b'RACERSPOTLIGHTNICOLE ZUCCARELLIleaves her mark inJUNIOR DRAGSTER COMPETITIONNicole Zuccarelli is a self-described military brat born inThat race, she won the finals against South Carolina racer Florida. Shes also a lifelong racer. Morgan Carroll on a holeshot. Her lightning-quick reaction The 18-year-old from Seymour Johnson Air Force Basetime of .005 at the tree was paired with a 7.928-elapsed time recently completed her career as a junior dragster, winningat 80.70 mph.the 2019 championship at IHRA-member track Coastal PlainsShe has shown incredible focus, runner-up in the PDRA Pro Dragway in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Juniors only two weeks after her mother was deployed in the fall of 2018.Making her championship more impressive, one ofher biggest supporters wasnt there the first partNow graduated from the Junior Dragsters, Nicole plans to of the season. get out of the drivers seat while she starts college with her Being together as a family, my mother was deployed dad to resume his driving career. At her early age, she is and missed one-third of the season, Zuccarelli explained.incredibly reflective of her time in the Junior cars.As my dad says we are very lucky to have what we have and We have been Junior Drag Racing do what we do, she said. as a family for 17 years. I will miss my junior drag racing Nicole and her sisters have been instrumental in the sportyears and I hope that after my college with the support of her dad CJ and her mom Kris. career we can race again With the family stationed at different locales across the country, Nicole explained she started following her sistersas a family.at age three before beginning her own racing career in 2010. We have traveled over 200,000 miles in 17 years, she said. Ive been as far as Utah racing national events and racing in 20 states.The last four years with the family in the drag racing hotbed of North Carolina have been the best of her young career. She has won over $13,000 as a junior racer, which includes winning an IHRA national event at Piedmont Dragway in 2017.16'