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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Janet Guthrie On Being First Woman Driver To Qualify For Indy 500, Part 1

Janet Guthrie,  the first female race car driver to qualify for and compete in the Indianapolis 500 and also raced in the Daytona 500 in 1977,  is the subject of a new “30 for 30” ESPN documentary, Qualified, which is set to premiere on the network on Tuesday, May 28 at 9 p.m. EST.

The former driver, 81, an aerospace engineer who studied at the University of Michigan, sat down with uSports exclusively to discuss her career and her life since retiring in 1980.

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Pablo Mena

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