On May 12, 6:15 pm, Ken Plotkin <kplot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:13:57 -0700 (PDT), "schl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> <schl...@[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
it was a stunt, she never actually qualified and therefore is not
considered the first, which is why I didn't mention it. this was all
about the dot being typical ;-)
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