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Troxel to race Funny Car in Gainesville and Charlotte PDF Print E-mail

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 5) -- Multi-car team owner Roger Burgess announced Friday that superstar driver Melanie Troxel will race the team's Funny Car at the upcoming NHRA races in Gainesville, Fla., and Charlotte.

 

Original plans that reflected available sponsorship dollars called for Troxel to park the car until April 9-11 for the national event at Houston Raceway Park, but Burgess decided to pay for the next two events out of his own pocket to help the newly-formed Funny Car team find a rhythm.
 
Troxel gets star treatment in Phoenix before bowing to Force Hood PDF Print E-mail

PHOENIX (Feb. 21) -- Melanie Troxel's first round match-up with Ashley Force Hood Sunday at Firebird International Raceway was so highly anticipated that ESPN's vaunted Sportscenter program featured the pending battle of female Funny Car drivers throughout its morning programs, complete with live interviews from the track.

 
Female drag racing star Troxel trains her attention on Phoenix PDF Print E-mail

PHOENIX (Feb. 18) -- The NHRA's season-opening 50th annual NHRA Winternationals last weekend in Pomona, Calif, was filled with unique sights and sounds as drag racing celebrated a milestone event.

 
Troxel puts In-N-Out Burger Funny Car safely into Winternationals field PDF Print E-mail

POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 13) -- Despite sitting idle for a year, Melanie Troxel has shown no rust in her return to the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series.

 
Return to Funny Car fight has Troxel fired up PDF Print E-mail

POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 9) -- Melanie Troxel may be the quickest female in motorsports and the only woman with victories in both Top Fuel and Funny Car, but even she admits to feeling a little nervous when she began testing her In-N-Out Burger Dodge Charger R/T in anticipation of the 2010 NHRA season.

 
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