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.

Retired race car driver Janet Guthrie spent her entire lifetime facing gender stereotypes, a fight she nearly always won by proving that being a woman would not hold her back.

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 will be inducted into the ...

Janet Guthrie says she grew up “out in the woods of southwest Miami,” the oldest of five children with a reclusive mother who limited the family social life to Tue, 24 ...

Guthrie becomes just the third woman to be inducted into NASCAR's Hall of Fame, joining Anne B. France, the wife of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., as a Landmark Award winner.

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 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Janet Guthrie says she grew up “out in the woods of southwest Miami,” the oldest ... HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NETWORK TRIBLIVE LOCAL. Thursday, April 24, 2025.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Retired race car driver Janet Guthrie spent her entire lifetime facing gender stereotypes, a fight she nearly always won by proving that being a woman would not hold her back.

Guthrie will be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night, Jan. 19, 2024, as recipient of the Landmark Award that honors “significant contributions to the growth and esteem of NASCAR ...