She cruises to the clouds.

Mary Barker and her fiancé, Kendall Samuel, build and race cars. (Courtesy of Mary Barker)
Kendall Samuel raced up Pikes Peak in Colorado last year. Mr. Samuel and Ms. Barker will both be in the race this summer. (PPIHC)
Ms. Barker grew up riding horses. She learned about trucks and tractors. That led to building cars. (Courtesy of Mary Barker)
Mr. Samuel drove the Subaru he and Ms. Barker built in The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. (Courtesy of Mary Barker)
Mr. Samuel asked Ms. Barker to marry him after the race at Pikes Peak last year. They will marry after the race this summer. (Courtesy of Mary Barker)

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Vroom, vroom. Ms. B. starts the engine of her race car. She and a friend built it. She is 1 of 6 women in a car race this summer.

She will zoom up a mountain.

Pray: Thank God for the beauty of mountains and the joy of driving.

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Mary Barker is 28. She builds cars with her fiancé in Hendersonville, North Carolina. She applied to be in The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Only about 70 drivers made it into the race this year. Drivers speed one at a time up Pikes Peak in Colorado. The race is June 23. The road has 156 sharp turns over more than 12 miles. Drivers sometimes go more than 100 miles per hour.

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14)