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Tag Archives: Alexis Dejoria

Alexis DeJoria: Fighter to a Fault

Get Behind The WheelBy Cole CusumanoMarch 24, 2025

Kenny and Crash caught up with NHRA Funny Car badass Alexis DeJoria, as she returned to FireBird Motorsports Park — the site of her first victory. Find out how the 47-year-old is continuing to chase championships, why she’s a “fighter to a fault,” and how she’s adjusting to a new crew chief in 2025. <

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Alexis DeJoria on Alexa, Driver Intros & The Texas Freeze

Get Behind The WheelBy Statt MannFebruary 28, 2021

NHRA Funny Car Driver Alexis DeJoria is coming off her strongest season to date. Alexis started in the 11,000 horsepower Nitro Funny Cars in 2011 and has five wins now. But she was out of the car for a year putting together her own team for a return in 2019. The COVID restrictions in 2020…

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Alexis DeJoria on Winning, Marriage & A Zoo

Winner of the WeekBy Statt MannAugust 20, 2017

NHRA Brainerd Funny Car Winner Alexis DeJoria won her first event of the season Sunday in Minnesota. The win puts her in contention for the NHRA’s post season playoffs, the Countdown to the Championship. DeJoria is a longtime Friend of the Freaks along with her husband Jesse James of West Coast Chopper fame. The crazy…

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Alexis DeJoria on Bucket Lists, Bikes & Four Wides

Get Behind The WheelBy Statt MannApril 10, 2016

NHRA Mello Yello Las Vegas Funny Car Winner Alexis DeJoria came into the Freak Nation Sunday night talking about her Bucket List desires including one that was satisfied this weekend at Circuit of the Americas. Alexis also explained how her season is so much stronger now with some changes in her operation. One Bucket List…

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Alexis DeJoria on Making Her Own Name

Get Behind The WheelBy Statt MannMarch 1, 2015

When people started talking about Alexis DeJoria and her NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car team they often connected her to her celebrity husband Jesse James or her father John Paul DeJoria, who Forbes magazine has ranked No. 568 on its 2014 list of the world’s billionaires, with a net worth estimated at $3.1 billion. But…

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Alexis DeJoria on Her Historic Drag Racing Win at Indy

Winner of the WeekBy Statt MannSeptember 7, 2014

NHRA Mello Yello Funny Car Indianapolis winner Alexis DeJoria is a long time Friend of the Freaks. So it’s a natural that we get a chance to celebrate with her as she gets her third win of the year in the NHRA; a win that left her fourth in points as the NHRA playoffs get…

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Alexis DeJoria Gets Sprayed To Win First Title

Winner of the WeekBy Statt MannFebruary 24, 2014

NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Phoenix Funny Car winner Alexis DeJoria had special encouragement to get her first funny car win Sunday in Phoenix. DeJoria visited with Kenny and Crash before the event but her close encounter with the newest Freak, Henley, gave her the mojo to beat three drag racing champions to get her…

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Alexis Dejoria Campaigns for Shootout Support

Get Behind The WheelBy Statt MannAugust 25, 2013

NHRA Funny Car driver Alexis Dejoria is a long-time Friend of the Freaks who’s proving to be a force in Funny Car racing even though she’s yet to win a race. But, given that, Dejoria is asking for fan support to get into a special Funny Car shootout next weekend at the U.S. Nationals. In…

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Jesse James Unplugged by The Freaks

Step Up to the MicBy Statt MannFebruary 15, 2013

Car and bike builder Jesse James can wear so many hats and he tried on a number of them Thursday with The Freaks at the Winternationals in Pomona. We’ve known James for more than ten years and had fun with him every time we got together. But Thursday was different. James was raw and unplugged,…

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Matt Hagan on a “Comeback” Season in 2013

Get Behind The WheelBy Statt MannFebruary 14, 2013

2011 NHRA Funny Car champion Matt Hagan had a forgettable season in 2012. There were events when he didn’t even qualify for the finals. That’s why he came into The Freak Nation Thursday at the 2013 Winternationals and his story was about how he plans on returning to the thrilling days of “yesteryear” when Hagan…

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