Welcome to our monthlong countdown celebrating notable drivers and cars from the history of the Indianapolis 500!
eighth in 1978.
30 Days in May: No. 27, Janet Guthrie, 1977
Bryant Heating and Cooling Lightning/Offy. Janet Guthrie was something of a
retread rookie in 1977 after trying valiantly the year before to make the race
in a Vollstedt that was, to put it kindly, a bit long in the tooth. She also practiced
A.J. Foyt’s backup car briefly, but Foyt decided not to run a second entry.
Updated equipment made a big difference the next year, as Guthrie made the field comfortably on the last day of qualifying. Mechanical woes doomed her to 29th place. She made the race the next two years, with a best finish of ninth in 1978. It wasn’t until 1992 that another woman, Lyn St. James, qualified for the 500.
Bryant has been a sponsor at Indianapolis since the furnace and the air conditioner were invented (just kidding) and has been associated with Tony Kanaan in recent years.
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