Meatless Mouthful–Leilani Munter Says Race Car Forgives Her Hippiness
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 23rd, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Environment-Eco-Green, Meatless Mouthful.
Photo: Phil Cavali
“The race fans forgive me for being an environmentalist because I have a race car. That’s why they’re listening to me; I have a race car underneath me. If I was just a biology graduate, trying to ask them to do these things, I don’t think any of them would hear me.”
—Leilani Munter, to the Department of Energy, on how she is able to connect with NASCAR fans on environmental issues and not turn them off by stereotypes of environmentalists and vegetarians.
In the ARCA race on September 30th, Munter will drive a car sponsored by Operation Free, a group of military veterans who advocate energy independence and action on climate change.
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