Shirley Muldowney was born in Burlington, Vermont and grew in Schenectady, New York. Her birthday is June 19, 1940. She fell in love with her first husband when she was 16 and still in high school. She dropped out of high school and married him. She fell into racing when they got married. She supported and joined her husband when there was a race happening.
She paved the way for women to drag race. As the first female drag racer she has showed that not just men can drag race, but women can drag