On May 13, 6:56 pm, Ken Plotkin <kplot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008 07:26:07 -0700 (PDT), "schl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> <schl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >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 ;-)
>
> She was in it, and finished 14th. Here's the box score:
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> http://motors****t.com/stats/champ/data/ch197601.pdf
>
> No qualifying times, but her lifetime stats suggest she qualified:
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> http://motors****t.com/stats/champ/qdriver.asp?D=Arlene_Hiss
>
> Stats also suggest she finished, as does "flagged" in the box score
> (albeit 22 laps down). I saw that race on TV, and distinctly remember
> them flagging her off before the end as too slow. I guess the record
> keepers weren't too detail minded back then.
>
> Note that she did beat Foyt, as did Guthrie one year at Indy. :-)
>
> Despite all that, I concur that it was a stunt. IMHO, a pretty slimy
> thing to pull on Guthrie.
>
> Ken Plotkin
old age does play tricks on the memory...
lol
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