BACKGROUND

 

At the age of 8 Ida started racing Jr Dragsters and had a great start of her career. 

At the age of 16 she moved up and earned her Super Comp Dragster license.

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2017 Ida started racing in the class Super Street Bike, the European equivalent to the U.S. class

Pro Street Bike.

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In 2019 Ida had her breakthrough year in SSB with several final round appearances and her first event win, making Ida the first woman to ever win in the Scandinavian Super Street Bike class.

At the end of the season Ida and the team stood as the overall winners of the Scandinavian Championship. Making Ida the youngest to ever win a Super Street Bike Championship. 

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Ida also received the VP Racing Fuels Special Award for the racer with most notable achievements in 2019.

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In 2020 Ida became the first woman to ever clock a 6 second run in the Super Street Bike class, and in all classes driven on street tires / without wheelie bars, doing so with a new track record ET of 6.985s at 205.9mph. 

The following event Ida clocked a stunning 6.885s making her the second quickest rider in Super Street Bike history at the time and it made the team the second team to ever get into the 6.8 second zone. 

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Ever since her start in jr. dragster, at the age of 8, the dream was always to race Top Fuel dragster, a dream that never died during the years of racing other classes.

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Ida continued to work on making this dream come to true, and by 2020 the goal was clear and she contacted RF Motorsport and Rune Fjeld - who is well known for being the best at licensing new drivers for the Top Fuel class.

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Ida started her licensing at Bug Jam 2021 where she made all runs needed except for one full pass, she therefore returned to complete her license at the Euro Finals Shootout. At the Euro Finals the team got the full pass needed to complete her license and they did so in a stunning 3.862 seconds, the quickest licensing pass ever. With 3.862 seconds Zetterström rocketed into the number four spot of quickest Top Fuel drivers in Europe.

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In the first official FIA Event of 2022 Ida and the team set a new European record of 3.782 seconds and by that, they where the first team to ever clock a 3.7 second pass in Europe. 

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In the second race of the 2022 season Ida and the team found themself in the winners circle for the first time in an FIA Championship event, as they took home the Top Fuel win at Tierp Arena. 
 

In December 2022 Ida was acknowledged on Drag Illustrated prestigious 30 under 30 list, highlighting the most influential young people in dragracing.

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At the first event of the European FIA Championship at Santa Pod 2023 Ida and the team reset their own European ET record with a 3.773s pass while also taking over the new European Speed record of 321mph. Ida and the team then went on to win the event. An impressive start to what came to be a very impressive season with 4 Top Fuel wins and the overall 2023 Top Fuel Championship victory.
 

"I'm Incredibly proud of my #RFMotorsport team and our partners for the performance we have shown this year; loosing only one round all year, numerous nr 1 qualifiers, running consistently and taking home the European Records for both Speed and ET and the overall Championship victory"

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In 2023 Ida announced her move from the European FIA series to compete in the NHRA Mission Foods series together with JCM Racing. Making her NHRA Top Fuel debut in 2024. ​

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Zetterström to Compete in Eight 2024 NHRA Mission Foods Series Events Under the Tuning Direction of Jon Schaffer. 

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (May 21, 2024) – The JCM Racing team has announced that 2023 FIA Top Fuel champion Ida Zetterström will make her NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series debut at Brainerd International Raceway, Aug. 16 – 18, in Brainerd, Minnesota. 

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“I’m so excited to share that I’ll finally be hitting the track at Brainerd and will be competing alongside my teammate, Tony Schumacher, in the final eight of 20 races on the schedule this year,”