Article: Fast and Furious: Cupertino mechanic has dreams to make it big as a car racer.

Byline: Travis Perkins

Sep. 3--Viktor Sinzig was cruising at 100 mph at age 2. He was riding with his father Harald and mother Irina on the Autobahn, the famous route through Germany that doesn't have a speed limit. "I don't remember that," Sinzig said. His obsession with racing dates back that far. "His first word was pretty much 'car,'" Irina said. "It was not 'mom.' The noise of the car always sounded like music to him." Sinzig now hits blinding speeds on his own. At 19, his efforts have earned him spots in magazines, such as The Wheel and Speedway Illustrated, and a chance to eat breakfast with NASCAR star A.J. Allmendinger (a Los Gatos ...

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