The latest driver to join the Top Fuel elite on the drag racing circuit is Shelley Pearson.

Officially the fastest female in the UK, the 27-year-old has just got her licence so is starting to drive the fastest category of drag racers, reaching speeds of more than 300mph and finishing quarter mile runs in less than five seconds.

The acceleration of the Top Fuel dragsters sees them reach around 100mph in the first 60ft (18m) of their run.

Newsbeat reporter Hannah Morrison went along to the Santa Pod Raceway to check out the power of Shelley’s 8,000 horsepower car.

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MADISON, Ill., – The fastest female in the history of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horsepower KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, is hoping her team’s stellar performances this season will translate into her first NHRA Top Fuel event championship at this weekend’s, May 2-4, annual running of the O’Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals at Gateway Int’l Raceway in Madison, Ill., just across the Mississippi River from the St. Louis city limits.
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