Female drivers in indy 500

 · Tough, injured drivers gutting out miles are hardly an anomaly at Indy. But women drivers like Mann are almost as becoming as hard to find as a great seat at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for.  · De Silvestro, making her first Indy appearance since , is one of nine female drivers who have started the race. Sarah Fisher started nine times and Patrick eight -- she finished third in -- and the , 20races all had four women in the field.  · The emotions were palpable on Indy qualifying day. Simona De Silvestro, the lone woman on this year’s entry list, was one of the last drivers to .

The Brickyard has seen its share of headline-grabbing female drivers in the past - from Janet Guthrie, the first to qualify and drive the in , to Danica Patrick more recently - but. Paretta Motorsports showed up with Simona de Sivestro for the Indy and had many women on their team. On race day, the pit crew that went over the wall to service the race car consisted of four women and two men, which was a new milestone. Those women were Amanda Frayer, Madison Conrad, Caitlyn Brown and Mallorie Muller. De Silvestro is the only female in the field of 33 for this year’s Indy , and as a member of Peretta Autosport, this is the first time ever a female driver and female owner have qualified for.

30 ພ.ພ. This year's Indianapolis will feature Swiss driver Simona de Silvestro, one of only nine women to race in one of the most storied races. 27 ພ.ພ. INDIANAPOLIS -- Simona de Silvestro was still in her helmet when her race team owner threw her arms around the driver who had just qualified. 27 ພ.ພ. time since the inaugural Indianapolis was held in , history will be made when a pit crew containing a majority of women racers.