FLINT, Michigan — Diane Miller never had a problem finding a snowmobile race to go to. But she had plenty of trouble finding competition and entering events.

Women’s sports were in their embryonic stages in the 1970s and it was unheard of for women to compete against men.

When the New Lothrop resident would arrive at an event, sometimes traveling in excess of 500 miles one way, it wasn’t uncommon for the girls’ race to be canceled because there were not enough participants to field a race.

And she was never allowed to race with the men.

“Women were still treated a little different,” Miller said. “It was frustrating for all of us, and there was nothing you could do about it.”

Over the course of her 14-year career on the snowmobile racing circuit, she would break down several barriers.

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