* 1933 ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Pinkie Rollo drove sports car races in the USA from the mid-1950s. The petite little American, whose birth name was Wheatley, was first married to racing driver Fred Windbridge , who was a works driver for Briggs Cunningham . Her second husband, Reed Rollo , was also a racing driver.

In 1960, still as Mrs. Windbridge, she drove the Sebring 12-hour race for the first time with Denise McCluggage . The duo drove an Osca 187S from Camoradi Racing and retired after 34 laps with engine failure. In 1967 the two women drove a Ferrari 275 GTB Spyder for Luigi Chinetti and his North American Racing Team in 17th place in the overall standings.

Rollo drove road and circuit races in North America until the mid-1970s, then she retired from racing.

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Camoradi USA	Osca 187S	Denise McCluggage	failure	Oil loss
1967	Northern Vermont Racing Team	Ferrari 275 GTB / 4 NART Spyder	Denise McCluggage	Rank 17

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
1960	Camoradi Racing	Osca 187S	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				DNF
1967	Northern Vermont Racing Team	Ferrari 275 GTB / 4 NART Spyder	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				17th

Web links

• Image: Pinkie and Reed Rollo 1967
• Pinkie Rollo at Racing Sports Cars