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The navigator is blind and the driver's in pain, but they're racing though France, busting barriers

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France Rally Racing Blind

This selfie provided by Merete Buljo shows herself, right, and Tonje Thoresen, both from Norway, during the 5-day Princesses Rally, in Chablis, Burgundy, on May 18, 2025. (Merete Buljo via AP)

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JOHN LEICESTER

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PARIS (AP) — The driver's joints are so painful from rheumatoid arthritis that she can't manage a stick shift. And the co-pilot who is helping to guide her through France as the navigator is blind, her sight snatched away by a brain tumor five years ago that stole her career as a photographer.