FEATURE I 2003 COBRA
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rear brakes are attached to
a Team Z fabricated 9-inch
housing filled with Strange’s
finest components. RC Com-
ponents wheels are at each
corner, wrapped in Moroso
DS2s up front and Mickey
Thompson ET Street Radial
Pros in the rear.
At 3,100 pounds, all this,
combined with Rachel’s
driving skills, equals a best
time of 7.20 at 197 mph. The
car hasn’t shed its wheelie
monster ways, either. Rachel
has had all four wheels off
on at least one pass. In road
race-speak that means you
have all four tires off the
track, but in drag racing
it means all four tires are
in the air. That type of
automotive behavior isn’t
for everyone, but it proves
Rachel’s prowess behind the
wheel. “Mad Maxine has
helped me prove to people
that it takes a driver to make
it A to B, not a gender,”Rachel says. “But it has also
made me a superhero to my
four children. They think
their mom is a badass, and I
am instilling confidence and
bravery into my two daugh-
ters, and teaching my sons
that a strong woman isn’t
intimidating but admirable.”
Rachel also realizes the
importance of a significant
other who shares and feeds
her passion for speed. “I am
so grateful to my incredible
husband,” she says of Frank.
“He is the hardest working
man I know and he poured
his soul into my Maxine.
All I have accomplished is
through him, his passion and
his love for me.”
With her accomplish-
ments on the track, Rachel
is doing her part to prove
drag racing isn’t just a man’s
sport. With Frank in her cor-
ner, her spells show no sign
of slowing down.In order to run 7.20s and get all four tires in the air, Mad
Maxine’s power combination is based on a 2014 Shelby
GT500 5.8. HBR Competition Engines handled the
machining, and Frank Yee handled the build from there.
With 1,800 rwhp on tap at 7,500 rpm, we’d say Frank
knows what he’s doing. The engine benefits from a Pre-
cision ProMod 98mm single turbo using Virtual Works
Racing exhaust components.