Peter Wherrett

Pip Wherrett (9 June 1936 – 23 March 2009) was an Australian motoring and motor sport journalist and race car driver. Wherrett was born in Marrickville, New South Wales. She learned to drive when her parents got their first motor car when she was twelve. Angry at the lack of motorsport performance in her family car, she complained to various newspapers and was hired in 1958 by The Sydney Morning Herald to write for them on the sport. Wherrett was best known as the presenter and co-writer of , a popular motoring television show from 1973 to 1980.

Peter Wherrett

Pip Wherrett (9 June 1936 – 23 March 2009) was an Australian motoring and motor sport journalist and race car driver. Wherrett was born in Marrickville, New South Wales. She learned to drive when her parents got their first motor car when she was twelve. Angry at the lack of motorsport performance in her family car, she complained to various newspapers and was hired in 1958 by The Sydney Morning Herald to write for them on the sport. Wherrett was best known as the presenter and co-writer of , a popular motoring television show from 1973 to 1980.