An executive pastry chef says the recipe for surviving a wrecked marriage is to drive very fast.

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Shortly after her divorce, Mary Katharine, spun out of her depression by learning to drive a race car, according to her media representative.

The 39-year-old single mother currently races a Spec Miata in SCCA in the Southeast division. She travels on the weekends to Daytona Beach and Sebring, Fla., as well as other cities with her five daughters who watch her while sitting in the stands.

She is searching for a sponsor to help her move into the next division, where she would be the only female to race a Subaru in the pro series, Speed World Challenge Touring.

"Early on it was pretty bumpy," Katharine said in a press release.

"In fact, I got bumped from behind by a frustrated male race car driver who didn't appreciate having me in front of him. After a lot of bumping and scraping we both fell victim to a third racer that caused a huge wreck. As a result of that experience, we became friends and he's over the gender thing and now we're just fierce competitors," she said.