{"id":460620,"date":"2005-11-01T18:00:10","date_gmt":"2005-11-02T02:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79783"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:05:55","slug":"janet-guthrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/janet-guthrie\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Guthrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>While many racecar drivers have earned the title of \u201cliving legend,\u201d there are very, very few that can also lay claim to the title of \u201cpioneer.\u201d Janet Guthrie is one such driver. From a decade of building and racing sports cars in the SCCA, Guthrie catapulted onto the sports sections of countless newspapers in 1977 when she became the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. In addition to racing on the USAC Indy car scene, Guthrie soon blazed trails in the stock car world as well, making 33 starts on the Winston Cup tour and running consistently in the top ten. Casey Annis recently sat down to talk with Guthrie not only about her historic career, but also about the unique prejudices and challenges that came with being a motorsport pioneer.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_711933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-711933\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-711933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-711933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Guthrie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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In addition to racing on the USAC Indy car scene, Guthrie soon blazed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":711934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11272,261,18114],"tags":[11807,18322,11657,548,18435,11386,16462,11305,12028,9881,11795],"class_list":["post-460620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-people","tag-scca","tag-2000s-all","tag-grand-prix","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-janet-guthrie","tag-interview","tag-indianapolis-500","tag-usac","tag-ims","tag-indycar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Janet Guthrie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casey Annis speaks with the First Lady of Indy, about the rocky road to Brickyard greatness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/janet-guthrie\/\" \/>\n<link rel=\"next\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/janet-guthrie\/2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Janet Guthrie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Casey Annis speaks with the First Lady of Indy, about the rocky road to Brickyard greatness.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/janet-guthrie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-11-02T02:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T03:05:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/INT200511-p2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SportsCarDigest Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"23 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/janet-guthrie\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/janet-guthrie\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SportsCarDigest Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51d193ee53f997a3f6d82ce34de31baa\"},\"headline\":\"Janet Guthrie\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-11-02T02:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T03:05:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/janet-guthrie\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":4846,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/janet-guthrie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2005\\\/11\\\/INT200511-p2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"(SCCA) Sports Car Club of America\",\"2000s All\",\"Grand Prix\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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