a play on the name Janet Guthrie, the first woman racecar driver to ever qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Which is fitting, since the queen and her hive was the first group of bees (that we know ...

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.

Janet Guthrie was the first woman to attempt to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1976. Unfortunately, she didn’t meet the ...

Another garage shows the 1978 Texaco Star driven by Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indy 500. Surrounding ...

Seventeen have started Cup Series contests, including Christian, Patrick, Janet Guthrie ... competed in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 and was the first woman to lead a lap in ...