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The NitroandLace.com team will be traveling to
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on May 20-21, 2011 as the
event headliner for the International Hot Rod
Association's 'NitroJam.com' Professional Tour.
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Bio
Birthdate: 9/10/1981
Birth Place: Melbourne, Florida
Current Home Base: Gainesville, Florida
Add Additional Information: I drive a Top Alcohol
Dragster for NHRA. in Div 2.
Who started you: Ron Griffis (father)
Biggest influence: My dad, I watched him race comp
elem growing up and his knowlege of the sport was
so inspirational
Women you admire: Ashley Force, Kate Harker,
Lindsey Woods, Jeanie Booze, Shelly Howard
Father's Thoughts: He is very proud
Your encouragement to others: You can do anything
that you put your mind to!
Description: I love and respect speed in ever
aspect.
Why do you love racing? It is a part of my life
that excites my soul.. Racing gives me the power to
break away from every day life, and takes me to a
non reality world that I can't live without... I
respect every aspect of my nitro dragster..
Hobbies: going to the beach, swimming and
RACING
First Race Car: Jr Dragster at age 11
Personal Status: Married and mother of 2 kids
Personal Car: Lincoln, Navigator
Favorite Music: Alternative Rock
Favorite Movie: Halloween
Favorite Food: Eggplant Parmesan
Interesting Fact or Facts About Yourself:
1. I am one of the very few female drivers that
drives a Pro Nitro/ TAD race car in the country..
2. I work on the bottom end of the engine on my
race car after every pass.
3. I received both my Florida state drivers license
and my NHRA Super Comp license on my 16th
birthday.
4. My father is a chassis builder and the owner of
both Innovative Chassis and my race car.
URL Photo:
insidetopalcholol, nhra,
innovativechassisworks
Raced a A/fuel dragster
since I was 17 and placed Top 5 in Division 2
Career best time 5.59 in 1/4 mile
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Cherissa Griffis-Smallwood drives a Nitro Dragster
in IHRA's Pro Fuel and NHRA's A/Fuel. 5.48et at
260mph, & on IHRA's Nitro Jam Tour for
2011.
News
Pro Tour
The NitroandLace.com team will be traveling to
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on May 20-21, 2011 as the
event headliner for the International Hot Rod
Association's 'NitroJam.com' Professional Tour.
Voted as one the most popular drivers on the
NitroJam circuit for 2011. Cherissa Smallwood will
have the thousands in attendance standing on their
feet, chanting her name every time she pilots her
NitroandLace.com Dragster into competition. While
the roaring fans get the 'Ultimite' taste of real
Nitro racing at it's finest.
Place this date on your calendars.
Cherissa Smallwood Looking
for First Iron Man Victory in The Alamo
The NitroandLace.com Pro Fuel Dragster Team is
traveling more than 1200 miles this weekend from
their Florida home to compete in one of the largest
United States landmark cities, The Alamo, San
Antonio, Texas.
In 11 years of competition within the injected
nitro dragster class, this is the first time that
Smallwood will pilot her dragster at an IHRA
Sanctioned Event within the State of Texas.
“We are very fortunate to be on the IHRA
Nitro Jam Tour and invited to so many great
tracks” noted Smallwood, “we’ve been
looking forward to coming to San Antonio all year.
In addition to racing history, this city has an
incredible place in US History that makes it even
more exciting for us to be here.
“The IHRA fans have been so supportive at
every race we go to. It’s more than just
racing, there is so much interaction that it’s
just an absolute blast. We are very thankful that
we have this opportunity to race our car”.
In addition to competition this weekend, the
NitroandLace.com Team is also very proud to
announce that they received their first order of
Fan T-Shirts that made it to their Florida shop
just before the transporter left the East
Coast.
Gates open both days, April 1st and 2nd, at 9:00
a.m. with sportsman racing throughout the morning
and afternoon. FanFest will begin both days at 5:30
p.m. followed by two rounds of Nitro Jam beginning
at 7:00 p.m. All of the professional nitro classes
and exhibition acts will run twice each night.
For continuous drag racing coverage, please log
on to: www.dragracecentral.com
For more information on Cherissa Smallwood and
her Nitro and Lace Dragster, please log on to:
www.NitroandLace.com
Multi-talented
racer Cherissa Smallwood joins Nitro Jam
Nitro Jam’s roster of decorated racers
continues to grow as Pro Fuel star Cherissa
Smallwood has announced her intention to run the
rest of the season with the Nitro Jam series.
Smallwood, a fulltime racer and mother of two,
has spent the past 17 years racing various
sportsman classes with the NHRA and is excited to
make her debut with the brand new Pro Fuel class on
the Nitro Jam circuit beginning at Rockingham
Dragway’s Spring Nitro Jam May 1-2.
“As a racer you work so hard to gain
recognition and as a driver of Pro Fuel this will
allow our team to be in the spotlight of
thousands,” Smallwood said. “We were
drawn to the IHRA because it has shown so much
appreciation and professionalism to the sport of
drag racing. I can’t wait to get out there and
meet the fans.”
On top of her racing career Smallwood is also a
mother of two and a surgical technician in
Jacksonville, two tough tasks that, as Smallwood
will admit, sometimes creates a need to escape.
“Racing is the one place I feel stress
free. My non-reality world as I call it,”
Smallwood said. “Racing comes natural to me so
it makes me feel at ease.”
Smallwood says that her comfort within the sport
comes from her father Ron Griffis, a chassis
builder and owner of Innovative Chassis, who has
kept Smallwood around the sport her entire
life.
“He has drag raced since I was a
baby,” Smallwood said. “Watching him race
as I was growing up was inspiring. I was always
hands on with the cars and I also helped work on
transmissions or drive the tow vehicle because it
was always just dad and I.”
Today Smallwood’s racing operation has
become a full family affair with father Ron
Griffis, husband Tim Smallwood and the entire
family working on the car and helping Smallwood
realize her dream.
“I always knew I would race and that my dad
would build the cars and in him doing so he has
provided me a safe and fast reacting car to show
off my driving talent,” Smallwood said.
“My first dream when I was starting out was,
as a woman racer, to gain the respect of my fellow
drivers. I feel I have accomplished that. My second
dream was to race an injected nitro dragster and my
father and grandmother helped make that happen.
“I raced junior dragsters starting at age
11, Super Comp at age 16 and Alcohol Dragsters/Pro
Fuel at age 17 to now so I have certainly
accomplished my goals. Now it is all about having
fun and enjoying what I do.”
Smallwood will complete the Pro Fuel field for
the Rockingham race as she goes up against some
very tough competitors in Nitro Jam’s newest
nitro-fueled class. Similar to Top Fuel, Pro Fuel
is a more affordable nitro dragster class with the
same excitement and rush as Top Fuel.
She will compete alongside Bill Evans, Jeff
Hamelink, Robin Samsel, Mike Manners, Brandon
Pierce, Buddy Domingue and fellow newcomer Guy
Kelly at the Spring Nitro Jam event.
So as someone who has been around the sport her
entire life, how does Smallwood approach the
involvement of her own young children in
today’s drag racing scene?
“I am honored to be able to introduce this
sport to my kids. I speak to my daughter about the
what ifs of this sport. She is four, but she knows
mommy drives fast,” Smallwood said. “My
son is to young, but he goes and enjoys watching
the cars.
“It can be hard to look in the tow vehicle
and see your kids just before a pass, but I put my
faith in God and trust he watches over
us.”
Source: www.ihra.com/article/5948.html
Results
Snippets
Nitro Jam’s roster of decorated racers
continues to grow as Pro Fuel star Cherissa
Smallwood has announced her intention to run the
rest of the season with the Nitro Jam series.
Results
Schedule
12 races in NHRA
Lucus Oil..
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