Nutritionally Speaking JAYKELEN NELKIN Jaykelen Nelkin with one of her many trophies. City: West Bloomfield Kudos: Drag-racing Champ Jaykelen Nelkin, 12, has more than four years of driving under her belt and she's not even old enough for a license. Since age 8, she's been racing junior dragsters at Michigan tracks in Milan and Stanton as well as elsewhere across the country She's got at least 70 trophies decorating her liv- ing room in West Bloomfield and several championship jackets with her name stitched over the heart. She loves the speed and the thrill of racing. I Do you like driving so young? "Not a lot of people at 8 can drive. It is pretty cool. When and why did you start racing dragsters? "I started when I was 8 years old. I did it because my dad raced Mustangs and I thought it would be cool and fun. It is." Is it scary going so fast? "I like going fast. It's not scary; it's fun. I'm not really worried about getting hurt. I'm wearing a helmet, gloves, a fire suit, a 5-point seat belt — I can hardly move. One time my steering wheel came off and I almost crashed, but I didn't." What kind of car do you race? "I race junior dragsters — that's a dragster that's half the size." Is it unusual for girls to race dragsters? 'About 40 percent of racers are girls." How many cars do you have? "We have four cars. Two are my dad's. My dragsters are in a trailer." How often do you race? "I'm at the race track Friday through Sunday during the summer." How did you learn to drive? "I went to the track one day and a whole bunch of people told me how, and I just did it. Then my dad helped me, too. What tides do you hold and what do you get when you win, besides tro- phies? "I've won four championships. At Milan, I'm the 10- to 12-year-old cham- pion. At Mid-Michigan Motorplex in Stanton, I'm the track champion of the junior dragsters. I've been the International Hot Rod Association 10- to 12-year-old national champion two years in a row. And the Michigan Bracket Final Champion, 10th anniver- sary National Hot Rod Association Division III champion. And I won the Halloween national event at Gateway International Raceway Park in St. Louis. Every time you win, you win money, too — and bicycles, radios, cases of pop. Last year, I won a trip to Disneyworld. What has racing done for you? "I'm pretty confident. It's also helped me concentrate on things more. — Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor REPORT A DOER... Know a Doer — someone of any age doing interesting, meaningful things in their life outside of their job? 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