Dancing Jenneke races Top Gear sports car AUSTRALIAN hurdler Michelle Jenneke has been filmed racing against a high-powered Top Gear sports car - just a day after pulling out of a Sydney athletics meet with a hamstring strain. The Rio Olympics hopeful was billed as one of the star attractions of Saturday's Sydney Track Classic event at Olympic Park, having gained worldwide fame for her sexy pre-race warm-up routine and a series of racy photoshoots. But the 19-year-old junior silver medallist was forced to pull out shortly before Saturday's race, citing a hamstring strain she'd been carrying for a couple of weeks. Jenneke, from Kenthurst on Sydney's northwestern outskirts, posted photos to Twitter and Instagram showing her lying down with an ice pack on her leg before the meet. However, on Sunday she was back on her feet - running against a Nissan GT-R (top speed about 310km/h) driven by BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson. The race took place at the Top Gear Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park, and the footage was posted to YouTube and Facebook. Jenneke performed her famous hip-wiggling dance before Clarkson floored the Nissan's accelerator and screeched away from the start line. The Aussie runner, who in 2012 was ranked No.10 in AskMen's top 100 "most desirable women" list, took an early lead - but the car easily beat her over the 100m course. Jenneke's manager insisted she wasn't running at full tilt. "Shelly participated in the Top Gear festival in Sydney and did do a short run - but it was only at 60-70 per cent capacity," her manager Damian Triffitt told AAP. While she has not done a major injury to the hamstring, it is strained and she is nursing the injury back to 100 per cent. Jenneke, who's just started a mechatronic engineering degree course, tweeted a brief comment about her muscle at the weekend. Hamstring wasn't feeling 100% tonight at the #sydneytrackclassic so I didn't risk further injuring myself. Thankyou for all the support!" she wrote.