Kayla Cazares has already accomplished quite a bit in her racing career, and the 11-year-old has no plans to stop.

“It’d be a hard choice between NASCAR and IndyCar, but I think I’d choose NASCAR,” she said.

The Goffstown resident took her fourth racing championship this year in the Junior Sportsman Champs division at Londonderry Raceway. She dedicated the win to her grandfather Guimond Lambert, who died almost two years ago She races a modified go cart that weighs 335 pounds and travels upwards of 50 mph. Her mother, Lisa Lambert, said Kayla seemed predisposed to racing.

“She started riding (gaspowered) four-wheelers at the age of 2. That’s when I knew it was in her blood,” she said.

Her father, 36-year-old Dave Cazares, has been racing since he was 12. Now, as her coach, he helps Kayla in her racing endeavors.

“She has worked hard to get where she is,” he said. “She spends hours helping maintain the car, and the best drivers know their cars and know how to fix things.”

The racing season starts in April and ends in October, with races almost every weekend. Kayla earned her 13th win at the last race of the season on Oct. 28.

She and her father have put the number 22 on all of their vehicles.

Dave’s father was born Feb. 22, so that became the family number. The pre-teen also has the picture of Tweety Bird on her car.

“They say I make the same face as Tweety Bird when I get bumped or get mad on the track,” she said with a smile.

The young Cazares routinely discusses strategy with her father before each race. He refers to his daughter’s style as “passively aggressive.”

“She lurks around for most of the race, and with a few laps left she makes her move to the front,” he said. “Anyone can put the pedal to the floor. It’s more of a strategy thing, and she is a real thinker.”

Kayla’s relatives – excluding her parents, of course – were apprehensive about the youngster’s interest in the sport at first, said her mother. Kayla’s success, her family’s familiarity with the sport and time have calmed those fears.

“Kayla’s grandmother was scared for the longest time, but now she comes to as many races as she can,” said Lambert.

The Mountain View Middle School sixth-grader said she plans to continue racing as a professional one day. Yet her father and coach maintains an attitude as relaxed as his daughter taking a tight turn.

“If she makes it big time someday, great,” said Dave Cazares.

“But if not, we’ll be just as proud and have a lot of fun doing it.”