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2008-02-07 - Villeneuve faces difficulties as he enters NASCAR

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Jacques Villeneuve was 13 when he told his mother he wanted to be a race car driver.

Hesitant to let her son enter into a career that had claimed the life of his father just one year earlier, she cited poor grades as a reason to hold the youngster back.

So Villeneuve promptly improved his marks. It was one of the earliest indications of how determined he was to race cars, and he used that resolve to build a highly successful open wheel career.Jacques Villeneuve was 13 when he told his mother he wanted to be a race car driver.

Hesitant to let her son enter into a career that had claimed the life of his father just one year earlier, she cited poor grades as a reason to hold the youngster back.

So Villeneuve promptly improved his marks. It was one of the earliest indications of how determined he was to race cars, and he used that resolve to build a highly successful open wheel career.

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