# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/janet-guthrie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:45:16.665Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/janet-guthrie"
name: "Janet Guthrie"
slug: "janet-guthrie"
description: "Janet Guthrie is an American former racing driver. She is the first female to qualify and race in either the Indianapolis 500, or the Daytona 500, both of which she competed in during 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indianapolis 500s: 1977 through 1979. She is also the first woman to lead a lap in NASCAR Cup Series competition."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JanetGuthrie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.53
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.00692266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "珍妮特·格思里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جانيت غوثري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Janet Guthrie"
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    title: "Janet Guthrie"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "جانت گاتری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Guthrie"
    title: "Janet Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Janet Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Janet Guthrie"
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    title: "Janet Guthrie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Guthrie"
    title: "Janet Guthrie"
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    title: "جینیٹ گتھری"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump