Pat Moss
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Pat Moss (born 1935) is a former English rally driver. Younger sister of Stirling Moss, married to Erik Carlsson, March 3, 1963, London. Author of The Story so Far (1967, William Kimber and Co - ISBN 0-7183-0440-3). Co-author of The Art and Technique of Driving (1965, Heinemann publishers) with Erik Carlsson.
Moss started her sporting life on horseback, as a member of the UK team. In 1953 she started rally racing in a Morris Minor, after being the navigator for Ken Gregory, her brother's manager. In 1960 she was 1st in the Liège-Rome-Liège rally, with Ann Wisdom.
In 1970, Moss and Carlsson had a daughter, Suzy Carlsson, who was later to become a successful showjumper.
At age 34 she had won:
- European championship 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 and 1965
- 1962 Dutch Tulip Rally and
- 1962 Deutschland Rally, in a B.M.C Cooper
After her marriage she joined Lancia and ran in several more rallies, also in SAAB cars:
- 2nd in the Sanremo rally ('flower rally')
- 2nd in the 1962 East African Safari Rally, in a Saab 96
- 7th in the Corsica rally
- 3rd overall in the 1965 Monte Carlo Rally
- 7x 1st in the Coupe des Dames of the MC rally
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