Swedish drag racer Ida Zetterström has had a surplus of new things to become acquainted with since moving halfway around the world and settling in the United States a few months ago.
One of the first lessons she learned was in the laundry room.
“Apparently, you need to have dryer sheets when you use your dryer, otherwise everything comes out static,” Zetterström said with a laugh.
Not to mention, people also drive “a little differently” on the streets of Brownsburg, Ind., where she now lives — opposed to her former residence in Jomla, Aland Islands, Finland.
“We got hit by a car like the third day we were here,” she recalled.
Not to worry, though, because Zetterström finds home the moment she sets foot at the drag strip or spends time in the shop of JCM Racing, the team she’ll soon be driving for in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
After all, that’s the reason she made the 4,000-mile move.
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