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ANNIE GETS HER GUN
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Aged just 22, Annie Wallace writes drag-racing history at Santa Pod
Damien Smith
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Mustang-bodied Pro Mod car has 14-litre V8 making 3000bhp
W omen in motorsport? Speak to anyone in drag racing and it’s not even a topic for discussion. That’s because the straight-ahead discipline left behind gender preconceptions and prejudice years ago. Female racers thrive on an equal footing in this arena, as a statistic from a recent round of the Motorsport UK British Drag Racing Championship at Santa Pod Raceway proves: one in seven of the entries were driven by women, and indeed it was a standout young woman who stamped her mark on the meeting in historic fashion.
At just 22, Annie Wallace made her Pro Modified class debut at the Pod in a Ford Mustang-based 3000bhp naturally aspirated 14-litre V8 monster boosted with injections of nitrous oxide.