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词条 Alexis DeJoria
释义

  1. Career

  2. Filmography

  3. Personal life

  4. Philanthropy

  5. References

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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|09|24}}
| birth_place = Venice Beach, California, U.S.
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| related to = John Paul DeJoria
| crew chief = Tommy DeLago, Bruce Comtois, prev.
| last series = NHRA Funny Car
| years active = 2005-2017
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| wins = 5
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}}Alexis DeJoria (born September 24, 1977) is a retired American drag racer who competed in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Top Fuel Funny Car. She drove a Toyota Camry for Kalitta Motorsports (owned by Connie Kalitta), sponsored by Patrón Spirits Company.[1]

Career

DeJoria began her NHRA career in 2005, initially competing in the Super Gas category, before moving into a Super Comp dragster.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} Eight months after her NHRA debut, she went on to win the Sportsman Nationals in Fontana, California.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

DeJoria spent the next two years racing on the West coast in Top Alcohol Funny Car (TA/FC).{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

In 2009, DeJoria built her own racing team, Stealth Motorsports.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} At the 2011 NHRA Northwest Fall Nationals, she won her first ever NHRA national event win in TA/FC, becoming the second woman ever to do so. She co-owned and operated the team for three years, leaving in 2011 to join Kalitta Motorsports as their fourth member and second funny car driver. This move coincided with her transition to racing a nitro (Fuel) funny car at the 2011 Texas Fall Nationals.[2]

In 2012, DeJoria raced her first final-round appearance at Bristol. That year she also set both a career best for time with a run of 4.032 and speed of {{convert|319.07|mph|abbr=on}} at Reading.[1]

During the 2013 season, DeJoria had 4 semi-final finishes.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

In 2014, DeJoria became the first woman ever to make a sub-four second pass, with a 3.997-second e.t., during the NHRA Winternationals at Pomona. At her next race in Phoenix, DeJoria won her first race in Funny Car. In March 2014, she picked up the second win of her professional career in Las Vegas. That May, she broke a Funny Car track record at Atlanta Dragway (4.012-second e.t.{{clarify|date=September 2018|Is this the record, or her e.t.?}}) while earning her the Number One qualifier position.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} That summer, she went on to break Brainerd International Raceway’s Funny Car ET record with a 4.010-second pass, then reset her own record with a 3.998-second pss, the first sub-four second Funny Car pass at BIR.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} In September she won the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis.[2] On June 7, 2015,DeJoria reached the final round in Top Fuel Funny Car in the NHRA Summernationals at Englishtown.

Filmography

She played the role of Paula, in the 2013 movie "Snake and Mongoose".[3]

Personal life

In late 2012, DeJoria became engaged to American television personality and motorcycle customizer Jesse James.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} They married on March 24, 2013 at the estate of her father, entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

DeJoria has a 15-year-old daughter, Bella, from a previous relationship.[4]

Philanthropy

DeJoria, along with her mother Jamie Briggs, joined Sallie Latimer's efforts to raise money to repair the Earles Court water tower[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nhra.com/drivers/driver.aspx?CompetitionCategory=funny-car&DriverAlias=dejoria |title=Drivers Listing |publisher=NHRA |date= |accessdate=2017-03-16}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://alexisdejoria.com/about-us |title=The Patrón Funny Car Team - About Alexis |publisher=Alexis DeJoria |date= |accessdate=2017-03-16}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5072267/|title=Alexis DeJoria|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=2017-03-16}}
4. ^{{cite web|author=Elizabeth Leonard |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20685016,00.html |title=Jesse James Marries Drag Racer Alexis DeJoria |website=People.com |date=2016-09-23 |accessdate=2017-03-16}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.independentri.com/independents/south_county/narragansett/article_c9d1cea8-2dc6-5526-b191-00d9515fafb2.html |title=Earles Court tower fundraising underway | Narragansett |website=independentri.com |date=2014-07-05 |accessdate=2017-03-16}}
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