Janet Guthrie after becoming the first woman to qualify for an Indianapolis 500, 1977. Syndication: The Indianapolis Star - Source: Imagn The race, however, was full of challenges for her ...
De Silvestro, the 2010 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, is not the first woman to race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. That was Janet Guthrie in 1977. Nor is Paretta (right) the first woman to own a team.
On Sunday May 28, 1978 the 62nd Indianapolis 500 mile race took place in front of 325,000 fans at the Indianapolis Motor ...
How about one driven by Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser or Janet Guthrie ... before he earned the first of four Indy 500 wins. ∎ The Lola-Cosworth Guthrie, the first woman to race in ...
After the National Anthem was sung by the Purdue Band, “Back Home Again in Indiana” by Jim Nabors and the pace car laps driven by country singer Marty Robbins with former 500 winner Jim Rathmann, ...
Motorsports trailblazer Katherine Legge is set to return to the scene of her record-setting heroics at Indianapolis Motor ... faith in her for the event. "Janet Guthrie set the stage for this ...
Seventeen have started Cup Series contests, including Christian, Patrick, Janet Guthrie, Louise Smith ... She competed in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 and was the first woman ...
Janet Guthrie is a pioneer in women's motorsports who broke gender barriers and paved the way for future female drivers. In 1977, she became the first person to compete in the Daytona 500 and the ...