Is Suri Cruising (Groan) Around in a $30,000 Race Car?

Wonderwall, Monday, January 11, 2010, 4:23pm (PST)

By Kat Giantis

At the ripe old age of 3, Suri Cruise already has a better wardrobe than we do (sundresses in winter notwithstanding), and now comes word that she might have a better set of wheels, too.

Australia's Daily Telegraph claims the mop-topped offspring of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is putting pedal to the metal in a nearly $30,000 "custom-made miniature replica of an Indy race car," which was supposedly presented to her by her "Days of Thunder"-reliving dad.

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"Suri has been mesmerized by auto racing on TV, so he thought it would be fun for her to have her own little car to ride in," alleges a source. "If Suri truly takes to the sport, Tom plans on having a little race track installed at his L.A. property."

For now, continues the snitch, "She'll just be going up and down the family's long driveway."

So, anyone else find this a little hard to believe, and not just because it would be really tough for the tot to hit the gas while wearing her ever-present high heels?

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Turns out there's no need to call child services (or the highway patrol).

When contacted about the teeny-tiny speed demon tale, Cruise's rep assured Wonderwall that it was so much fried baloney.

While Suri may not have her own car (yet -- we predict a bow-topped Bentley for her big 0-4), she is becoming a bit of a theater aficionado.

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Tom and Katie took her to see a stage production of "Mary Poppins" last week in Los Angeles, an outing capped off with a visit backstage to pose for photos with the cast.

This marks the second time in six months Suri has seen the show, following a trip last August to see the spoonful-of-sugar-offering nanny on Broadway.

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