Gender no issue, unlike other series
Ashley Force and Melanie Troxel battle for Funny Car titles. Hillary Will competes in Top Fuel. Angelle Sampey and Karen Stoffer race Pro Stock motorcycles.
And no one cares that they are women.
In a motorsports year in which so much has been made of Danica Patrick’s victory in IndyCar and a […]

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By Allen Gregory
Sports Writer / Bristol Herald Courier
Published: May 18, 2008
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Melanie Troxel came to Bristol Dragway this weekend searching for her first win of the season. The first-year Funny Car driver left Thunder Valley with a piece of history and a win in the O’Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. With […]

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Canadian Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It was a matchup NASCAR could only dream of: Melanie Troxel and Ashley Force going head-to-head in the first all-female Funny Car elimination round.
Troxel won the round, made it to the finals and ultimately claimed the title Sunday at Thunder Valley Nationals - making her the first woman in NHRA history […]

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Bristol, TN (AHN) - Move over Danica Patrick and Ashley Force and make room for Melanie Troxel.
Troxel got to Victory Lane before both Patrick and Force in their respective racing leagues, but on Sunday Troxel became the first woman in NHRA history to win in both Top Fuel and Funny Car.
Troxel, who transcended from Top […]

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