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\NAPOI1 *# ~t j*! * ■C\ ti[ 9k 1 i 1 jt. AjfeNtt ffltJ .1 Ai in? jr\ if IV*Rtnfik-. 9 | * i |sana}[Hrd.K115v j j \ \Gul\ %l t t\f I -ri %■ ^4V A fcjT m 1lt;AP - In? ract offiJanet Guthrie th«JnfKl«i\ *0 U-ikr h*''r the Mav i? i ret1119 *r ft I l11the racetokte test•;lt; t rilt;! = -Vin i €fewanlhe ftTrerttms 201* Llaps on the mile and^ne half track, the race was on Lapafter lap. Janet Guthriestreaked along Shortly after her first pit stop to refuel, one of her pit crew began shouting* She s coming back m he was yelling “I couldn't hear wh\ but she s coming back in T,;T w % - T ’ . WThe chinstrap on her helmet had loosened But one of her mechanics couldn't fix it prop*(rijr.“Of all the dumb things that I never had happen to me before in my w hole life,” she would say later “I've always used a pa rachute jumper's buckle but ICnnrfc1 A *never tried to stuff something through there That sip of Gatorade at the pit w as just en ough to loosen the buckle '*But she w as driving and A .1 Foyt was not His engine had blown And there was A J, Foyt w alking past Janet Guthnes pit area while she buzzed down the straightaway Soon she was in for two new front tires Later, trying to stay out of a faster car s way. she spun She slid onto w hat drivers call the ma rbles, meaning the sand on the low side of the track Moments later, her car s gear box wasdamaged“I lost fourth gear she was saying now in the pit area The parts made a hole in the transmission Aft er her 79 laps she had beenrunning 11th among the 14 carsthat were still in the 200 milerace, and she would be dassified 15th A J Foyt w as das sified l«h. .v* .How do you feel she wasskedFrustrated. she quickly replied ?In her smooth, sophistirated manner, she tattled to several newsmen for a few minu***-then returned to her vanI!II*’ix • r • I ■ d
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Gallup Independent
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Tue, May 04, 1976
Page 4
Full Page
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