Meet the woman racing to save the planet

Nascar driver Leilani Mi1/4nter is on a mission to convert America's 75 million racing fans into vegan eco-warriors

Leilani Mi1/4nter has a motto: never underestimate a vegan hippy chick with a racing car. She is a fierce environmental activist - who earns a living in one of the most gas-guzzling industries on the planet.

But the 42-year-old, a Nascar racing driver, insists she isn't the walking contradiction you might imagine. She's a pragmatist. "I am making the biggest difference when I am at a race track and not when I am at an environmental event, preaching to the converted," she says from her home in California.