The way Tisha Wilson tells it, what happened that day at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Ga., was no big deal.
She was roaring down the track at 200-plus miles an hour in a nitro funny car. There was a “little incident.” An explosion. Some flames.
“It burned my eyebrows,” she says. “Burned my driving suit. My feet felt hot.”
No big deal, really (her mother, Teresa Wilson, has a somewhat different take, as you will see). It’s just something that can happen when you combine explosive speed with explosive fuel mixtures while chasing your dream of becoming a professional drag racer.
Still a few months shy of her 21st birthday, the South Rowan High grad has been …Â Details
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