The race car driver is drawing attention to the gender imbalance in motorsports – and auction houses – by teaming up with female artists on an ‘art car’ project
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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