...opportunity if you have something to offer."For years it's been difficult for women to be taken seriously in racing. Lyn St. James, Janet Guthrie, Patty Moise, Louise Smith and Shawna Robinson were pioneers who challenged the men-only fraternity...
...started people buzzing about her for the entire month of May. The 5-foot-2, 100-pound Patrick followed Guthrie, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher to Indy, but none of those women caused the media frenzy and speculation that has followed Patrick...
...on the track during the week between the end of time trials and the start of the race. She follows Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, needing only to finish eighth or better to improve on the best...
...the same accident. Nineteen-year-old Sarah Fisher, making her first start in the 500, was sandwiched between Lyn St. James and Jaques Lazier on lap 74. St. James, the oldest driver in the race at 53, and Fisher, the youngest, touched...
...faster drivers could begin. Among those still hoping to nail down a starting spot before the 6 p.m. close were Lyn St. James, Mike Groff, Stephan Gregoire, Joe Gosek, Hideshi Matsuda, Danny Drinan, Jimmy Kite and Claude Bourbonnais.
...Indy 500 under the IRL banner in 1996; two-time runner-up and former track record-holder Roberto Guerrero; Lyn St. James, the only woman in Indy racing; and Raul Boesel, who left the rival Championship Auto Racing Teams and joined the...
...Gentlemen, start your engines!" Several members of the racing fraternity that once heeded those famous words were on hand at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Terre Haut, Ind., including A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford and Lyn St. James.
...and The Gong Show," Miller wrote of the decision to create starting spots for Johnny Unser and Daytona Beach's Lyn St. James. Despite the IRL's troubles, George's vision for Indy racing is intriguing. While CART views itself as something...
...Davey Hamilton, Eliseo Salazar, defending champion Buddy Lazier, Eddie Cheever, Robby Gordon, Stephan Gregoire, Lyn St. James, Buzz Calkins, Alessandro Zampedri, IRL points leader Mike Groff and Roberto Guerrero, a two-time runner-up...
...average of 222.082 mph.... If Fisher is not bumped from the 33-car field next weekend, she will break a tie with Lyn St. James for most Indy starts by a woman (seven).... Ed Carpenter's wife, Heather, waved the green flag for his qualifying...
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