Drag
racing is a family sport. With its growing age comes the arrival of
second and third generation racers, emerging every season. The sport
that meant so much to their parents now means the world to them. Yes,
drag racing families are still your typical American family, but with a
shot of nitrous instead. Eager
to follow in her father’s foot steps, Erin Braasch patiently
awaited her chance to climb behind the wheel herself. The opportunity
she had long waited for would finally come to fruition. While her
junior high classmates were busy riding bicycles and memorizing every
episode of Boy Meets World, the young and hungry Braasch became well
acquainted with the garage and drag strip. Seventh grade students are
young and impressionable, so when the young second generation driver
squeezed that throttle for the first time, she was as hooked as her
Mickey Thompson slicks on a freshly sprayed concrete launch pad. Popular
Hot Rodding's 2006 Miss Joliet Super Chevy Today,
the 19-year-old Optician from Mokena, Illinois has her sights set on
the 2010 race season with her completely overhauled 1989 Chevrolet
Camaro. The newly installed third generation fiberglass body will make
its maiden voyage down the quarter-mile with some assistance from a
freshly rebuilt 409 small block Chevy. Braasch is working feverishly to
finish her build before the 2010 season opener at Route 66 Raceway, in
Joliet, Illinois but gets tremendous support from her father, John, who
first got her involved. John
Braasch's 1985 Chevrolet Camaro; 510 BBC 850 HP Erin,
the hired gun driving a friend's Chevelle
Featured
Racer: Erin Braasch
Braasch actively races in the NHRA Summit Series Pro and Super Pro
categories throughout the Midwest at Route 66 Raceway, U.S. 41, Union
Grove, Byron Dragway, & O’Reilly Raceway Park at
Indianapolis. But if you haven’t had the chance to see Erin in
person, then your next best option is to check your closest car
magazine, as Erin has also been a featured model, most notably as
Popular Hot Rodding’s 2006 Miss Joliet Super Chevy. Whether she
is behind the wheel, in front of the camera, or simply turning wrenches
with her dad, this young lady is making noise and turning heads.
