TAMPA, Fla. — Robin Bonanno has been racing for over 20 years now.

A hobby turned career that started when she was very young.

Bonanno told Spectrum Sports' Katya Guillaume, “So, when I was younger, I always loved driving fast cars and just every car I had, I just had a sports car. I really loved it.”

She’s switched up to more powerful cars over the years. She currently drives a formula pro-Mazda. 

“I've been racing this one for about a year now," she said. "This is a formula pro-Mazda. It's run with a Mazda rotary engine.”

It hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

“I've raced with cancer," Bonanno mentioned, "with radiation wires tied to my back. I've raced with a broken leg. I've raced with all kinds of ailments,” but it hasn’t stopped her from suiting up.

She continued, “The second your foot touches that gas pedal. It's like magic. I guess the adrenaline kicks in, and all your pain goes away.”

Robin is 60 years young now and has progressively gotten better and faster and she’s nowhere near calling it quits, she’s starting a new chapter of her racing career. 

“We keep saying why are we still doing this?" she questioned. "I get in the car and I'm like, oh, I see why.”

It’s a comfort thing, despite her age, every time she gets behind the wheel.

“I love everything about it," Bonanno said. "I love this. I love getting the car ready. I love packing and driving down there. I absolutely love being on the track. Of course, who wouldn’t love to drive the car but it's the whole weekend.”

She races in the Sports Car Club of America and the South Atlantic Road Racing Championship. 

Several times a year, she and her team pack up the trailer and head to the next competition, her husband Carl Lunderstadt is also part of the team.

His knowledge of the sport has been a huge part of her success. 

Praising his work, she said, “He's my second set of eyes. He's also my guy when I'm on the track to communicate with me and let me know what's going on the track. And keep me cool when things go crazy.”

Lunderstadt said, “I feed her information to her and then she can deal with it internally because as we see things happening, we’re not in the car.”

It’s been 23 years with her team and partner by her side and she said she’ll be behind the wheel for as long as she possibly can, because that’s just who she is.

“We are racecar drivers and we don't know who we'd be if we didn't," she finished. "If we weren't racing it would be a whole different life.”

Bonanno is racing for sponsorships now, to help the doctor who helped her during her breast cancer career continue to provide care and research for other breast cancer patients. 

Bonanno is also training the younger generation, those who want to get into racing. She said soon, it will be time to pass down her knowledge that she’s amassed over the years and help other excel in the sport as well.