Racer somehow finds direction in occupation (6)
I believe the answer is:
career
'occupation' is the definition.
(I know that occupation can be written as career)
'racer somehow finds direction in' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'finds direction' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'racer' with letters rearranged gives 'carer'.
'carer' enclosing 'e' is 'CAREER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for career that I've seen before include "pursuit" , "Life (in terms of work etc)" , "Mad rush" , "Progression through working life" , "Life's work path" .)