There's a lot of thoughts which can go through your head when you're riding side saddle on a 190-mile per hour motorcycle, just ask rookie NHRA Pro Stock rider Andie Rawlings.

Rawlings, during Friday's Q-2 session at the NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Fla., took a ride on the wild side crossing the finish line all the while rubbing the wall on her Suzuki.

In this instance, rubbing was racing, too.

"It just got real quiet and I just held on to the bike, got through it," Rawlings recalled. "I wasn’t thinking too much other than just getting through the moment and staying with the bike. So not a lot of thought process up there.

"I know it looks like 10 to 12 seconds, but it was really like a 45 -minute talk through. I could go on all day. But just hey, hang on to the handlebars, keep it in, stop, and just ride it."

Just like she described it, Rawlings corraled the errant bike back under control.

Rawlings has a heart much larger than her petite 5-foot, 94-pound stature. Thrill-seeking is clearly in his life's mission but she'll clearly declare the wild ride was not her intention.

"Man, if you don’t get out of bed looking for a little excitement, what are you doing?" Rawlings added.

Rawlings is chasing a long time dream of being a rider on the major league of motorcycle drag racing. She's had experience racing in Pro Gas as well as bracket racing various Harley-Davidsons.

A little-known fact for Rawlings is she's won burnout contests at Sturgis astraddle bigger bikes than she's racing in the NHRA. She simply can not be intimidated.

"It's how you grow up when you’re a little person, everything’s bigger," Rawlings said. "So I just don’t make it bigger than it is. I’m around big people, I’m around big motors. It’s just, it is what it is."

Rawlings is a student rider of sorts, hoping to earn her way into the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series full time.

"We’ve got a program started," Rawlings said. "We’re going to develop it with the Underdahl’s and grow. Of course, we’ve got a lot of learning curve. We’re going to stick with it. We’re going to grow and see where it goes."

Regardless of where she goes, speed is still queen.

"The speed inspired me to keep it legal, and I knew this was the only way I could really go fast without going to prison," Rawlings said.