13 � year old Kameron Mills Sets Her Sights on NASCAR

Talk about starting them young. In Coal City, West Virginia, a 13 year old by the name of Kameron Mills has been touring the US and competing in various race car competitions. Her performance is promising and that is a lot to say about a thirteen � year old behind the wheel. As early as now, the young and talented driver is setting her sights on moving up to NASCAR when she�ll be old enough to compete in stock car racing.

Kameron, an eight grader at the Independence Middle School, knew early on that she wanted to race. At age 6, when most kids were playing with Barbie dolls, she was running a go-kart around the tracks. Mills knew that racing was truly her passion. She says, �I�ve always liked going fast. I�ve met a lot of people and it�s just fun.�

From racing go � karts, Kameron will soon begin racing half �scale cars in 2008. When asked about the change, Kameron says, �It was kind of getting old. I want to eventually go into NASCAR, and we thought it was time to move up.� Her new ride will be a half � scale Nextel Mini Cup 680 which has the body of a Monte Carlo Super Sport, the same vehicle driven by both Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon. Half �scale cars have body kits and interiors patterned after the full � sized NASCAR race cars but are at half the size. By February this year, Kameron and her family will be going to Florida during Speed Week. Kameron will be running a series of races at the Bronson Motor Speedway for the MMRA Series. If she performs well in the half �scale race car circuit, she will move on to the Baby Grand Race Car, which features NASCAR race car replicas which are two �thirds the size of the full �sized ones. The next move would be the Hooters Cup which Kameron hopes to race in when she turns 16. In the Hooters Cup, drivers race full �sized stock cars. The Hooters Cup is considered a stepping stone to making the move to NASCAR.

The young driver knows what she�s getting into. Despite the fact that there are more male drivers than female drivers, Kameron says she isn�t intimidated with the competition. She says, �It�s not just for guys�. She adds that she has more guy friends than female friends and that her friends consider her one of the guys.

Kameron appears to have a lot of things planned for the bright future. Thankfully, her parents David and D. Mills are very supportive of their daughter�s craft. Kameron�s dad serves as her pit crew and he takes care of the car�s maintenance during his free time. Even the sponsors have taken time out to notice this young, budding talent. Larry Addington, Kameron�s primary sponsor and owner of Appalachian Fuels in Ashland, Kentucky vows to support Kameron to �move up as far as possible�. He says, �She�s got all the opportunity in the world�.

It seems that Kameron is quite prepared to face the world of racing. With talent, and solid support, this is a racer girl who will definitely go places.

Sources: Teen sets sights on NASCAR