Janet Guthrie with Lola/Cosworth Race Car at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 1979
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Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500, raced there for her third and final time in 1979. She drove a Lola chassis powered by a Cosworth DFX engine. Guthrie qualified at 185.720 mph, but a burned piston caused her to finish in 34th position. (There were 35 cars, rather than the usual 33, in that year's race.)
Janet Guthrie, the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500, raced there for her third and final time in 1979. She drove a Lola chassis powered by a Cosworth DFX engine. Guthrie qualified at 185.720 mph, but a burned piston caused her to finish in 34th position. (There were 35 cars, rather than the usual 33, in that year's race.)
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1979
Subject Date
27 May 1979
Creators
Unknown
Creator Notes
Photographer is unidentified.
Keywords
United States, Indiana, Indianapolis
Women automobile racing drivers
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.25
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Resin-coated paper
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
inscribed into image, lower right: 1978 / JANET GUTHRIE / INDIANAPOLIS / MOTOR SPEEDWAY
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