Woman racer upsets testosterone-driven Iran

[Book Lover]

This just might make me start watching racing again!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050314/lf_afp/afplifestyleiranautowomen

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Laleh Seddigh, 28, is fast emerging as one of Iran's foremost race car drivers, leaving the best of the men racers behind in her saloon car.

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Until Seddigh became a professional driver three years ago, she was just one of the many relatively wealthy young people who cruise and race around town -- breaking several bones and earning the nickname of "little Schumacher" after the German Formula One champion Michael.

She learned how to drive at the age of just 13, and admits to having "snatched the car keys and sneaked out of the house, always in fear of police" before she got her driving license.

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"And every time I want to practice or make a test drive, the track staff ask me for a letter of permission -- even though I am the captain of the Proton speed team. Men never have this kind of hassle."

[alfredo]

1. I hope she can come race

here in the US