New Images Added to The Vault: Janet Guthrie at Trenton  

The first day was canceled because of the berm, dozers came in and cut the berms to 90 degrees and that took a couple of days . Then she tested and was the only car there and just a few of us were there . They didnt want a bunch of folks there A few weeks of things did go well . The press deal was a few days later when it was closer to the April date .  Rolla Valstat owned the car and it was not a great ride but he was the only one who would give her a chance. She did get a turn at  Indy in one of AJ 's cars and ran some big laps and showed everyone she could drive with the best of them but no one wanted a woman driver . It was still a time when there was the no tits in pits attitude in racing. When I moved here in 99 we started working with a few women drivers who were very talented and worked to fine them a ride and sponsorship in NASCAR but it was still a man's world. The Danica came along and was the sexy little thing who was able to drive better than some but had that sexy image and she got all of the attention . She was good at marketing herself and NASCAR jumped on the chance to attract young girls and lets face it guys who thought she was hot . When she went to Daytona for her first 500 I told everyone she would be on the pole before she even turned a lap because she was going to be the big story NASCAR was looking for and I was right. Did she get the call, welllllllll what do you think?????