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Cindy McCain – Drifting

Drift racing, or drifting, is a style of racing in which a driver intentionally skids the back of a car through turns. Americans may know it from the 2006 movie The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Of all the people you would expect to be into drifting, Cindy McCain, wife of 2008 presidential candidate John McCain, seems the least likely. However, the soon to be 56-year-old mother of four has always been a fan of racing and she even went so far as to travel to Japan to take lessons from one of the world’s top drifting instructors.

"I love it," McCain told ESPN when asked about drifting. "I'm probably a little too cautious with it because it is abnormal from what you're taught when you're taught to drive."

Here’s a video from ESPN’s 2008 profile story.

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