The Speedway's First Woman

Betty Blythe was a society and women's interest reporter at the Indianapolis Star in 1909. She became the first woman to circle the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in a race car during practice for the very first races at the track. Her story is compeling reporting and provides wonderful insights to the sensations of being in the cockpit of an early race car at speed. Her driver was as good as they came: "Wild" Bob Burman.