WOMEN OF POWER • 2025 AMBER DENTON
Denton grew up idolizing the late Lizzy Musi and now embraces the fact that she’ s become a role model as well as just the second woman to compete in Pro Nitrous.
thing we both really cherish together and we’ re just always cheering each other on. Having that support and just seeing him work throughout the week on chasing his goals, it’ s something that is really special to us.”
Denton also shares a strong bond with her younger sister, Ashley. The two shared the championship stage last season when Amber won her second Pro 632 title and Ashley won the Pro Jr. Dragster championship in her final season before graduating to“ big cars.”
“ That was super, super special,” Denton says.“ Being the older sister, I know the path that she is taking as far as just going through the Jr. ranks, so understanding that to a better level and watching her success is extremely exciting. Watching my family have success is just as much fun as being successful myself at events. When I see them win, I get just as excited, if not more excited for them. Being able to double up was really special and something that we had been working towards for quite a few years and finally got to pull it off.”
Ashley has kept her long-term goals in the sport a little closer to the vest than Amber did at her age. She now competes in PDRA Top Dragster, where she’ s seventh in points following a fourth-round finish at Maryland. Beyond that, does she follow in her sister’ s footsteps and move to Pro 632 and eventually Pro Nitrous? The answer to that question isn’ t obvious even to Amber, but she can imagine the sisters lining up against each other one day.
“ If the opportunity was there for her to move up eventually, I feel like she would take it,” Denton says.“ We’ ve never talked about competing at that level together, but I do feel like it is something that we would both really enjoy. It would be really exciting for us, as well as I almost feel like my parents would really enjoy that as well. I know how competitive we are now, and can only imagine the comments my sister would have for me at that level.”
Until then, Denton will continue making the most of her opportunity to live her dream, sharing her gratitude for her parents, sister, husband, Pierce, and the TFM team, as well as partners like Pat Musi Racing Engines and Red Line Oil.“ I give God all the glory,” she says.“ Like always, I’ m extremely thankful for the position he’ s put me and my family in to be able to do this, and that means a lot to me.”
Denton is also passionate about continuing the Franklin family’ s initiatives to make positive contributions towards the growth of the sport. She’ s had a firsthand look at how her parents remained committed to the PDRA as the other founding owners divested, then also purchased VMP to keep it open as a racetrack, continuously investing into both ventures along the way. From parking cars during busy events to engaging with fans in the stands, Denton will jump in wherever help is needed, always with the goal of leaving the sport better than she found it.
“ Pro Mod has always been the ultimate goal for me, so I just want to continue that and help make it the greatest that it can be within our sport and really get people involved in it,” Denton says.“ I feel like it’ s really taken off over the last couple years and people are really starting to see how great the racing is in Pro Mod right now. Anything that I can do as a driver to get more people acknowledging that, I want to be involved. Whether it’ s my racing or the series or the racetrack, any part that I can do to try and keep things growing, I’ m all for it.” DI
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