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20 feature Rachelle Returns The Queen of SPEED is Rachelle Splatt is returning to Top Fuel racing following a 10-year absence. It’s March 2016 and Rachelle Splatt is about to click publish on her first official drag racing Facebook page. Fast forward several months and we’re all about to find out… Rachelle Splatt is back! A walk down memory lane, the page is a mix of photos, inside information and insight into her career shared with her loyal fans; the memories have come flooding back. In a whirlwind couple of months, Splatt went from wondering to purchasing a dragster from Lamattina Top Fuel Racing to announcing her return at MotorEx in Melbourne. Could it really be a full decade since “The Queen of Speed” hit the throttle? In keeping with her nickname, it has seemingly all come together with the equivalent speed of her historic 300 mph pass at Houston Raceway Park back in 1994. Curi