Cruz Pedregon's championship winning Funny Car from 1992, a McDonald's-sponsored Pontiac Firebird
Nationality
American
Born
(1963-09-19) September 19, 1963 (age 60) Torrance, California
Related to
Tony Pedregon (brother) Frank Pedregon Jr.(brother)
Funny Car
Years active
1987 - 2000, 2002-present
Teams
Cruz Pedregon Racing, Inc.
Wins
40 (36 FC, 3 TAD, 1 TAFC)[1]
Fastest laps
3.839 seconds (1,000 feet)[1]
Best finish
1st in 1992, 2008
Awards
1997
Premio De Oro
Cruz Pedregon (born September 19, 1963) is a 2-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car Champion from Torrance, California. He is the brother of Tony Pedregon, also a two-time Funny Car Champion & Frank Pedregon Jr. who has won multiple NHRA National Events.[1] He currently races for his own team, Cruz Pedregon Racing, Inc.
^ abc"NHRA Cruz Pedregon Biography". NHRA. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
CruzPedregon (born September 19, 1963) is a 2-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car Champion from Torrance, California. He is the brother...
youngest of the Pedregon brothers. His brother CruzPedregon is the 1992 and 2008 NHRA Mello Yello Series Funny Car Champion. In 1993 Pedregon qualified for...
John Force 2003 - Tony Pedregon 2004 - John Force 2005 - Gary Scelzi 2006 - John Force 2007 - Tony Pedregon 2008 - CruzPedregon 2009 - Robert Hight 2010...
Force achieved the 100th win by a female driver in NHRA by defeating CruzPedregon in the Funny Car final. On January 24, 2019, Force announced she would...
Car. In 1992, the honor of putting Force on the trailer would go to CruzPedregon, driving the Larry Minor McDonald's-sponsored Olds to the championship...
total championships (15 as a driver, one with Hight, and another with Tony Pedregon). Edwards went 28 years between NHRA titles (he won the 1981 Sportsman...
from 1995 to 1997. In 1998 CruzPedregon would be sponsored by Interstate Batteries and Jim Yates by SplitFire. Pedregon won Gibbs' first NHRA National...
Championship, making it the first time since 1992 (Miner Bros Racing) with CruzPedregon driving, a team other than John Force Racing had won the NHRA Mello...
Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler, Gary Scelzi, CruzPedregon, Bobby Santos III, Brett Hearn and Tim McCreadie. After starting the...
Kahne (captain) Joey Logano Tony Stewart Bobby Labonte Bill Elliott CruzPedregon Team Levine Kyle Busch (captain) Jimmie Johnson Matt Kenseth David Reutimann...
the final points event second in points and lost the championship to CruzPedregon. Wilber, Bob (November 25, 2008). "Wilkerson looks back with no regrets...
McCreadie, Danny Lasoski, and Sammy Swindell, NHRA drag racing champions CruzPedregon and Gary Scelzi, IndyCar drivers Santino Ferrucci, A. J. Foyt IV, Tom...
6 J.R. Todd 663 −357 Toyota 7 Tim Wilkerson 615 −405 Ford 8 Alexis Dejoria 605 −415 Toyota 9 Paul Lee 464 −556 Toyota 10 CruzPedregon 436 −584 Dodge...
Yates 1996 Blaine Johnson CruzPedregon Warren Johnson 1997 Cory McClenathan Ron Capps Jim Yates 1998 Doug Kalitta CruzPedregon Warren Johnson 1999 Doug...
freestyle rider, two-time X Games gold medalist CruzPedregon – two-time drag racing champion Tony Pedregon – two-time drag racing champion Tori Pena – pole...
February 23–26 Motorcraft Ford Nationals Phoenix, Ariz. Eddie Hill CruzPedregon Mark Pawuk N/A March 4–7 Slick 50 Nationals Houston, Texas Ed McCulloch...
SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals Las Vegas, Nev. Tony Schumacher (2) CruzPedregon (1) Allen Johnson (2) N/A April 19–21 Dollar General Four-Wide Nationals1...
Shawn Langdon Matt Hagan Mike Edwards Michael Ray 2014 Richie Crampton CruzPedregon Jeg Coughlin Jr. Andrew Hines 2015 Antron Brown Matt Hagan Greg Anderson...
Johnson 1994 Shelly Anderson K.C. Spurlock Warren Johnson 1995 Eddie Hill CruzPedregon Darrell Alderman 1996 Blaine Johnson Al Hofmann Jim Yates 1997 Gary...
Season League NHRA Sport Drag racing Champions Tony Schumacher (TF) CruzPedregon (FC) Jeg Coughlin (PS) Eddie Krawiec (PSM) NHRA seasons ← 2007 2009 →...
Dunn John Force Warren Johnson Angelle Sampey 1998 Kenny Bernstein CruzPedregon Warren Johnson Matt Hines 1997 Joe Amato Al Hoffman Jim Yates Dave Schultz...
16–19 O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals Concord, N.C. Larry Dixon (11) CruzPedregon (1) Greg Anderson (3) LE Tonglet (3) September 23–26 O'Reilly Super...
Tony Pedregon 1997 Randy Anderson 1998 CruzPedregon 1999 John Force 2000 John Force 2001 Frank Pedregon 2002 Whit Bazemore 2003 Tony Pedregon 2004 Whit...
Enders (10) Hector Arana Jr (2) Nov 10–13 Auto Club NHRA Finals 1.5 Pomona, CA FS1 Austin Prock (2) CruzPedregon (1) Greg Anderson (2) Angie Smith (1)...
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