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=== Race car driver === | === Race car driver === | ||
[[File:Julie Wilkinson 1988 Players Series Chevrolet Camaro.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Julie Wilkinson posing with her 1988 Chevrolet Camaro, which she raced in the CASC Player's/GM Motorsport Series.]] | [[File:Julie Wilkinson 1988 Players Series Chevrolet Camaro.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Julie Wilkinson posing with her 1988 Chevrolet Camaro, which she raced in the CASC Player's/GM Motorsport Series.]] | ||
In her 20s, Julie was a professional race car driver who drove in various circuits in North America. Around 1987, she raced in the CASC Honda/Michelin Challenge Series, where she raced a Honda Civic. Her best finish in that series was fifth, at Westwood. In 1988, she entered the CASC Player's/GM Motorsport Series driving Chevrolet Camaros, as a team-mate to Kat Teasdale (who herself later made it into several NASCAR races). Julie drove in the East Division, sponsored by Bob Johnston Chev-Olds Ltd., TNT, Kwikasair Comet and Sony.<ref>http://www.playerschallengeseries.ca/Drivers_1988_East_pics.htm</ref> In 1990 she raced in the inaugural season of the World Challenge touring car series, in a Subaru. She continued for several years through the early 1990s in this series.<ref>http://speedqueens.blogspot.ca/2017/04/female-drivers-in-touring-cars-usa.html</ref> She had also been known to race Porsches and IROC Z-28's competitively in Canada.<ref name="BayArea">http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums//showthread.php?t=7053</ref> | In her 20s, Julie was a professional race car driver who drove in various circuits in North America. Around 1987, she raced in the CASC Honda/Michelin Challenge Series based in the Vancouver area, where she raced a Honda Civic. Her best finish in that series was fifth, at Westwood. She parlayed that success into further competition. In 1988, she entered the CASC Player's/GM Motorsport Series driving Chevrolet Camaros, as a team-mate to Kat Teasdale (who herself later made it into several NASCAR races). Julie drove in the East Division, sponsored by Bob Johnston Chev-Olds Ltd., TNT, Kwikasair Comet and Sony.<ref>http://www.playerschallengeseries.ca/Drivers_1988_East_pics.htm</ref> In 1990 she raced in the inaugural season of the World Challenge touring car series, in a Subaru. She continued for several years through the early 1990s in this series.<ref>http://speedqueens.blogspot.ca/2017/04/female-drivers-in-touring-cars-usa.html</ref> She had also been known to race Porsches and IROC Z-28's competitively in Canada.<ref name="BayArea">http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums//showthread.php?t=7053</ref> | ||
=== Automotive journalist === | === Automotive journalist === | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
[[File:Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Memorial placard installed in front of the Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room, formerly the Engineering Society office and now the Engineering Communications Office.]] | [[File:Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Memorial placard installed in front of the Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room, formerly the Engineering Society office and now the Engineering Communications Office.]] | ||
Julie Wilkinson died suddenly on May 30, 1999. She was much missed by the engineering community as well as the automotive community. | Julie Wilkinson died suddenly on May 30, 1999 due to a blood disorder.<ref>http://www.wheels.ca/news/photographs-and-memories-players-gm-and-me/</ref> She was much missed by the engineering community as well as the automotive community. | ||
After her death, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering officially renamed the Engineering Society Office (then located in the south-east corner of the [[Sandford Fleming Building]] basement, where the Engineering Communications Office is presently located), where Julie spent much of her time, as the ''Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room''. At the memorial for Julie held by the Faculty, a tree (likely a Mulberry) was planted outside the southeast entrance to the [[Sandford Fleming Building]]. Engineering students installed a concrete pillar in front of the tree and placed a bronze plaque with her name engraved on top of the pillar. The pillar and tree were likely removed when the front yard of [[Sandford Fleming]] was redone by the university in the late 1990s or early 2000s. | After her death, the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering officially renamed the Engineering Society Office (then located in the south-east corner of the [[Sandford Fleming Building]] basement, where the Engineering Communications Office is presently located), where Julie spent much of her time, as the ''Julie Wilkinson Memorial Common Room''. At the memorial for Julie held by the Faculty, a tree (likely a Mulberry) was planted outside the southeast entrance to the [[Sandford Fleming Building]]. Engineering students installed a concrete pillar in front of the tree and placed a bronze plaque with her name engraved on top of the pillar. The pillar and tree were likely removed when the front yard of [[Sandford Fleming]] was redone by the university in the late 1990s or early 2000s. | ||