JANET GUTHRIE -1977

For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) JANET GUTHRIE: HUGE CROWD FILLS STANDS AT RACETRACK. CU BLACK WHITE MEN'S HEADS MOVE AS STOCK CARS SPEED BY. PARKING LOT FILLED WITH RECREATION VEHICLES, MOTOR HOMES. 00:41:35 MEN DRIVERS SIGN AUTOGRAPHS, CHAT. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MEN, UNTIL JANET GUTHRIE. CU JANET, WEARING STOCK DRIVERS COSTUME, WORKED AS SPACE PHYSICIST, BEFORE BECOMING PROFESSIONAL DRIVER, WALKS WITH MALE FANS, SIGN AUTOGRAPH FOR ONE. 00:42:04 CREW MEMBER HELPS JANET ADJUST HER GLOVES AS SHE NARRATES, TELLS OF HER DARING EXPLOITS AS YOUNG GIRL. 00:42:43 PAN OF DOZENS OF RACE CAR TIRES, READY TO BE PUT ON CAR AFTER PIT STOPS. MEMBER OF CREW TESTS THEM. OFFICIAL WAVES FLAG FOR START OF RACE. STOCK CARS SPEED BY. JANET'S GREEN CAR NUMBER "68" WITH, "KELLY," WRITTEN ON SIDE. 00:43:41 CREW GETS TO WORK AS JANET MAKES PIT STOP. TIRES ARE CHANGED, WINDOWS WASHED, REFUELLING, ENGINE ADJUSTMENTS, ALL DONE IN FORTY-FIVE SECONDS. 00:44:32 CAR HITS RAILING, DRIVER GETS OUT AS SMOKE INUNDATES CAR. TWO MEN SPECTATORS ENJOYING THE ACTION. 00:44:49 PIT CREW RAISES SIGN, "LOOSE," TO TELL JANET SHE'S IN TROUBLE. JANET MAKES PIT STOP. CAR'S SUSPENSION IS BROKEN, SHE'S OUT OF RACE. JANET GETS OUT OF CAR, SLAMS GLOVE ON GROUND WALKS AWAY IN ANGER. 00:45:19 CU FACE SHOT OF FRUSTRATED JANET, AS SHE TELLS OF HER FEELINGS. JANET WATCH REST OF RACE FROM ROOF OF SMALL BUILDING, "KELLY GIRL" WRITTEN ON HER DRIVER'S OUTFIT. OFFICIAL WAVES CHECKERED FLAG FOR WINNER.