18 Year Old Girl Beats The Boys By Making Her First 8 Second Quarter Mile Run In A 69 Camaro

Meet Alex Taylor, an 18-year-old girl who has been pursuing her high-octane dream and can now take pride in having pulled an 8-second quarter mile pass at the Rocky Mountain Race Week.

Alex is obviously the youngest competitor at the event and her weapon is a 1969 Camaro. Sure, the classic muscle car required a set of extremely serious mods to reach such a level of performance and we have to explain the main trick here is a pair of turbos.

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monster - 7/24/2015 1:47:27 PM

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Congrats and good job.

MDarringer - 7/25/2015 11:10:37 AM

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My wife went to performance driving school so she could chase me at the track. I've always been faster, but that's partially from her lack of track practice. Pregnancy and track time are not a good fit

Since she learned how to drive well, she's closed the gap vis a vis my lap times and when inevitably she beats me I will grin. She isn't pregnant at the moment, so I could very well be the second fastest before long.

I find it interesting that as an American society we still have the "performance cars are for men" mindset. I like that my wife and I can put two cars on the trailer and head to a track. It's a lot of fun