Another woman has proved the capability of women in competing in the motor sports. Melanie Troxel had finished an inconceivable spin at Bristol Dragway last Sunday, winning her first Funny Car round then counting three more in series which made her won the Thunder Valley Nationals. Her performance was truly startling especially the weather is wt and wild.
Gotham City Racing ProCare Rx Dodge Charger R/T was the one that she drove. She won over the defending Funny Car champion Tony Pedregon, Ashley, Force, Jim Head, and her colleague category rookie driver Mike Neff. Her recent win was fifth in her career following the four in the Top Fuel. In NHRA, Troxel is the 14th driver to record victories in both Top Fuel and Funny Car and likewise she is the first woman to achieve such. In both categories, her husband, Tommy Johnson, also has wins.
Since there are several women that already have names in the same field like Ashley Force, who is the first woman to win in Funny Car, she does not want to compare herself with them. She believes that is would be ridiculous for her and Ashley to think who is better. She is not competing with any woman but with everybody in the industry.
She is currently giving her full concentration on her elimination and dealing with irregular rain in Bristol Dragway so she doesn’t have much time thinking of what is in history. She and her team are focused on getting some round wins and a race win.
Since she was the winner, she joined the other 13 drivers who have won in both funny cars and top-fuel dragster. In the 13 drivers, her husband is among them. Johnson admitted that when Melanie switched in racing funny cars, he was not the biggest fan of her since there was an “added pressure” on his part, racing against her wife.
