across from the ofer detention center. anthony: what do they think about this next door, do they ever give you problems? betty: this is an israeli jail. it s called ofer. one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over there, and i was walking, i wanted to see what s going on. and the israeli soldiers, they came running at me, and they started shooting at me, and i got i got shot in the back. it was tear gas. anthony: the canister hit you? betty: yeah, so my speed sisters, they took me to the hospital. i fainted. anthony: have you thought of challenging the israelis to put up a team? betty: i can t race because my car is palestinian. anthony: what if they come over here? betty: they re not allowed to enter the west bank, and we re not allowed to go to jerusalem, so how can we race together? anthony: okay. silly question. (woman) wow, that s something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with
betty: yeah. well, a car doesn t know if you re a woman or a man. anthony: yeah. betty: a lot of girls want to join us, the speed sisters. but some of the families are very reserved, they don t like their daughters to be between men racing, you know? palestine is a very reserved society. anthony: so are things getting better, staying the betty: you never know what s going to happen in palestine. one day it s good and the other day it s just, you never know, it s a crazy country. anthony: the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it s basically a parking lot across from the ofer detention center. anthony: what do they think about this next door, do they ever give you problems? betty: this is an israeli jail. it s called ofer. one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over there, and i was walking, i wanted to see wha