JANET GUTHRIE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 202873
Sale Price $195.00
Reg. $240.00
JANET GUTHRIE
This letter of apology is signed by the pioneering female racer
Autograph Letter signed: "Janet Guthrie", 1p, 5x8. No place, no date. On personal letterhead
to "Dear Ms. Burhilt". In full: "Am very sorry to have taken so long getting these to you. [items
not included] Thanks for your lovely letter! Best always". In 1977, Janet Guthrie (b.
1938) became the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the
Daytona 500, in a competition where women had been banned from even the
repair and the refueling pits as recently as 1971. She competed in IndyCar and
NASCAR races from 1976-1980, racing in 33 NASCAR races over four years
(1976-1978, 1980). Guthrie finished 9th in the Indianapolis 500 in 1978. She
finished 6th at the Bristol Motor Speedway in 1977, a record for a female driver
in NASCAR's top tier of competition. Guthrie now shares that record with
Danica Patrick, who placed 6th in the 2014 Oral-B USA 500. Two years later,
Guthrie was elected to the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame. Her
autobiography, Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle, was published in 2005.
While some of her racing records have been surpassed by other female racers,
most notably Danica Patrick, Guthrie will go down as the female racecar driver
who paved the way for female racers in the future. Fine condition.
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