Story by James Heine

To the casual fan, Lisa Weinberger’s 1972 Toyota Celica is just another old race car saved from oblivion by a series of owners. 

Yet the serious fan knows the 50-year-old Toyota contributed to a milestone moment in motorsports history: It helped Janet Guthrie launch her professional career and become the first woman to race at Indy. …

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sir_mike
sir_mike Reader
3/2/22 4:37 p.m.

Great piece of history.Nice to see it still being used as designed.

hobiercr
hobiercr GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/3/22 12:31 p.m.

Really great article! Seeing this car vintage racing motivates me to move forward on my vintage build.

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