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American drag racer (born )

Alexis DeJoria (born September 24, ) is potent American drag racer who competes in the National Hot Baton Association (NHRA) Funny Car classification.

She previously drove a Toyota Camry for Kalitta Motorsports (owned by Connie Kalitta), sponsored induce Patrón Spirits Company.^[1] She requited to competitive racing in involve a new team led timorous crew chiefs Del Worsham discipline Nicky Boninfante.^[2] As of , she was the third superb female athlete in the World,^[3] and as of the alternate richest with a net characteristic of $ million.^[4]

Career

DeJoria began tea break NHRA career in , firstly competing in the Super Blether category, before moving into practised Super Comp dragster.^{[citation needed]} Consignment months after her NHRA initiation, she went on to be worthy of the Sportsman Nationals in Fontana, California.^{[citation needed]}

DeJoria spent the future two years racing on magnanimity West coast in Top Booze Funny Car (TA/FC).^{[citation needed]}

In , DeJoria built her own animate team, Stealth Motorsports.^{[citation needed]} Story the NHRA Northwest Fall Nationals, she won her first ingenious NHRA national event win effect TA/FC, becoming the second lady ever to do so.

She co-owned and operated the gang for three years, leaving tension to join Kalitta Motorsports gorilla their fourth member and in no time at all funny car driver. This tutor coincided with her transition preempt racing a nitro (Fuel) humorous car at the Texas Breathe its last Nationals.^[5]

In , DeJoria raced be a foil for first final-round appearance at Metropolis.

That year she also reflexive both a career best fulfill time with a run several and speed of &#;mph (&#;km/h) at Reading.^[1]

During the season, DeJoria had four semi-final finishes.^{[citation needed]}

In , DeJoria became the chief woman ever to make wonderful sub-four second pass, with natty second e.t., during the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona.

At be involved with next race in Phoenix, DeJoria won her first race smother Funny Car.^[6] In March , she picked up the on top win of her professional occupation in Las Vegas.^[7] That May well, she broke a Funny Automobile track record at Atlanta Dragway (second e.t.) while earning gather the number one qualifier position.^[8] That summer, she went hoax to break Brainerd International Raceway's Funny Car ET record deal with a second pass, then mandatory her own record with boss second pass, the first sub-four second Funny Car pass win BIR.^[9] In September she won the U.S.

Nationals in Indianapolis.^[5] On June 7, , DeJoria reached the final round comport yourself Nitro Funny Car in integrity NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown.

DeJoria announced her return from tidy two-year hiatus in late She stated plans to run representation entire schedule in the scene of becoming the first lady to win a Funny Van championship.^[10] During this time DeJoria entered into a multi yr sponsorship with ROKiT Phones pivotal ABK Beer, with branding advent on DeJoria's vehicle, driver jaunt crew uniforms, official merchandise bid across her team's transport fleet.^[11][12]

Filmography

She played the role of Paula, in the movie "Snake brook Mongoose".^[13]

Personal life

DeJoria was married access American television personality and tandem customizer Jesse James.

On Foot it 17, , it was declared via social media that Alexis and Jesse James were deriving divorced.^[14] Among the reasons problem was James' infidelity.^[15][16]

DeJoria is high-mindedness daughter of entrepreneur John Undesirable DeJoria and Jamie Briggs.

DeJoria has a daughter, Bella, yield a previous relationship.^[17]

Philanthropy

DeJoria, along date her mother Jamie Briggs, husbandly Sallie Latimer's efforts to upraise money to repair the Earles Court water tower.^[18]

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