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What advice would you give to a young girl who wants to become a race-car driver? -Ellen Hayes, MIAMII never try to put anybody in a different category. It doesn't matter whether you're male or female. It's about starting young and getting into the best equipment and going out on all different types of tracks. In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance...
...child, did you grow up wanting to be a racecar driver? Or did you have something else in mind? -Sara Simpson, Gulfport, Miss.As a kid, you're not making a lot plans. I got into racing through my mom and my stepfather, particularly my stepfather. It really just started out as a hobby, and then we started having success. Then you start looking around at the big-time racecar drivers and they become your heroes. Once you get behind the wheel, you get past some of the fear, because anything new can be fearful. It doesn't matter...
What are your feelings about being in the "Car of Tomorrow" for its first full season? -Kelly Alexander, El Dorado, Kans.I'm excited about it. When it first came out, I wasn't a big fan. As a racecar driver and somebody who loves cars, and cool cars, you want something that's sleek and aerodynamic and cool looking. It took a lot for me to accept it. Now, the teams have really spent time looking at this car and the characteristics of it. We've really gotten the cars driving better. I think you're going...
...According to Marco Canseco, a reporter for the sports paper Marca, fans of Spanish driver Fernando Alonso booed his archrival (and former McLaren teammate) "fanatically" every time he moved between his mobile home and the pit at the Circuit de Catalunya testing session. Those seated over the British driver's quarters, included some men wearing painted faces, Afro wigs, and t-shirts bearing the word's "Hamilton's Family," went even further, loudly calling Hamilton a "negro de mierda" (or "black shit") and other offensive names...
...many were involved). And online comments left on Spanish websites that have published news of the abuse display a notable lack of concern. "The insults to Mr. Hamilton aren't racist because they aren't insulting him for being black, they insult him for being a Formula One driver [who is] giving it to Alonso," writes one Marca reader...