MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG has wrapped up her role -- for now -- as bad girl Georgina Sparks on "Gossip Girl" and will be hitting the race track as a newbie professional driver in ABC Family's "The Circuit," premiering Sunday, June 8 at 8 p.m.

"I got to be the girl in the fast lane," Michelle says in a one-on-one interview with ET. "I actually got to go behind the wheel of a real race car and whip it around the track. That was fun."

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This Sunday, Indy superstar DANICA PATRICK joins the "Oprah's Big Give" competition to get the contestants off and running on "The Big Give Road Trip." Every mile counts on this race and one contestant winds up in the middle of a harrowing tragedy. The racers also get phone calls from OPRAH WINFREY to give them encouragement.

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