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Four women qualified for the 2013 500. In 2020, no female drivers were on the official entry list. It marked the first time since 1999 that there would not be a female driver in the starting lineup. The 2020 race also marked the first time since 1991 that not a single female driver was entered. [5]
Janet Guthrie was the first car to take the track, and she became the first female driver to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Her four-lap average of 188.403 mph put her safely in the field, and she was the fastest car of the afternoon.
Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938) is an American former racing driver. She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indianapolis 500s: 1977 through ...
It’s what still motivates her today, at 42, as one of the world’s fastest female race-car drivers, ... but Janet Guthrie, 85, who was the first woman to ever compete in the Indy 500, in 1977 ...
In 2013, Patrick became the first woman in Sprint Cup history to have a full-time ride in the series (with Stewart-Haas Racing), [20] and eventually the first female driver to clinch the pole position and lead a green flag lap, both occurring at the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to lead both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500 ...
Katherine Legge is the only female driver in the 2024 Indianapolis 500. Find out out more about her racing records, NASCAR experience, age, and marital status.
2009: First Indy 500 race where three females finished the race, (Duno, Fisher, Patrick). Also the highest finish for a woman, 3rd(Patrick). 2010: First Indy 500 race with four women competing in the field (Fisher, Patrick, Silvestro, Beatriz); The Rookie of the year it was for the Swiss driver (Silvestro).
The Indy 500 starting lineup features 11 rows of 3 drivers each, established through two days of qualifying. Scott McLaughlin's 234.220 mph qualifying effort is the best for a pole position winner ...