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22) Drive
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"Savannah 'Savvy' Jenkins is no stranger to the crude comments and leering looks she gets in the pit. Out to prove that she can succeed in a man's world, she thinks she knows what to expect when she joins Formula World champion Dante Annunziata's crew. Dante is determined to finish his season on top. And Savvy is nothing but a distraction that threatens to get in the way. Convinced Savvy has no business on the team, Dante's prepared to do anything...
26) Danica Patrick
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Profiles the life and career of racecar driver Danica Patrick.
27) Lyn St. James
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Presents the life and career of Evelyn St. James, whose love of mathematics and sports led to a career as a professional race car driver.
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"Life in Ingrid Steffensen's New Jersey suburb was safe, comfortable, and predictable. A college professor, wife, and mother of a preadolescent daughter, her carefully cultivated world was comprised of the usual suspects: family, work, book clubs, yoga classes, and date nights. Then, one day--thinking she'd be a good sport and maybe learn something about what made her car-crazed husband tick--she put a helmet on her head, took her Mini Cooper to the...
33) Speed Sisters
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The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male dominated Palestinian street car racing scene. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, this takes viewers on a surprising journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought they could.
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Few women had driven at the top auto racing levels before Danica Patrick arrived on the IndyCar circuit in 2002. Once behind the wheel of a high-powered IndyCar, she broke barriers that included becoming the first woman to win a race on that circuit. Moving over to NASCAR, she recorded several more firsts for women racers, including winning the pole position for the Daytona 500 in 2013. Her fame and personality have made her popular with fans and...
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In the 1930s, most girls were happy playing with dolls. But Betty Skelton liked playing with airplanes. When Betty was young there weren₂t many women flying airplanes or racing cars, but she wouldn₂t let that stop her. She was always ready to take on a challenge. Betty rode motorcycles, raced cars, jumped out of planes, and flew jets, helicopters, gliders, and blimps. And by the time she was an adult, Betty was known in the press as the ₁First...
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