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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Veronica Esposito

‘Women are better at weighing the risks and rewards’: Aurora Straus on blazing a trail for female racers

two women in racecar driver outfits stand in front of a race car
Aurora Straus, right, and Zoë Barry. Photograph: Chris Green/Sideline Sports

When the race car driver Aurora Straus first began competing professionally aged 16, she was the only female racer on the tracks in North America. Unsurprisingly, her entry into the male-dominated world of motorsports was not without its sexist challenges. In one incident, while she was being filmed for a documentary, she returned to her car with a camera crew in tow, to find a surprise.

“I was doing an interview for this movie,” Straus recalls, “and I went to show them my car. When I opened the door, there was a dildo in there.”

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