# @wpiathletics on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BueXOL4nff2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12815046-wpiathletics-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/04a48773fc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-03-01T17:40:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WPI Athletics (@wpiathletics) — https://gondola.cc/wpiathletics

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Women’s sports are more popular today than they’ve ever been, but this wasn’t always the case. In honor of Women’s History Month we will honor women who broke barriers in sport.

Janet Guthrie wasn’t the first woman to get behind the wheel of a race car, but she became the first woman to compete in NASCAR’s Winston Cup Series in the 1976 World 600 race. Her 15th-place finish was a milestone for the history of women in sports, but Guthrie wasn’t content with just breaking through the gender barrier. The next year, she pushed forward becoming the first woman to run in the Dayton 500–NASCAR’s version of the Super Bowl. Later that same year, she switched to open wheel racing and became the first woman to ever qualify for the Indianapolis 500. To date, fewer than 20 racers (male or female) have competed in both the Dayton 500 and Indianapolis 500.
#womenshistorymonth #sheis

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