History Main / PitGirls

* The {{Hentai}} manga ''Koisuru Race Queen'' by Chataro.

* In ''Anime/{{Overtake}}, one of the main characters, Alice, is a pit girl who works for Belsorriso, and has a massive crush on lead driver Satsuki.

* In the ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' [[AnimeOfTheGame anime]] [[Anime/VirtuaFighter adaptation]], Sarah Bryant served as this for her brother Jacky (in fact, her introductory scene has her changing into such an outfit).

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* [[CampGay Xandir]] takes on this role at least once in ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether''.

* A pit girl is featured in ''You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown''. If memory serves, the winner was supposed to get a kiss from her. Weird, in that nobody in the cast of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is over 9. WhatCouldHaveBeen if [[HoYay Peppermint Patty]] won...

* Grid girls were formerly a staple of UsefulNotes/FormulaOne, where they would pose by the cars with umbrellas or grid cards (with the driver's number backdropped by their national flag on it) and often wearing sponsored outfits. The tradition has since been discontinued by the FIA, citing ValuesDissonance.

* It was suggested that [[WrenchWench Kiva]] do this in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' due to the fact that the current round card girl was a squarish robot. [[{{Ruleoffunny}} In a bikini]].

Some see the presence of these women as problematic for a few reasons. Without entering that discussion, it should be worth noting that these women have a job, ''modeling'', and that job takes a great deal of work that has to be done off-camera.

* WWF's Godfather was, during the Attitude Era, accompanied by "Hos". Although they generally did nothing, it's an interesting trivia note that [[Wrestling/Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] debuted as the "ho" that [[PowerStable Right to Censor]] powerbombed through a table. In addition, another one of the hos was holder of the Hardcore Championship... for about a minute.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesKuroNoKiseki II'' features the "Z1 Race Queen" {{DLC}} costumes available for every female party member in the base game. The premise of these outfits is that they're designed by Crown Prince Sherid Asverl of the Principality of Elsaim for the Arkride Solutions Office, whom he's sponsoring to enter the "Z1 Grand Prix," the game's racing event.

* As well as the comedy boxing game, ''Facebreaker'', which focuses on very {{Stripperiffic}}ly dressed round girls at the start of each round.

* In ''Manga/HoshinEngi'', [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Yozen]] take the appearance of [[MsFanservice Dakki]] dressed as a race queen during a elephant race.

* In ''Manga/SoulHunter'', [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Youzen]] take the appearance of [[MsFanservice Dakki]] dressed as a race queen during a elephant race.

She's holding the card, waving the race flag, or handing out the trophies with the accompanying bouquet. She's not participating in the sport (at least not on the front lines). She is, however, [[{{Fanservice}} not wearing very much]]. In Japan, she's called a "Race Queen" and these girls are usually also some form of ''Idol''. Their official job description is holding an umbrella for the driver but that's obviously not the only reason they are there.

* Grid girls were formerly a staple of UsefulNotes/FormulaOne, where they would pose by the cars with umbrellas or grid cards and often wearing sponsored outfits. The tradition has since been discontinued by the FIA, citing ValuesDissonance.

SexSells, after all.

* [[DudeLooksLikeALady Hideyoshi Kinoshita]] of ''LightNovel/BakaAndTestSummonTheBeasts'' is forced into this during a test battle he is not participating in. He tries to back out by pointing out that he isn't a girl, but this argument fails.

She's holding the card, waving the race flag, or handing out the trophies with the accompanying bouquet. She's not participating in the sport (at least not on the front lines). She is, however, [[FanService not wearing very much]]. In Japan, she's called a "Race Queen" and these girls are usually also some form of ''Idol''. Their official job description is holding an umbrella for the driver but that's obviously not the only reason they are there.

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* WWF's Godfather was, during the Attitude Era, accompanied by "Hos". Although they generally did nothing, it's an interesting trivia note that [[Wrestling/Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] debuted as the ho that [[PowerStable Right to Censor]] powerbombed through a table. In addition, another one of the hos was holder of the Hardcore Championship... for about a minute.

** When Monster Energy was a title sponsor of NASCAR, the "Monster Energy Girls" common in motocross replaced Miss Sprint Cup, until Monster's sponsorship deal ended in 2019.

%%* A staple of UsefulNotes/FormulaOne.

* UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} has Miss Sprint Cup. [[RuleOfThree Three]] of them, and they're also an example of BlondeBrunetteRedhead. They show up in Victory Lane, at the team shops after wins and on ''NASCAR Race Hub'''s "Ask Miss Sprint Cup" segment, where they pose fan questions to the drivers.

** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' and ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedCarbon'' have these during the starting countdown. ''Underground 2'', however, upped the ante by occasionally using a pair of [[FauxYay stage lesbians]]. ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedProStreet'' also has two real-life models portrayed as pit girls; the Australian Krystal Forscutt and the Japanese Sayoko Hohashi.

** ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' and ''Carbon'' have these during the starting countdown. ''Underground 2'', however, upped the ante by occasionally using a pair of [[FauxYay stage lesbians]].

** Asuka started out as one, who doubles as the acting owner of her team. Later in the series, Megumi and Satsuki takes up the Pit Girls role in the last 2 [=OVA=]s.

Some see the presence of these women as problematic for a few reasons. Without entering that discussion, it should be worth noting that these women have a job, ''modeling'', and that job takes a great deal of work that has to be done off-camera. Disparaging comments are unacceptable.

* In the ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' [[AnimeOfTheGame anime adaptation]], Sarah Bryant served as this for her brother Jacky (in fact, her introductory scene has her changing into such an outfit).