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09-10-2008, 12:10 PM
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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/nissan_drift_mccain.jpg"></a><br><br>It won't do anything to bolster her "green" credentials, but the fact that Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, can hold her 240SX in a glorious sideways slide as long as you please strikes us not only as surprising, but, well, a little off the hook. It seems the McCain clan likes high-horsepower pastimes, be it trains, planes or automobiles, though the trains part might only be for whistlestop campaigns. A few years back, Cindy and son Jack were intrigued by drifting after catching television coverage of the sport. Rather than just look it up on Wikipedia, Cindy McCain -- who is an avowed lifelong gearhead -- headed to Japan, birthplace of drifting, to learn the practice from a <em>sensei</em>. <br><br>Mom and son Jack dove wholeheartedly into drifting, building a 240SX drift car and competing as a team in amateur competition. Motorsports and high-performance driving also played a restorative role when McCain was temporarily felled by a stroke. In an odd choice of physical therapy facilities, McCain was at Bob Bondurant's Executive Protection course a mere six weeks after the health event, rebuilding her skill. While the plot sounds like a treatment for "The Drifting Kid" or some other kind of Hollywood dreck, it's exciting to think that a first lady might be able to out-drive her Secret Service detail. <em>Thanks for all the tips!</em><br><br>[Source: <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491">ESPN</a>]<br><p style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0">Â*</p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/10/nascar-dads-how-about-formula-d-first-lady/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1309709/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/10/nascar-dads-how-about-formula-d-first-lady/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr>
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<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/09/nissan_drift_mccain.jpg"></a><br><br>It won't do anything to bolster her "green" credentials, but the fact that Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, can hold her 240SX in a glorious sideways slide as long as you please strikes us not only as surprising, but, well, a little off the hook. It seems the McCain clan likes high-horsepower pastimes, be it trains, planes or automobiles, though the trains part might only be for whistlestop campaigns. A few years back, Cindy and son Jack were intrigued by drifting after catching television coverage of the sport. Rather than just look it up on Wikipedia, Cindy McCain -- who is an avowed lifelong gearhead -- headed to Japan, birthplace of drifting, to learn the practice from a <em>sensei</em>. <br><br>Mom and son Jack dove wholeheartedly into drifting, building a 240SX drift car and competing as a team in amateur competition. Motorsports and high-performance driving also played a restorative role when McCain was temporarily felled by a stroke. In an odd choice of physical therapy facilities, McCain was at Bob Bondurant's Executive Protection course a mere six weeks after the health event, rebuilding her skill. While the plot sounds like a treatment for "The Drifting Kid" or some other kind of Hollywood dreck, it's exciting to think that a first lady might be able to out-drive her Secret Service detail. <em>Thanks for all the tips!</em><br><br>[Source: <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491">ESPN</a>]<br><p style="clear:both;padding:8px 0 0 0;height:2px;font-size:1px;border:0;margin:0;padding:0">Â*</p><p><a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/e60/news/story?id=3571491">Read</a>Â*|Â*<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/10/nascar-dads-how-about-formula-d-first-lady/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/1309709/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/10/nascar-dads-how-about-formula-d-first-lady/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p><hr>
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