MADDI GORDON
Driver of the Carlyle Tools Top Fuel Dragster​


Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 7th (-286)

Last Event (Dallas):
Qualified sixth; Event runner-up (defeated Shawn Reed E1, Doug Kalitta E2, Justin Ashley E3; defeated by Antron Brown E4)

2026/Career Statistics:

  • 18 races: one win, two runner-up finishes
  • Career-best E.T.: 3.695 seconds (Brainerd 2026)
  • Career-best speed: 340.65 mph (St. Louis 2026)

Noteworthy:

  • Enters the weekend after having powered to her third final round appearance of her professional career at the Dallas event
  • Unveiled her partnership with Carlyle Tools during the 2025 SEMA Show following the Las Vegas race
  • Has one prior national event win at the facility from the 2025 Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals while driving her family’s Top Alcohol Funny Car
  • Runner-up at both Las Vegas national events in 2024; also recorded a runner-up finish at the ‘25 regional event

Fan Events:

  • Friday, 12:00 – 12:30 p.m., Ron Capps Motorsports driver autograph session, Carlyle Tools Outlaw trailer
  • Saturday, 10:00 – 10:30 a.m., Ron Capps Motorsports driver autograph session, Carlyle Tools Outlaw trailer

Quotable:
“It’s crazy to think we’re headed into the final stretch of the year. Vegas is an extremely familiar place for my family and me. I’ve raced Jr. dragsters, Jr. Comp, Super Comp, Super Pro, Alcohol Funny Car; I’ve watched my dad race there my entire life, so Vegas is a very familiar place and one of my favorites. Really looking forward to racing Top Fuel there for the first time ever. It’s going to be awesome; our Carlyle Tools team has been working so hard behind the scenes to get our race car running with the top of the field and I’m just so proud of how far we’ve come this season. I’m looking forward to hanging out with all our amazing partners. We’ve got a lot of folks coming out with NAPA and Carlyle and Monster Energy; they always bring us that good mojo, and hopefully we can have a great weekend and finish strong at these last two races.

“The last time we were in Vegas, we announced our Carlyle Tools sponsorship at SEMA directly after the national event, and that was such an exciting day. Now here we are, one year later, we’re headed back to SEMA after the weekend and we’ve got a packed schedule full of appearances and autograph signings, and all that SEMA has to offer.”

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