NHRA Funny Car Driver Alexis DeJoria, 40, to Retire at Season’s End
NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis DeJoria will retire from NHRA drag racing following the conclusion of the 2017 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series on November 12 in Pomona, CA. DeJoria, 40, said she’s leaving NHRA racing in order to focus on her family. “It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make and
NHRA Wrap-Up: Pritchett, DeJoria, T. Gray & Savoie Win in Brainerd
Leah Pritchett piloted her dragster to her fourth Top Fuel victory of the season Sunday at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway. Alexis DeJoria in Funny Car, Tanner Gray in Pro Stock, and Jerry Savoie in Pro Stock Motorcycle, were also winners at the 17th of 24 events on the NHRA Mello
NHRA Wrap-Up: Anderson Ties Glidden for #2 on Pro Stock Wins List; J. Force, Todd & Tonglet Also Win Sonoma
Team Summit’s Greg Anderson won his seventh race of the season Sunday at the Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, CA. The win is the 85th of Anderson’s spectacular Pro Stock career which ties him with Bob Glidden for #2 all time on the NHRA Pro Stock wins list and #6 all time for all
Driving Like a Girl: A Winning Trend 50 Years in the Making
NORWALK, OH — It’s nothing most of us haven’t seen before, so we think little of it. Two drivers suiting up, making their way through the staging lanes and water box. Two drivers prepping their race cars and tires with rubber-smoking burnouts before staging at the tree. Two drivers who launch when they see yellow,
NHRA Wrap-Up: Team Summit Romps; DeJoria and Brown Join Line in Winner’s Circle
Jason Line made if four in a row for Team Summit in Pro Stock, Alexis DeJoria made it three in a row for the ladies, and Antron Brown returned to championship form Sunday at the NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas, NV. In a Pro Stock battle of fuel-injected Chevrolet Camaros, two-time world champion Line defeated KB
NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship Field Set After U.S. Nationals
NHRA’s six-race Countdown to the Championship playoff field is all set after the U.S. Nationals wrapped up yesterday in Indianapolis. Alexis DeJoria defeated John Force in the Funny Car finals, making her—and the event’s other three victors—all first-time winners of the tradition-rich Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway. Richie Crampton in
NHRA Wrap-Up: DeJoria, Enders-Stevens, and Schumacher win SummitRacing.com Nationals
Girl power reigned supreme as Alexis DeJoria and Erica Enders-Stevens raced to victories Sunday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Top Fuel’s Tony Schumacher also was a winner at the fourth event on the 2014 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. It was the second time that two
NHRA Wrap-Up: DeJoria Gets First Mello Yello Win, Joins Brown and Johnson in Winner’s Circle
Alexis DeJoria raced to her first career Funny Car victory Sunday at the NHRA Nationals at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. Antron Brown in Top Fuel and Allen Johnson in Pro Stock also were winners of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at the multi-purpose motorsports facility in Chandler, AZ. DeJoria powered her




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