Behind the wheel of perhaps the most recognized 1930 Ford Model A Sports Coupe in the world, Hillary Degenkolb turned to look over her shoulder. The quick check of traffic, in the northeast tunnel of Bobby Dodd Stadium last Thursday night, revealed a bottleneck of Georgia Tech football players. In front of her, a huge banner, the green grass of Grant Field and the Tech marching band.
In a moment she called “half terrifying, half just so incredible,” Degenkolb steeled herself for her debut as the year’s driver of the Ramblin’ Wreck at the Yellow Jackets’ season opener against Alcorn State.