Pelham-Windham News 11-27-09

Pelham - Windham News
November 27, 2009 - 9
Twelve-Year-Old Race Car Driver Heads to North Carolina this Weekend
year. Because of her success, Jim and Valerie decided to take her to National Eastern Grands
in New Jersey. She won ﬁ rst place for the entire Eastern Grands and it would have made her
the top novice driver on Eastern Coast in 2006.
Taylor, who races in quarter midgets and can stay in that division until she’s 16, now
competes in feature races that last 40 laps. The races usually include 10 or 11 cars running
six-second laps at 50 miles per hour on a 1/24 of a mile-long track.
She started racing bandolero race cars (mini race cars) a couple of months ago, and is
the ﬁ rst girl in New England to ever race in one, Valerie said. Her bandolero car sports the
number 20, which NASCAR driver Logano currently features on his car. The number also
formerly belonged to Stewart before he changed racing teams.
On Saturday, Oct. 10 at Waterford, CT, Taylor became the ﬁ rst female bandolero driver to
ever race on that track. Then on Saturday, Oct. 24 in Concord, she won both the qualifying
race and the feature race for the bandoleros. A couple weekends ago in Wall, NJ, she won
the qualifying race
and the heat race,
while also collecting
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Taylor Martin, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Windham, has steadily gained attention on the
“I put on my iPod, and I get my
national youth car-racing scene throughout her young career. This weekend, she will travel to North
work done,” Taylor said. “Then I
Carolina with her family to participate in the Fall Nationals event. She began racing cars competitively
go have fun with the other kids.”
in March 2006 at eight years old, and has done an admirable job of representing her family, school, and
Taylor’s parents explained that
town as a young driver since then. The racing prodigy has won a number of national and regional races
the atmosphere in the racing
in her career and looks to add more to her trophy case.
community is unique. It is a
As a member of the 12- to 16-year-old division, she often competes against boys and girls between the
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ages of 14 and 16 years old. She has raced against competition in the 12- to 16-year-old division since
each other out with working
she was nine years old, and it has proven to beneﬁ t her in the long run with the success that she has had.
on cars, preparing for races, or
Taylor’s best moment recently came on Sunday, September 27, when she outraced one of the most
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talented 16-year-old drivers in the nation on the ﬁ nal lap of the Race of Champions at Thompson
after a wreck on the track. The
International Speedway in Thompson, CT. Martin beat the accomplished driver by half of a track to win
Martins spend time with other
the race. A lot of planning and preparation goes into her racing performance each time she goes out on
families and have many friends in
the track.
the community. Taylor actually
“I don’t think when I’m driving because I’ve planned ahead,” said Taylor, who lists Tony Stewart, Dale
likes to share the victory lap with
Earnhardt, Jr., and Joey Logano as her favorite NASCAR drivers. “I just look at the person’s bumper in
her friends anytime she prevails as
front of me. You usually race the same people every race so you need to learn their driving style and use
the victor of the race.
it against them.”
“It’s nice to win, but also
In addition to her mental preparation, Taylor’s father, Jim Martin, does a lot of work on the car during
important to have fun,” she said.
the week to prepare it for the competition on weekends. There’s a massive equation that goes into
preparing the car. The driver’s style, the weather, the feel of the car, the track, and even the competition
all need to be considered in the formula for success. Taylor likes to start from the back and come through
the ﬁ eld. She likes the car when it is loose so the car is faster. She also tends to race better in the cooler
weather.
“You have to ﬁ t the car to the kid,” said Jim, who values safety and equips Taylor with the necessary
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