Welcome to our monthlong countdown celebrating notable drivers and cars from the Indianapolis 500!
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Photo credit: Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Penske Entertainment Janet Guthrie started 26th and finished 29th in her first Indianapolis 500 in 1977. |
Janet Guthrie was still a
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.
Updated equipment made a big difference for Guthrie the next year, as she 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 was a sponsor at Indianapolis dating back to the invention of the furnace and air conditioner (just kidding). More recently, the firm was an associate sponsor on Tony Kanaan’s cars, but I’m not sure if that relationship has continued.
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