NHRA Southern Nationals
Event 5 of 20
South Georgia Motorsports Park
Adel, Ga.
May 1 – 3, 2026​


ALEXIS DEJORIA
Driver of the John Force Racing Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car

2025 Recap:
This event is a new addition to the NHRA schedule

Last Event (Charlotte):
Qualified fifth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Hunter Green and Jeff Arend in E1; defeated by J.R. Todd and Ron Capps in E2)

2026 Statistics:
Four races; One runner-up finish

Career Statistics:
258 races; six wins; six No. 1 qualifiers

Noteworthy:

  • While this is the first time that the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will compete at South Georgia Motorsports Park, DeJoria has previous experience at the facility from her days competing in Top Alcohol Funny Car
    • At a divisional event at SGMP in 2011, DeJoria qualified second and finished in the semifinals

Quotable:
“Headed to Valdosta, to a track that hasn’t been on the pro circuit before. It’s sort of going to be new for all of us. I raced there a long time ago in Alcohol Funny Car, but it was back in 2011, so it’s been a long time.

“We’ve got good momentum. We’ve got a consistent car. We’re just working on getting it to be a little bit quicker, but we’re getting down the track in different conditions, whether it’s hot or cold or dry or humid. So, I have a lot of faith and I’m very excited that we get to do this again in just a few days.”

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