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JCM Racing Pre-Race Report: Sonoma
- joec570
- Jul 23
- 3 min read
DENSO NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge
Event 12 of 20
Sonoma Raceway
Sonoma, Calif.
July 25 – 27, 2025
IDA ZETTERSTRÖM
Driver of the JCM Racing Top Fuel Dragster
2024 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap:
N/A
Last Event (Seattle):
Qualified 10th; First round exit (defeated by Brittany Force in E1)
Noteworthy:
Making her Sonoma Raceway debut in 2025
The Sonoma Nationals marks the second of four consecutive events where Zetterström will be at the controls of the JCM Top Fuel dragster.
The multi-time European champion is competing on a limited schedule due to insufficient funding and is actively seeking partners for 2025 and beyond.
Fan Events:
Friday, 3:00 p.m., Kids-Only driver autograph session, underneath the Main Grandstands
Quotable:
“Seattle was a surprise schedule addition for us and while we didn't get the outcome we wanted, it was a great opportunity to collect data and try some new stuff. We feel like we learned a lot and we hope we will be able to apply it in Sonoma, and it will show, performance-wise, what we learned.
“This is a very busy week for us with tons of media and appearances lined up, including doing a media tour in San Francisco before we kick off the weekend. We also have a lot of sponsors in the house and it’ll be a busy week for JCM, which is something we love. This will be my first time racing at Sonoma and it's one of the tracks that I've been looking forward to going to all year. We're hoping for some cooler weather and some faster times, and we hope we can break our current E.T. record and go some rounds on Sunday.”
ALEXIS DEJORIA
Driver of the Bandero Café Funny Car
2024 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified eighth; First round exit (defeated by Paul Lee in E1)
Last Event (Seattle):
Qualified 11th; Semifinal finish (defeated Chad Green in E1, J.R. Todd in E2; defeated by Matt Hagan in E3)
2025 Statistics:
11 races; four semifinal finishes
Career Statistics:
246 races; six wins, six No. 1 qualifiers
Noteworthy:
Fresh off one of her most impressive race day performances of the season, DeJoria wrapped up her Seattle outing by winning back-to-back rounds on holeshots to reach the semifinals for the fourth time in 2025
Will compete in the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Funny Car Challenge on Saturday
Ranked eighth in the Funny Car point standings with three races remaining before the conclusion of the regular season
Fan Events:
Friday, 3:00 p.m., Kids-Only driver autograph session, underneath the Main Grandstands
Saturday, 8:45 – 9:15 a.m., Mission #2Fast2Tasty driver autograph session at the Mission Foods midway display
Quotable:
“Our Bandero Café Funny Car team is coming off a good showing in Seattle, and I’m excited to get right back out there this weekend in Sonoma. It’s a great facility, good air, cool conditions, good track surface, and the fans are great. Just all around really enjoy racing there. We’d of course like continue our progression and success with going rounds and hopefully, acquire our very first Wally together as a team.”
About JCM Racing:
Established in 2022, the Maynard family’s JCM Racing organization is a multi-car NHRA team owned by Joe and P.J. Maynard. The executive staff operates out of Clarksville, Tennessee, while the team’s racing headquarters is located in Brownsburg, Indiana. JCM Racing owns 11 national event wins to date.
Competing in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series as the sport’s first all-female nitro team, Alexis DeJoria drives the Bandero Premium Tequila Funny Car while Ida Zetterström pilots the JCM Racing Top Fuel dragster. DeJoria is a multi-time NHRA national event champion and the first woman to break the three-second barrier in the Funny Car category. In addition to her six Funny Car triumphs, DeJoria found success in the Sportsman ranks and is the only driver to own the trifecta of Super Comp, Top Alcohol Funny Car, and Funny Car victories. Hailing from Sweden, Zetterström is a European drag racing champion on both two wheels and four, having become the first woman to win an FIM Super Street Bike title in 2019 and again in 2020. Before relocating from Sweden to the Indianapolis area to prepare for her 2024 NHRA debut, Zetterström also clinched the 2023 FIA European Top Fuel crown.
In an effort to support the future generations of drag racers, JCM Racing operates a Driver Development program, which provides assistance to youngsters competing in the NHRA’s Jr. Drag Racing League.
For more information, visit @jcmnitro on Twitter and Instagram, @JCMNitro on Facebook, and JCMNitro.com
Media Contacts:
Allison McCormick
ABM Communications
(305) 764-5377
Jessica Hatcher
ABM Communications