Each year Sonoma Heights fourth grade teacher Laurie Pickett holds a raffle and two lucky students get a chance to sit in the front seat of her 1981 Camero. She draws the name of one boy and one girl to sit in her hot rod. Pickett is a drag racer in addition to being a teacher. She started racing about 10 years ago and has shared her experiences in drag racing with her students ever since. She has brought racing into the classroom by using math and science to give her students a better understanding of what she does for fun. Pickett runs her Camaro in the Super Pro class in Fallon. Her average speed in the quarter mile is 148 mph.
