"Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally, physically -- and then you have to find about ten percent more and use that too."

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Source: Janet O. Hagberg (2002). “Real Power: Stages of Personal Power in Organizations, Third Edition”, p.300, Sheffield Publishing

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Janet Guthrie

Racing Driver

Janet Guthrie is a pioneering race car driver, known for being the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 and for her contributions to motorsports.

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