they have always been men — until janet guthrie.ace car. i was playing in a millionaire's sport from the very beginning, and not having been born with a trust fund, i learned how to build my own engines and do my own bodywork. i thought there was a reasonably good chance that i would be successful at it, because i wanted it a lot, i loved the sport. it was the passion of my life, really. part of the fun is to accept the risk and deal with it gracefully and well. you have to have an interest in what it's like out there at the limits of human capability. i was saying to myself, you know, "you really must come to your senses and make some provision for your old age." and that was the point at which the phone rang and a voice completely unknown to me said, "how would you like to take a shot at the indianapolis 500?" it was sometimes said that the indianapolis 500 wasn't the most important race — it was the only race. that's how most of the united states feels about it. over 400,000 people showed up. you can't imagine how many people tha

in 2006, janet guthrie was inducted into the international motor sports hall of fame.ve five extraordinary accounts of history through the eyes of the people who were there. for now, from witness, goodbye. hello. it was the central third of the uk that saw the best of the weather today. in the north a mixture of sunshine and showers have continued. this dramatic weather watchers pictures came in from orkney. in the south, and brother well, cloud, steady rain across in england and more recently across south wales. the dry a gap in between is where we have showers across the north west likely to continue through the evening and overnight. the rain in the south is the major feature which will develop and wales for a time, strong and gusty winds ahead of that in the south—east and the rain reluctant to clear away from northern and eastern england. clearer skies for a while in the south—west but away from those showers in scotland. into sunday the rain moves into the north sea leaving a mixture of sunshine and showers across scotland and northern ireland. many parts of scot

in 2006 janet guthrie was in the ready to the international motor sports wall of fame.hrough the eyes of the people who we re through the eyes of the people who were there. for now, goodbye. hello there. good morning. generally speaking, the weather's been unsettled in recent days. that was certainly the case yesterday with showers in scotland and northern ireland. this was taken by one of our weather watchers. this is clearing through the east in the early hours of his morning. a few showers in scotland and northern ireland. in between the two, dry weather. temperatures down to 15—16 degrees further south. the morning, showers around in scotland. mainly in the west of scotland. the north of northern ireland. the further south you are, largely dry. one or two showers into the morning in northern england. some good spells of sunshine. a lovely start to the day for much of wales. one or two showers here. for the south—west of england, thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. through the english channel, a lot of cloud and rain will never be too far away. this weather front ma