On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:57 -0700 (PDT), "schla66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<schla66@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>who ever wrote that about danica and ****rley muldowney is partially
>correct. while ****rley was racing in drags since the early 60's it
>was janet Guthrie who first raced open wheel, and that was at Indy in
>1977
How soon they forget...
The first woman to drive an Indy car in a race was Arlene Hiss, Mike
Hiss's wife. Phoenix, 1977. She was so slow that they flagged her
off. My recollection is that it was a stunt with the purpose of
spoiling Guthrie going down as the first.
Ken Plotkin
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