Fast and Furious’ bikini mannequin spends days smoking guys on drag strip in 1,000HP motor

Jessica Barton, who became a star of America’s Fast & Furious-era car scene, says she loves nothing more after a day of stripping off than to hop into her 1,000 HP Toyota Supra and beating men on the drag strip.

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A car crazy stunner has revealed how she spends her days stripping off for bikini contests only to climb into a drag car at night and beat all the men in races.

Jessica Barton, who became a star of America’s Fast & Furious-era car scene, says she loves nothing more after a day of stripping off than to hop into her 1,000 HP Toyota Supra and beating men on the drag strip.

The 42-year-old, who lives in Orlando, has now made a name for herself by making men in the industry look twice – not just because of her looks, but because she also can outdrive the competition behind the wheel.

The beauty, who has more than 500,000 followers on Instagram @‌jessbartontwin, says competitors often underestimated her because she was a blonde bikini model – until the racing started.

Jessica says proving people wrong quickly became one of her favourite pastimes, saying: “I’d go to these huge car meets in Texas and somehow end up doing every part of the event. I’d place in the bikini contest, win the dyno competition and then go drag racing.

“It was hilarious because I’d go straight from standing on stage in a bikini to getting in the car and banging gears with the boys. People never expected it. They’d see the blonde girl and assume I was just there to look pretty. Then I’d get behind the wheel and beat them.

“That was always the best part. I absolutely loved proving people wrong. The boys would laugh at first, but they stopped laughing once the racing started.”

Jessica’s love of cars came as a surprise even to her family.

Growing up, she described herself as a goth teenager obsessed with Marilyn Manson, while her brother was the family’s dedicated petrolhead, but everything changed when she bought a Toyota Supra around the time The Fast and the Furious became a worldwide phenomenon.

She said: “My brother was always the car guy. I couldn’t have cared less. I was the weird goth kid with black lipstick listening to Marilyn Manson. Cars weren’t really my thing at all, then, eventually, I decided I wanted a cool car and bought a Supra.

“It happened right when Fast and Furious was becoming huge and all of a sudden I was completely obsessed.

“The more I modified it, the more addicted I became. I couldn’t leave anything alone. Every time I upgraded one thing, I wanted to upgrade something else. Before I knew it, the car was making around 1,000 horsepower and had become my baby.”

As Jessica became more involved in the car scene, she found herself travelling around the country for events, competitions and races and says the atmosphere was unlike anything she’d ever experienced.

Jessica said: “Those events were insane. You’d have thousands of people there, incredible cars everywhere and everyone partying together.

“There would be racing, competitions, music and all kinds of crazy stuff going on. It genuinely felt like living inside The Fast and the Furious. I got to meet so many amazing people and travel all over the country. It was one of the most fun periods of my entire life.”

But Jessica’s dream car journey came crashing down one morning when she walked outside and discovered her beloved Supra had vanished. After desperately searching for it, she eventually tracked the vehicle down – only to be met with a devastating sight.

She said: “I woke up one morning, walked outside and thought, ‘Didn’t I park my Supra here?’ The car was gone. We drove all over town looking for it and eventually somebody told us to call a tow yard. When they said they had my car, I was so relieved.

“Then they told me it was hard to tell whether it was even my car because it had been chopped into so many pieces. I couldn’t believe it. My heart absolutely sank. The thing I’d spent years building had basically been dismantled.”

The thieves were eventually arrested, but rather than walking away from the hobby she loved, Jessica used the setback as motivation. She built another Supra and according to Jessica, the replacement was even more extreme.

She said: “You can’t keep me down. I wasn’t going to let that be the end of the story. I ended up building another Supra and honestly, it was faster, crazier and better than the first one.

“Looking back now, I think the comeback was even more satisfying. Sometimes the setbacks end up pushing you towards something even bigger.”

While Jessica has since found success in other ventures, she still considers her time in the car scene one of the most exciting chapters of her life.

She said: “I won trophies, travelled the country, met incredible people and beat a lot of boys on the drag strip. I got to live out a real-life Fast and Furious fantasy. When I look back on it now, I just think, what more could a girl want?”