Race queen is a Japanese term for a type of promotion model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing , such as F1 races.
The first usage of promotional models in motor races was during the late 1960s when model Rosa Ogawa was brought in to represent the race winners. It was then that the term race queen was coined. Prior to that, women in motor races were mostly wives and girlfriends of drivers and staff, with the exception of some who were drivers.
