ESPN.com · May 24, 2016
Legend Cha-Cha Muldowney diagnosed with cancer
Famed drag racer Shirley Muldowney has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will have her right lung removed Wednesday.
The 75-year-old Muldowney, who started racing in the 1950s and won three NHRA top fuel championships from 1977 to 1982, has a Stage 2 tumor in her right lung, according to a news release from her agent.
Drag racing legend Shirley Muldowney has been diagnosed with lung cancer."I urge everyone to keep up with their health and get chest X-rays as often as possible to make sure they are OK," Muldowney said in a statement.
"I'm a fighter, always have been, and I'm going to fight this as best I can with everything I got."