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British govt. minister quits to race cars

LONDON (AP) - A British government minister has stepped down to
follow his dream of becoming a race car driver.

Lord Drayson, Britain's defense procurement minister, is taking an
indefinite leave of absence to compete in the American Le Mans
series, Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said Wednesday.

Paul Drayson, 47, a former pharmaceuticals entrepreneur appointed to
the House of Lords in 2004, said last year that he took up
competitive motor racing as part of a "mid-life crisis."

Drayson, who competes in a bioethanol-fueled Aston Martin, qualified
for the U.S. competition by placing second at this year's British GT
championship.

Drayson was appointed to the Ministry of Defense in 2005 by
then-Prime Minister Tony Blair to oversee Britain's $30 billion
military hardware budget.

In a letter to Brown, Drayson described the chance to compete as a
"once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" and "a key step towards my eventual
dream of success in the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race."

The American Le Mans Series, a North American counterpart to the
famous French endurance race, announced earlier this year that almost
all its cars would race on biofuel.



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