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BROWNSBURG, Ind. (September 2, 2013)—Alexis DeJoria powered her 10,000 horsepower Kalitta Motorsports Tequila Patrón Toyota Camry Funny Car to an impressive run of 4.036-seconds at 312.35-mph in the first round of eliminations at the 59th annual U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, her quickest run of the 2013 season.
The run would become her second best of her professional Funny Car career and hold up to be the third quickest of the session, but despite the solid effort, DeJoria and her Tommy DeLago-led Patrón team would fall short to Ron Capps by a mere thousandth of a second in the opening race day matchup on Monday at the historic ‘Big Go.’
DeJoria entered race day qualified in the No. 12 spot with her 4.081-sec pass from Q4, the third quickest of that round. “It was really exciting to be able to race on Monday at such a monumental race and be a part of one of the quickest fields in Indy Funny Car history. The Top 15 qualified cars all ran in the 4.08’s or better, which just goes to show you how competitive this class is when we’re all that close together,” she said of the stacked 16-car field.”
“Capps and I were the first pair out of the gate this morning and my team gave me an incredible car to run with. That 4.036 was our best run of the season, and the second quickest of Team Patrón’s career. Unfortunately, we came up short by just a bit. I had a decent light with my .089, but he took the win with his 4.062 pass and we got beat by a hair on a holeshot. We may have lost that round but we’re certainly not going to hang our heads- that run was something to be proud of. Team Green has really turned a corner and big things are coming. This weekend has proved that we have a great car and with that combination we can win races. It’s been a good weekend for both Team Kalitta Funny Cars here in Indy. I’m very proud of my teammate Del Worsham and the DHL team for clinching their Countdown position this weekend. Now it’s on to Charlotte!”
The Kalitta Motorsports Tequila Patrón Toyota Camry Funny Car team competes next at the 6th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 13-15. For more information, please visit www.alexisdejoria.com. Follow us on Twitter: @ADR_Nitro771 and Like Us on Facebook: Alexis DeJoria.
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About Alexis DeJoria
Alexis DeJoria, daughter of the famed John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems and proud owner of Tequila Patrόn, is a professional NHRA race car driver, competing in the nitro Funny Car class on the Kalitta Motorsports team. Alexis drives a Tequila Patrόn-sponsored 2013 Toyota Camry. Alexis, who had all the opportunity in the world to pursue any type of career, felt strongly about following her passion, and her need for adrenaline drove her to pursue the unlikely profession of auto-racing. The determination to ‘blaze her own trail’ continues to drive her and push her to higher levels in male dominated sport of drag racing.
About Kalitta Motorsports
Based in Ypsilanti, Mich., Kalitta Motorsports is a Top Fuel and Funny Car drag racing team in the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. The team was founded and is owned by drag racing icon Connie “the Bounty Hunter” Kalitta. For more than 50 years, Connie has been involved in the sport as a driver, tuner, and an owner. Kalitta Motorsports is one of the most successful teams in the history of auto racing with five world championships and over 50 national event titles in five different professional drag racing sanctioning bodies since it was established by Connie in 1959.