Drag Racing Sensation Jungle Pam Hardy

This woman pictured here is the drag racing sensation, Jungle Pam. Her real name is Pamela Hardy, and she was once a studious young woman with plans to attend college. But one fateful day, two weeks before her high school graduation, she met Jungle Jim Liberman, who would change her life forever.

She became Liberman’s sidekick on the drag racing circuit, dominating the ’70s as the backer for his car. However, their partnership was cut short when he died at 31 in a vehicle accident. Nonetheless, Jungle Pam’s legacy as the queen of the funny car circuit lives on up until today.