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Sound simple? Not quite, as 12-year-old junior superstar Izabella Marshall of Vernon explained. There香蕉视频直播檚 a lot more to the niche sport than what meets the eye.

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1. Getting off the starting line quickly

How quick the racer is hitting the gas to get their car moving is the first important skill to master.

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Izabella is in her first full season in the junior dragsters NHRA division six competition. Titanium Auto Group and Quality Manufactured Homes are the two key sponsors who have helped fund her drag racing journey in 2023.

How she got into the sport was like many young children, through the love of her role model, her father, Jody.

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Her car is a third of the scale of a regular dragster, which makes sense given Izabella is years away from garnering a learner香蕉视频直播檚 license in a commercial vehicle.

The juniors race on a one-eighth mile track, as opposed to the pros running a quarter-mile. Other differences include the speed, where Marshall香蕉视频直播檚 car is capped at 75 miles an hour.

2. Reaction time

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香蕉视频直播淵our age determines your speed. So Izabella, at 12, competes with other racers who can be as young as six. Two cars come up to the line and she might be racing someone younger, so that car would get a head start. The theory is, by the finish line, they should get there at the same time, which never happens,香蕉视频直播� laughs Jody. 香蕉视频直播淏ecause reaction time from when they start leaving is always the challenge.香蕉视频直播�

A six-year-old, if running next to Izabella, would be dialed in at 14 seconds, meaning Izabella cannot leave the line until 5.1 seconds after the six-year-old does.

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At a race this past June, Izabella won an award for cutting the perfect light, with triple zeroes on the reaction time clock. If the car next to Izabella took a tenth of a second to leave the line, that puts the onus on Izabella to slightly slow down, in order to finish with her opponent.

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3. Making the car consistent

Izabella香蕉视频直播檚 car runs on methanol, a single-cylinder billet aluminum block.

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Safety is an obvious necessity during the races, and the athletes are equipped with a full fire suit, helmet and .

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As the 2023 campaign wraps up, (season runs from April to end of September) Izabella is looking forward to 2024, when she graduates into a new tier (ages 13-17), the fast bracket, ramping up the speeds to 85 miles per hour. She and Jody are seeking more sponsors so that they can attend more races across the country.

On top of the thrill of racing, the social aspect is another reason why Izabella loves the sport so much.

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