Crushing cars and exams: Nation's youngest monster truck driver is 16-year-old girl with killer 2160 SAT score While 16-year-old Rosalee Ramer's peers are just getting used to parallel parking and driving on the freeway, she's behind the wheels of a 10-ton truck - going over 30 foot jumps, crushing smaller cars and popping wheelies as the nation's youngest professional monster truck driver. Rosalee, a native of Watsonville, California, has been driving in monster truck rallies for the past two years, signing up for more than 20 competitions a year in her truck named Detour with 'Princess' license plates. 'Just being in a truck that loud, feeling it under you, stepping on the throttle, it almost doesn't feel real. You feel like you're in a different world' Rosalee told the San Francisco Chronicle. ' You're taking something that weights 10,000 pounds and with a tiny touch of the throttle, you can just roast the tires.' Nation's youngest monster truck driver: 16-year-old Rosalee Ramer of Watsonville, California has been driving in monster truck competitions for the last two years Competing in a sport dominating by men has had its downfalls, and Rosalee constantly meets people who don't understand why a teenage girl would be interested in monster trucks. But in competition, her age and sex is somewhat of an advantage with her opponents. 'You can tell when they don't want "the little girl" to beat them out, so they try going for something they wouldn't normally do,' Rosalee said, 'and then they crash or break a wheel off.' Rosalee started entering competitions at age 14, but crushed her first car - a Ford Taurus - when she was 13. Escape: Rosalee says being behind the wheel of the monster truck is 'like you're in a different world' Flying: Ramer makes a jump in her monster truck named Detour which has 'Princess' license plates It was part of an annual family tradition. Each year the Ramers chose one car from their junkyard to smash and then they display it on the front lawn with a skeleton and booze bottles scattered around as a warning to potential drunk drivers. The hubcap of that Ford Taurus is now proudly displayed on Rosalee's bedroom wall. Father Kelvin Ramer told Good Morning America his daughter has had an interest in automobiles since she was a toddler, saying 'if it had a steering wheel, and she could get in it - she would.' At the age of 3, Rosalee started helping her dad, a fellow Monster Truck driver, work on engines by shining a flashlight so he could see. First ride: Rosalee's father says her interested in automobiles started at a young age when she would try to get into anything with a steering wheel Daddy's little helper: A young Rosalee would hold up a flashlight to help her dad work on trucks at night She understands the machines inside and out. I believe in nurturing my kids and their love,' Mr Ramer said. Currently Rosalee is designing the first electronic fuel injection system for a monster truck, while also building a new truck with her father she plans to name 'Wild Flower'. Monster truck driving is a bit of a father-daughter hobby for the two. They often compete in synchronized monster truck events together. Learning about the mechanics of her truck has sparked Rosalee's interest in engineering as a career - despite most people thinking the sport is 'brainless'. The future: Rosalee plans to translate her interest in mechanics to a career in engineering Brains: Rosalee recently got her SAT scores back and she's in the 99th percentile for math - making her a good candidate for her death school, MIT 'I get judged a lot,' she said. They think monster truck driving is brainless. They think the trucks are our toys that we just want to go out and smash things up. But there's a lot of planning and thinking that goes into it. There's a lot there that people don't see.' The sophomore in high school recently got her SAT scores back and she's in the 99th percentile for math, which makes her a good candidate for her dream school - MIT. While she enjoys her life in a typically male sport, Rosalee is still very much a high school girl at heart. I love doing my nails. I have a very difficult time keeping my hands clean,' she said. Nail art: Rosalee loves painting her nails, but finds it hard to keep her hands clean with all the work on her car