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Natasha Cherchuk 2004 NHRA Division 6
National Open Series Making them eat her dust
.Teenage gal hits 130 kmh in 8.6 seconds
Fourteen-year-old Edmonton, Alberta native Natasha
Cherchuk has a need for speed. At 13 Natasha was a
veteran on the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
drag racing circuit. She competes under the
nickname “Cha Cha” a tribute to her idol,
Shirley Muldowney, one of the greatest drivers in
drag racing history. First introduced to the sport
at the age of four by her father Lance, a champion
dragster himself, Natasha competed in her first
race on her 8th birthday. She tore down the track
running 14:32 at 42 mph. Later that year, she
entered her first final round of eliminations and
placed runner-up.
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June 7, 2005 – Natasha
places 5th in IHRA Ironman Classic (6/7/05)
Budweiser Motorsports Park Drag Series May 29,
2005, Edmonton, Alberta Runner-up (2nd place) IHRA
Ironman Classic Series June 5, 2005, Edmonton,
Alberta Quarter Finalist (5th place) Budweiser
Motorsports Park Bracketeer Series July 9, 2005 3rd
place. www.girl-racers.com/drivers/cherchuk/update.html
In 2000 Natasha earned 2 final round appearances
running a close second to achieve runner-up in both
races.
July 2001 marks Natasha’s first big win.
She rounded out the year a point leader winning the
2001 Season Point Championship Runner Up.
At the Calgary National Open in 2002, Natasha
came in right behind the winner securing runner up
position. In September of that same year, she
burned up the strip and captured Winner of
NitroRatz All-Junior Shoot Out, Lightning
Class.
In the 2003 season Natasha earned 2 wins and 3
runners up. She raced to victory becoming the
Junior Eliminator Winner at the Super Chevy Shoot
Out.
By the end of the year she led the pack in the
NitroRatz Jr. Dragsters by winning the 2003 Season
Points Championship. Half way through the 2004
season Natasha has already captured 2 track wins, 2
track runners up, a Gold Crown Series win and her
first NHRA “Wally” trophy. She ends the
season a runner up in the NHRA Division 6 National
Open Series.
And don’t make fun of her pink dragster.
“Pink is a cool colour. I like it. Since
I’m going really fast, people say, ‘wow!,
that is one powerful
car’”.
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