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   Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938) is an American former racing driver. She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indianapolis 500s: 1977 through ...

   • Best finish: 23rd (1977)

   • Born: March 7, 1938 (age 85), Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.

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   Janet Guthrie was born in Iowa City, Iowa, on March 7, 1938, the oldest of five children. At the age of three, she moved with her family to Miami, Florida, when her father accepted a job as an Eastern Airlines pilot. Her love of adventure, and fast machinery in particular, started early. Guthrie earned a pilot's license at the age of seventeen ...

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   • She's also active in the arts. Guthrie's helmet and driver's suit are in the Smithsonian Institution, and she was one of the first inductees into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. Even though her last major race was more than twenty years ago, her pioneering influence remains.

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   How did Jane Guthrie become a pilot?

   • Guthrie earned a pilot's license at the age of seventeen, and even before she graduated from the University of Michigan in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in physics, she worked as a commercial pilot and a flight instructor. After graduation, she began a career as an aerospace engineer, working on forerunners to the Apollo rockets.

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   Who is Guthrie Fisher?

   • In 1999, Fisher became the youngest woman to compete in an Indy event. Guthrie now lives in Colorado, with her husband of thirteen years. She completed the manuscript chronicling her racing days, Lady and Gentlemen, and is seeking a publisher. Guthrie still loves the sport and follows the progress of up and coming drivers, especially the women.

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   Why did Guthrie leave the Indianapolis 500?

   • Pleased with her performance, she became Vollstedt's second driver at the 1977 Indianapolis 500 qualifying trials. Guthrie qualified and competed, but engine trouble forced her out of the race early. The next year, she returned to the Indianapolis 500 and finished ninth out of 33 starters.

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   1938 -. Janet Guthrie, a pioneering driver, was the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. Guthrie led the way for generations of female racers to follow. Born in Iowa City, Iowa in 1938, Guthrie’s family moved to Florida when she was a toddler. Guthrie started flying planes when she was 13 and ...

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   May 27, 2018 · Meg Vogel for NPR. Janet Guthrie made history 41 years ago when she became the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500, paving the way for drivers such as Danica Patrick, who'll mark her ...

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   May 28, 2019 · (CBS Local)--Janet Guthrie is a name some people may not have heard of, but she's one of the most important athletes of the past 50 years.The former professional race car driver was the first ...

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   May 26, 2017 · After racing, Guthrie moved to Aspen, Colo., in 1985 and began writing her autobiography: "Janet Guthrie, A Life at Full Throttle." She married Warren Levine, an American Airlines pilot, in 1989 ...

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    Jan 17, 2024 · FILE - Janet Guthrie, the only woman race car driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, poses at a news conference in New York City, Thursday, April 6, 1978. Now 85, Guthrie is able to joke about the lack of respect of she received from her male peers, largely because she is certain she proved herself on the racetrack.