Ida Zetterström Bio, Age, Family, Career, And More

She is a popular Swedish Top Fuel Car Racer, digital content creator, and social media star. She is best known for her Top Fuel car driver for JCM Racing. She is also popular on Instagram, where she has over 208K followers on her account dragsterfia.

Overview

PROFESSION Instagram Star, Digital Creator, and Model
BIRTHDAY 2 May 1994
BIRTHPLACE Stockholm, Sweden
AGE 30 years old
BIRTH SIGN Taurus
ETHNICITY Swedish

Early Life & Family

Her real name is Ida Zetterström. She was born in Sweden with her family. Her hometown is Aland Islands, Finland, residence in Brownsburg, Indiana but she has not shared about her parents or family.

Dating & Relationships

She is single.

Career

She is a full-time ambassador car model, digital content creator and Instagram, and YouTube star. She began racing Jr Dragsters at the age of 8 and soon became a star. At 16, she got her Super Comp Dragster license. Then, in 2017, she moved to the Super Street Bike class, which is similar to the US class. In 2019, Ida had a great season in the SSB class.

She had several final-round appearances and won her first event, becoming the first woman to ever win in the Scandinavian Super Street Bike class. Moreover, she and her team won the Scandinavian Championship that year. She was the youngest person ever to win a Super Street Bike Championship. She also won the VP Racing Fuels Special Award for the racer with the most notable achievements in 2019.

In 2020, Ida became the first woman to clock a 6-second run in the Super Street Bike class. She did so with a new track record ET of 6.985s at 205.9mph, setting a new standard in all street-tire classes without wheelie bars. In the next event, she clocked a stunning 6.885s, making her the second-quickest rider in Super Street Bike history and the second team ever to get into the 6.8-second zone.

She always dreamt of racing Top Fuel dragsters since her Jr. dragster days. She worked towards making this dream come true and contacted RF Motorsport and Rune Fjeld – who is known for being the best at licensing new drivers for the Top Fuel class. At Bug Jam 2021, Ida made all runs needed to get her license, except for one full pass.

She returned to complete her license at the Euro Finals Shootout, where the team got the full pass needed to complete her license. They did so in a stunning 3.862 seconds, the quickest licensing pass ever. With 3.862 seconds, Ida became the fourth quickest Top Fuel driver in Europe.

In the first official FIA event of 2022, Ida and her team set a new European record of 3.782 seconds, clocking the first-ever 3.7-second pass in Europe. In the second race of the 2022 season, Ida and her team won their first FIA Championship event, taking home the Top Fuel win at Tierp Arena.

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

At the first event of the European FIA Championship at Santa Pod 2023, Ida and her team reset their own European ET record with a 3.773s pass, taking over the new European Speed record of 321mph, and winning the event. Ida and the team had an impressive season with four Top Fuel wins and the overall 2023 Top Fuel Championship victory.

In 2023, she announced her move from the European FIA series to compete in the NHRA Mission Foods series with JCM Racing. She made her NHRA Top Fuel debut in 2024. JCM Racing team owner, Joe Maynard, said, “This is a unique opportunity to bring a talented rising star into the world of NHRA Drag Racing. She has the skills to excel in Top Fuel and understands the importance of social media. She’s the full package. I believe Ida has a bright future in NHRA Drag Racing, and we’re thrilled that she’s making her U.S. debut as a member of our JCM Racing organization.”

She joined Instagram in August 2011, she verified his Instagram account in August 2023. She is also popular on Insta @dragsterfia, where she has 208K Followers.

She has 3.24K subscribers on YouTube (@Ida Zetterström Dragracing). Currently, she shares track battles work videos on Instagram and she earns from car sponsors and servicing various cars by work.

Recently one of her Insta reels “Still counting down the days till my @nhra Top Fuel debut with team” went viral and got more than 39.1K views. Which permitted her to boost exposure on digital platforms and inspired her to build a strong career.

Facts

  • Her hobbies are American muscle cars, motorcycles, and action sports.
  • She Works Top Fuel driver for JCM Racing. Owner of marketing company Ida Zetterström Creative, specialized in social media marketing, website design, and content creation.
  • She Started in jr dragsters at the age of 8.
  • JCM Racing Top Fuel Driver.
  • NHRA TF debut 2024.
  • 2023 European Top Fuel Champion.
  • European record holder 3.77 at 321 mph.
  • 2019 Super Street Bike Champion.
  • Her Super Street Bike Suzuki Hayabusa.
  • Her Career-best elapsed time: 6.885 s (Kauhava, 2020), 321 mph / 516.62 km/h (Santa Pod Raceway, 2023) and 215.55 mph (Kauhava, 2020).

Profile

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dragsterfia/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ZetterstromIda
Twitter https://twitter.com/ida_zetterstrom?
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe2HxEsqOJCLR6hEVdNU_Ug
TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@dragsterfia
Website https://www.idazetterstrom.com/

Images

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