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JANET GUTHRIE:
HUGE CROWD FILLS STANDS AT RACETRACK. CU BLACK
WHITE MEN'S HEADS MOVE AS STOCK CARS SPEED BY.
PARKING LOT FILLED WITH RECREATION VEHICLES, MOTOR
HOMES.
00:41:35
MEN DRIVERS SIGN AUTOGRAPHS, CHAT. THEY HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN MEN, UNTIL JANET GUTHRIE. CU JANET,
WEARING STOCK DRIVERS COSTUME, WORKED AS SPACE
PHYSICIST, BEFORE BECOMING PROFESSIONAL DRIVER,
WALKS WITH MALE FANS, SIGN AUTOGRAPH FOR ONE.
00:42:04 CREW MEMBER HELPS JANET ADJUST HER GLOVES AS SHE
NARRATES, TELLS OF HER DARING EXPLOITS AS YOUNG
GIRL.
00:42:43
PAN OF DOZENS OF RACE CAR TIRES, READY TO BE PUT
ON CAR AFTER PIT STOPS. MEMBER OF CREW TESTS THEM.
OFFICIAL WAVES FLAG FOR START OF RACE. STOCK CARS
SPEED BY. JANET'S GREEN CAR NUMBER "68" WITH,
"KELLY," WRITTEN ON SIDE.
00:43:41
CREW GETS TO WORK AS JANET MAKES PIT STOP. TIRES
ARE CHANGED, WINDOWS WASHED, REFUELLING, ENGINE
ADJUSTMENTS, ALL DONE IN FORTY-FIVE SECONDS.
00:44:32 CAR HITS RAILING, DRIVER GETS OUT AS SMOKE
INUNDATES CAR. TWO MEN SPECTATORS ENJOYING THE
ACTION.
00:44:49
PIT CREW RAISES SIGN, "LOOSE," TO TELL JANET SHE'S
IN TROUBLE. JANET MAKES PIT STOP. CAR'S SUSPENSION
IS BROKEN, SHE'S OUT OF RACE. JANET GETS OUT OF
CAR, SLAMS GLOVE ON GROUND WALKS AWAY IN ANGER.
00:45:19
CU FACE SHOT OF FRUSTRATED JANET, AS SHE TELLS OF
HER FEELINGS. JANET WATCH REST OF RACE FROM ROOF
OF SMALL BUILDING, "KELLY GIRL" WRITTEN ON HER
DRIVER'S OUTFIT. OFFICIAL WAVES CHECKERED FLAG
FOR WINNER.
