Betty Blythe First Woman to Lap the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

This is an image of Betty Blythe (that was her pen name, her actual name was Marie Chomel) who became the first woman to complete a lap around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when she rode with notorious scorcher "Wild" Bob Burman in his Buick. A journalist, Blythe wrote an article about her experience.

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