Column: Guthrie paved the way, still hoping more will follow By PAUL NEWBERRYMay 7, 2021 GMT All these years after her history making run at the Indianapolis 500, Janet Guthrie is still deluged with letters from around the globe. “I just got a piece of fan mail from Australia,” she said Friday. “I’ve got a stack of fan mail about 3 feet high that I haven’t been able to respond to.” And how about the news that Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank is set to portray her in a movie! Swank called Guthrie “an incredible true story about female empowerment and going after your dreams,” saying she “can’t wait to bring her inspiring life to the screen.”