History Happy Hour: Racing for Equality
with Beth Paretta
Virtual Program
Thursday, April 29, 2021
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (EST)
Registration closes 2 hours prior to the start of the program.
Free Program
Additional opportunities available to support IHS as we continue collecting, preserving, and sharing Indiana’s history.
Gear up for the 105th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge with a retrospective on women in racing, which dates all the way back to the 1920s at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Nearly a century later, and just 50 years after women were granted garage and pit access at the Speedway, we will celebrate the first women-led/women driven/women forward racing team to compete in the Indy 500 as we are joined by Beth Paretta, owner of Paretta Autosport.
Paretta epitomizes the female success story as she worked her way up from automotive dealerships to become the first female director of a performance brand and motorsport for an automotive company.
Presented by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.