Sportsman star Mia Tedesco ready to shine in her home state

READING, PA – It should come as no surprise that Pennsylvania native Mia Tedesco loves racing in her home state.  The up-and-coming NHRA racer gets a rare chance to race in the Keystone State when she competes in Top Alcohol Dragster and Super Gas during the Dodge NHRA Nationals this weekend at Maple Grove Raceway.

Tedesco, who lives in Pittsburgh, will drive the CARS Protection Plus/Schepel Motors/NGK/Lucas Oil Top Alcohol Dragster and the CARS Protection Plus/VP Racing Fuels Super Gas Chevrolet Cavalier in Reading.

“It doesn’t happen very often, so it’s pretty cool when we do get to race in Pennsylvania,” Tedesco said. “It’s neat. The weather doesn’t look that good, but Reading isn’t too far from home. My family will be there, and I definitely like Reading a lot. We’ve had a lot of success there.”

Tedesco raced to the final round in TAD in 2015, and Tedesco Racing teammate Jason Lynch has won the last two national events in Super Gas in Reading. It’s no wonder she loves racing here.

“Sometimes you just find a track that you like,” Tedesco said. “It’s weird. Jason and I both will be like, ‘This is a track we really like.’ Jason has won Super Gas two years in a row, and I lost in the finals of Alcohol last year. And the year before that, I went the fastest of the whole season.

“It’s just been a track we seem to have a lot of success at, and we really like it. We hope to continue the success.”

Tedesco cherishes the chance to race in front of her parents, Mike and Cindy, as well as other family and friends, and they should get to see her go as fast as she has gone all season, especially in the dragster. That’s because Reading is usually run in cooler fall temperatures in the Northeast, which translates to higher speeds.

“It’s going to be in the high 60s, so cooler, better air,” Tedesco said. “Just like the nitro cars, the Alcohol cars respond the same way to that weather.”