#68 Janet Guthrie 1976 Chevrolet 1/24th - 1/25th Scale Nascar Waterslide Decals

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TRACKSIDE
RACING DECALS
This decal is for
#68 Janet Guthrie 1976 Chevrolet
68janet76-24
This decal is for the green Car with white roof only
1/25th - 1/24th Scale  WATERSLIDE DECAL
Available in 1/18th - 1/24th - 1/32nd - 1/43rd - 1/64th - HO
Paint car white and Tamiya Park Green
This auction is for the decal only, car is not included
TRACKSIDE
Janet Guthrie
(born March 7, 1938, in
Iowa City
,
Iowa
) is a retired professional
race car
driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the
Indianapolis 500
and the
Daytona 500
.
Guthrie was originally an
aerospace engineer
and after graduating from the
University of Michigan
, she worked with
Republic Aviation
. She began racing in 1963 on the
SCCA
circuit in a Jaguar XK 140 and by 1972, she was racing on a full-time basis.
In the 1976
World 600
, Guthrie finished 15th, becoming the first woman to compete in a NASCAR
Winston Cup
superspeedway
race. Guthrie would go on to compete in four more races that season. The following season, she competed in her first
Daytona 500
, finishing 12th when her car's engine blew two cylinders with ten laps to go. For the race, though, she still earned the honor of Top Rookie. Overall, Guthrie went on to compete in 33 races in NASCAR over four seasons.
[1]
Her highest finish, sixth place at
Bristol
in 1977, is the best finish by a woman in a top-tier NASCAR race, now currently tied with
Danica Patrick
in 2014.
[1]
Guthrie qualified for and competed in the
1977 Indianapolis 500
, but finished 29th with engine troubles. She would compete in two more Indy 500s, finishing ninth in the
1978 race
. Overall, she competed in 11
Indy car
events with a best finish of fifth. During her unsuccessful bid to qualify for the
1976 race
, many of the drivers in the male-dominated sport stated that the reason she did not qualify was mainly due to her gender. These comments angered then three-time champion
A. J. Foyt
to the point he lent Guthrie a back-up car to conduct a shake-down test. Her top practice lap in Foyt's car would have been adequate to qualify for the field. This prompted Foyt to state that the only reason Guthrie did not qualify was due to the lack of funds for her team, and not because of her gender.
Nevertheless, Guthrie's place in history was secure. In 1979, the
Supersisters
trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Guthrie's name and picture.
[2]
Her helmet and race suit can be found in the
Smithsonian Institution
and Guthrie was one of the first elected to the
International Women's Sports Hall of Fame
. She was inducted into the
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
on April 27, 2006. Her 2005 autobiography,
Janet Guthrie: A Life at Full Throttle
, has received critical praise in such publications as
Sports Illustrated
.
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