Janet Guthrie, an aerospace physicist who fell a little short in her attempt to become an astronaut in the 1960s, was the first female driver to qualify for both the Indy 500 and the Daytona 500. Some archival footage from 1977.

See also:

• Racer Stirling Moss is changed forever by a 1962 crash.

• Ray Harroun won the first Indy 500 in 1911.