60-year-old woman takes her 11-second AMG to the track

Like any form of motorsports, drag racing is a passion that never dies. Case in point, check out this woman, who is an admitted "60-some-odd years old," caught in this video taking her murdered-out Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG to the track for a little side-by-side action. As it turns out, drag racing is even a family affair, too, as her husband hits the strip in a second-gen Dodge Viper.

She says that she's been racing since she was a teenager, and she's still logging some solid times in her "not totally stock" Mercedes-Benz, which she claims is laying down around 475 horsepower from a chipped computer and cold-air induction. That's well worth of its "BADBENZ" license plate.


http://www.autoblog.com/2013/04/23/6...-to-the-track/

 

Awesome granny

 

my kid of grandma. She looks much older than 60. I would say 69 if shes in the 60s

 

YES!
That's how you should drive an AMG, not like these people around here with both hands on the steering, horseblinders, and driving 50 on the freeway

 

That is so badass! Kudos to her.

 

Super cool Granny!

 

I wish all grannies would drive like that. The ones I meet, seem to can't get past 25mph......

 

Well, they pay some of the lowest insurance rates. They're laughing all the way to the bank.

 

Some of you older guys, like me, will remember the classic song from the 1960s about a hard-driving Grandma, done by both Jan & Dean and the Beach Boys..........."The Little Old Lady From Pasadena".

http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/jan-&-...na-lyrics.html

It's the little old lady from Pasadena

The little old lady from Pasadena
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
Has a pretty little flower bed of white gardenias
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
But parked in a rickety old garage
Is a brand new, shiny red, super-stock Dodge!

And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena

If you see her on the street, don't try to choose her
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
You have a goal but you'll never lose her!
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
She's gonna get a ticket now, sooner or later
'Cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator!


And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena

(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
(Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!)
The guys come to race her from miles around
But she'll give 'em a length, then she'll shut 'em down

And everybody's saying that there's nobody meaner
Than the little old lady from Pasadena
She drives real fast and she drives real hard
She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard
It's the little old lady from Pasadena

Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!
Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!
Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!

 

Best part is the license plate of "BADBENZ".

Totally shocking as the driver steps out and she is not who you assumed the driver must be.

 

Good for her.

 

I bet drag racing keeps her reaction time good

 

Probably a preview of what Danica Patrick will still be doing at that age.....not to mention Denise McCluggage, who is now 86, and, though not actively racing any more, is still into cars and writes the column "Drive, She Said".

 

I'm at work but is there any pictures of the car itself? Can't play the video

 

That's awesome! She's living it up! lol

steve