2024 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified eighth; First round exit (defeated by Paul Lee in E1)

Last Event (Seattle):
Qualified 11th; Semifinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1, J.R. Todd in E2; defeated by Matt Hagan in E3)

2025 Statistics:
11 races; four semifinal finishes

Career Statistics:
246 races; six wins, six No. 1 qualifiers

Noteworthy:

  • Fresh off one of her most impressive race day performances of the season, DeJoria wrapped up her Seattle outing by winning back-to-back rounds on holeshots to reach the semifinals for the fourth time in 2025
  • Will compete in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Funny Car Challenge on Saturday
  • Ranked eighth in the Funny Car point standings with three races remaining before the conclusion of the regular season

Fan Events:

  • Friday, 3:00 p.m., Kids-Only driver autograph session, underneath the Main Grandstands
  • Saturday, 8:45 – 9:15 a.m., Mission #2Fast2Tasty driver autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display

Quotable:
“Our Bandero Café Funny Car team is coming off a good showing in Seattle, and I’m excited to get right back out there this weekend in Sonoma. It’s a great facility, good air, cool conditions, good track surface, and the fans are great. Just all around really enjoy racing there. We’d of course like continue our progression and success with going rounds and hopefully, acquire our very first Wally together as a team.”

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