Motor racing-Female team ready to usher in new era at Indy 500

A new era in motor racing begins as the green flags fly on Sunday with the first-ever predominantly female team taking on the Indy 500 for the first time. “Women didn’t know it was for them and the few who did didn’t have a lot of opportunity,” Paretta Autosport team owner Beth Paretta told Reuters, when asked why it took more than a century for a team like hers to even reach the starting line. “Hire hard-working women,” she added.