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Originally posted by jyl
Great idea for a thread, except that it'll have, like, three girls. Maybe two.
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Just for kicks I did a google search and easily downloaded pics of like 30+ different racers...you'd be amazed how many women race...though very few of them were Americans which I can't figure out...anyway, here is another you will all recognize...Janet Guthrie...
From her website...
Janet Guthrie is the first woman to earn a starting spot in the Indianapolis 500 (1977) and the Daytona 500 (1977), where she was Top Rookie. Her ninth-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 (1978), with a team she formed and managed herself, was the best by a woman until 2005. She set fastest time of day at Indianapolis on May 7 and May 22, 1977.
In her brief career at the top levels of racing, she earned top-ten starting positions and posted top-ten finishes in both Indy-car Championship racing and in NASCAR Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup). Her fifth-place Indy-car finish at Milwaukee in 1979 was the best by a woman for 21 years. Her sixth-place Winston Cup finish at Bristol in 1977 remains the best by a woman in NASCAR’s superspeedway era. She is the only woman to lead a Winston Cup race. She was Top Rookie in five Winston Cup races.
A graduate of the University of Michigan (B. Sc. in physics), she was formerly a flight instructor and an aerospace engineer. Her helmet and driver's suit are in the Smithsonian Institution. She is a charter member of the Women's Sports Foundation International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.