Alexis dejoria will once again strap into the seat of a nitro funny car when she returns to nhra competition fulltime in 2020. Following a twoyear hiatus from drag racing, funny car driver alexis dejoria will return to the sport fulltime in 2020. Funny car driver alexis dejoria s retirement decision surprised many in the nhra community. Alexis dejoria revs up her return to racing with rokit. Its one of the hardest decisions ive ever had to make and i will miss everyone so much. Nhra funny car driver, alexis dejoria will be at the nhra las vegas event with more than just pink decals and parachutes.
Alexis dejoria won her second career race at the strip at las vegas motor speedway on sunday. Funny car driver alexis dejoria makes her own way in nhra. Alexis dejoria, nhra full throttle drag racing series. Alexis dejoria returning to nhra, will drive for, run own. A gorgeous sunset fills the southern nevada sky as nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria waits in the staging lanes to run. The californian, who last competed fulltime in 2017, will be on the entry list at the 2020 lucas oil nhra winternationals. Among them were nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria and her. Monster garage host jesse james and wife, nhra driver.
Dejoria has excelled and won in just about every drag racing class in which shes competed. Alexis dejoria is a professional drag racer who, over a sixyearplus run, established herself as one of the top competitors in the nhras nitro funny car class before going on hiatus following. After a twoyear hiatus, dejoria will make her reentry into the sport beginning with the 2020 nhra winternationals at pomona, calif. Alexis dejoria set to return to nhra funny car competition. Jesse broke the news in an instagram post, where he was answering the question on whether or not he will be working on his wifes dragster next year.
Alexis dejoria eager for nhra funny car return in 2020 after 2. The first female funny car driver to break the foursecond barrier walked away. In funny car, dejoria raced to her first win of the season, fifth of her career and the 250th womens victory in nhra history when she defeated tommy johnson jr. But on the nhra mello yello circuit, alexis dejoria is one of the best funny car drivers on the tour. Alexis dejoria is a professional race car driver competing in the nhra mello yello drag racing series. Funny car driver alexis dejoria was clearly caught in an emotional tugofwar during her twoyear hiatus from the nhra mello yello drag racing series.
Oct 10, 2017 nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria said she is retiring from the series at the end of this season to swtich my focus towards my family. Alexis dejoria is an american drag racer who competes in the nhra funny car category. Patron tequila toyota camry funny car driver alexis dejoria crossed the centerline at the end of her run and hit the wall hard. Get nhra driver alexis dejoria s career highlights, bio, stats and latest news. Historymaking nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria looks to. Taking in my first nhra race with patron funny car driver. Oct 08, 2019 alexis dejoria will once again strap into the seat of a nitro funny car when she returns to nhra competition fulltime in 2020. Four races into the 2014 nhra mello yello drag racing series, and driver alexis dejoria has already claimed half of the funny car titles. Alexis dejoria returning to nhra funny car ranks after hiatus. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will miss her second consecutive this race this weekend as she continues to recover from injuries sustained in a crash in sonoma. Alexis dejoria is back in funny car with a new sponsor and a new attitude alexis dejoria returns to phoenix looking for first win in comeback season watch alexis dejoria bring the throttle whack. Nitro funny car driver alexis dejoria is having a breakout season in the nhra. She coowned and operated her own team from 2009 into 2011.
Alexis dejoria racing funny car driver dejoria ready for. Dejorias first race will be the 2020 seasonopening nhra winternationals in pomona, california. Oct 16, 2019 nhra drag racing driver alexis dejoria returns in 2020 to nitro funny car competition fulltime after a twoyear hiatus. Alexis dejoria says she always knew she would return to nhra funny cars.
How nhra drivers father, john paul dejoria, became a. Alexis dejoria is back in funny car with a new sponsor and a new attitude nhra statement concerning suspension of racing due to coronavirus pandemic five minutes with nhra funny car s alexis dejoria new issue of national dragster highlights dejoria alexis dejoria has wasted no time getting back to speed in funny car return. Burning nitro with nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria. She was also the first female funny car driver to break the foursecond barrier and the first woman to compete in 100. Rokit phones creators of glassesfree 3d smartphones and the awardwinning, 700 year old bavarian beer brand, abk will support alexis by delivering exclusive 3d content of her to fans via rokit smartphones and an abk beer truck will keep. Nhra driver alexis dejoria announces retirement fox news. You might say alexis dejoria is unretiring from being unretired. Nhra funny car star alexis dejoria has announced multiyear sponsorship deals with rokit phones and abk beer is support of her return to the funny car class after a twoyear absence. Jesse has worked with his wife for 5 years on her nhra drag car team. Dejoria enters the summit racing equipment southern nationals at atlanta dragway third in the funny car standings and poised to post the 100th event victory by a woman in nhra history.
A resident of austin, texas, dejoria has earned five nhra national events, including the prestigious 2014 u. She tells about her first ever horsepower experience and how she got into racing. Jun 16, 2015 when alexis dejoria racing invited us up to englishtown to meet nhra nitro funny car driver alexis dejoria and watch her compete in the nhra mello yello drag racing series, i wasnt quite sure what to expect, as i had never attended an nhra race before. The steely fan favorite has more laps under her safety belts already. The racing times with the arizona nationals by the wayside and gainsville next on the schedule, we spent five minutes minutes with funny car driver alexis dejoria. A twoyear hiatus didnt seem to bother alexis dejoria as she opened the 2020 nhra mello yello drag racing series season in style in pomona. Dejoria s first career funny car victory came at the. Alexis dejoria, who retired from nhra competition after the 2017 season, announced tuesday that shes forming a new team and will compete fulltime in the funny car ranks in 2020. Alexis dejoria is an nhra pro funny car drag race driver. She was torn between tending to family matters at home in austin, texas especially guiding her daughter bella through this rite of passage and that nagging need to feel the rush of a run.
Alexis dejoria will return to nhra funny car competition in 2020. After dismissing fellow funny car driver jeff arend in the first round at. Dejoria enters the summit racing equipment southern nationals at atlanta dragway third in the funny car standings and poised to post. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria hits the wall in las vegas. While a primary sponsor for her funny car will be revealed in. Who will it be for the fti funny car title in thunder at the dome. Alexis dejoria announced monday that she will retire from the nhra following the conclusion of the 2017 season. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will retire after 2017 season. May 14, 2014 funny car driver alexis dejoria makes her own way in nhra. Multitime nhra funny car race winner alexis dejoria announced in october shed be returning to the nhra mello yello drag racing series with a new team spearheaded by championship figures del worsham and nicky boninfante.
Alexis dejoria retiring from nhra competition speed sport. Alexis dejoria born september 24, 1977 is an american drag racer who competes in the national hot rod association nhra funny car category. Dejoria last competed in the 2017 season before announcing she was. Funny car driver dejoria ready for sonoma san rafael it became very apparent early in alexis dejorias life that she was fascinated with cars and racing. Monster garage star and motorcycle mogul jesse james has announced the break up of his marriage with nhra driver alexis dejoria. After a twoyear hiatus, dejoria will make her reentry into the sport beginning with the 2020 nhra winternationals in pomona, calif. Funny car driver alexis dejoria, left, and top fuel driver j. Its just one test session, which has provided enough results to convince the tuning shotcallers they have a contender right out of the box. Alexis dejoria eager for nhra funny car return in 2020. The first female funny car driver to break the foursecond barrier walked away from nhra drag racing after the 2017 season. Alexis dejoria began racing in nhra in 2005, starting in super gas and advancing to top alcohol funny car in 2007. Funny cars alexis dejoria returns in style, takes plenty of. Alexis dejoria says she always knew she would return to nhra. Funny car driver alexis dejoria will return to the sport fulltime in 2020.
Oct 10, 2019 following a twoyear hiatus from drag racing, funny car driver alexis dejoria will return to the sport fulltime in 2020. She previously drove a toyota camry for kalitta motorsports owned by connie kalitta, sponsored by her fathers companypatron spirits company. Alexis dejoria will return to nhra funny car competition. Dejoria, who was the first woman ever to run quicker than four seconds in a funny car, looks for even more success in 2020.
Oct 09, 2017 nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will retire after end of 2017 season. The season will conclude with the crowning of the mello yello drag racing series champions november 15 at the auto club finals at auto club raceway in. Nhra funny car s alexis dejoria returns in style, takes plenty of momentum to phoenix. Alexis dejoria is back in funny car with a new sponsor and a new attitude nhra statement concerning suspension of racing due to coronavirus pandemic five minutes with nhra funny cars alexis dejoria new issue of national dragster highlights dejoria. Actually, dejoria is on two missions winning the nhra. To others, she is the daughter of jeanpaul dejoria read my interview with him here, best life story evah, billionaire businessman and cofounder of paul mitchell hair products and the patron spirits company. Sandra bullocks ex jesse james cheated on drag racer. Kalitta motorsports funny car pilot alexis dejoria will retire from nhra competition following the conclusion of the 2017 season. Oct 08, 2019 following a twoyear hiatus, alexis dejoria returns to the funny car wars. Alexis dejoria, born september 24, 1977 in venice, calif. Alexis dejoria archives motorsportstalk nbc sports. I honestly knew, deep down when i made the announcement to retire at the end of the 2017 nhra season, that it was going to be sort of an openended retirement, she said. After dismissing fellow funny car driver jeff arend in the first round at wild horse. Oct 10, 2019 alexis dejoria returning to nhra, will drive for, run own team in 2020.
She began her racing career in 2005 in super gas but quickly moved into super comp. Dejoria is a rookie on the nhra full throttle drag racing series. Nitro funny car driver alexis dejoria is having a breakout. Alexis dejoria announces partnerships with rokit phones. The father of nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria was a bit of a wild child himself. Alexis dejoria is back in funny car with a new sponsor and a new attitude. Alexis dejoria has wasted no time getting back to speed in funny. I guess i was just born with that attraction to race cars.
Nationals, before stepping away from her 11,000 horsepower funny car. Dejoria began her nhra career in 2005, working her way up the ranks in the super gas, super comp and top alcohol funny car categories before making her professional nitro debut at the texas nhra. Driver spotlight with patron funny car driver alexis dejoria. She will return to competitive racing in 2020 with a new team led by crew chiefs del worsham and nicky boninfante.
The nhra sonoma nationals begin friday at sonoma raceway. Dejoria will make her reentry into the sport beginning with the 2020 nhra winternationals in pomona, california. And here is dejorias first career nitro funny car win at the carquest auto parts nhra nationals in phoenix. Alexis dejoria joined racing fan radio to talk about her 2012 season thus far. Dejoria made her nhra debut at the 2011 texas nhra fallnationals and went on to win five races, including the. Alexis dejoria eager for nhra funny car return in 2020 after. Dejoria debuted at the 2011 texas nhra fall nationals. Alexis is making her return to the full mello yellow drag racing schedule after a year off. Alexis dejoria always knew she would return to nhra funny car racing. It even irritated and upset some, but it wasnt one hastily made by the first woman to break the four. Alexis dejorias sponsorship for nhra funny car return.
Alexis dejoria racing five minutes with nhra funny cars. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria qualified sixth at the toyota summernationals at raceway park dejoria is the heiress to the empire of her father, who is. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria said she is retiring from the series at the end of this season to swtich my focus towards my family. Alexis dejoria will return to fulltime funny car competition in 2020. Dejoria returns to nhra funny car in 2020 racingjunk news. Funny car standout alexis dejoria experienced a breakout 2014 season in the nhra mello yello drag racing series, and it all started at wild horse pass motorsports park. She previously drove a toyota camry for kalitta motorsports owned by connie kalitta, sponsored by patron spirits company. Sandra bullocks ex jesse james cheated on drag racer wife alexis dejoria with at least 20 women before split. To some people, alexis dejoria is the wife of moster garage star jesse james. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria promotes nhra, free. Alexis dejoria returning to nhra, will drive for, run own team in. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will retire after 2017.
Nhras dejoria no heiress stereotype asbury park press. After dismissing fellow funny car driver jeff arend in the first round at wild horse pass motorsports park at chandler. As usual, mark rebilas was there also nailing epic photos for us all to enjoy. The funny car standout advanced to the semifinals in. Alexis dejoria is back on track, looking forward to nhra. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will retire after. Todd, talk about the upcoming toyota nhra sonoma nationals at a media luncheon thursday in san francisco. Returning to nhra funny car competition after a twoyear hiatus, alexis dejoria has announced her new team will be sponsored by abk beer and rokit phones for the full 24race 2020 nhra. Feb 18, 2020 alexis dejoria says she always knew she would return to nhra funny cars. Nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria will retire after end of 2017 season. Shes back with world championship aspirations on her mind.
This allows us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. I always played with matchbox cars as a little girl, the nhra mello yello drag racing series funny car driver said. Dont bother asking alexis dejoria if shes already back up to speed. Big picture has come into focus for retiring nhra funny. When worsham and boninfante became available after their driver, shawn langdon, returned to top fuel in the kalitta camp, the stars all just. The funny car standout advanced to the semifinals in her first race since 2017, setting a strong tone for the season and giving the popular driver plenty of momentum heading into this weekends 36th annual nhra arizona nationals at wild horse pass motorsports park. Historymaking nhra funny car driver alexis dejoria looks. Funny car driver alexis dejoria and alex dejoria racing are returning to the strip at las vegas motor speedway this week on a mission.
Alexis dejoria to miss the lucas oil nhra nationals in brainerd. She begins her rookie campaign in the nhra funny car division this weekend at. But after my baptism by nitro, i was totally hooked they say your first nitro experience is unforgettable, and thats a fact. When alexis dejoria racing invited us up to englishtown to meet nhra nitro funny car driver alexis dejoria and watch her compete in the nhra mello yello drag racing series, i wasnt quite sure what to expect, as i had never attended an nhra race before. Dec 11, 2019 you might say alexis dejoria is unretiring from being unretired. Dont bother asking alexis dejoria if shes already back up to speed after a twoyear hiatus from funny car racing. She talks about her gruesome crash at englishtown in 09 and also about going 200 mph in her fathers vector. Alexis dejoria is a professional drag racer who, over a sixyearplus run, established herself as one of the top competitors in the nhra s nitro funny car class before going on hiatus following. Big picture has come into focus for retiring nhra funny car. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. Alexis dejoria, jesse james have close ties with mercedes f1. Alexis dejoria says she always knew she would return to.
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