QCOT: Charlotte 12-year-old becomes national champion race car driver

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When Landon Rapp is racing on the track, his mother is understandably pretty nervous.

Landon is just 12-years-old, but he talks about cars like he is a grown man.

Watch the video above as Channel 9's DaShawn Brown shows us how Rapp landed behind the wheel and raced to become a champion. 

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