25 Facts About Tony Pedregon

Tony Pedregon was born on March 8,1965 and is an American two-time NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car Champion from Torrance, California.

In 1996 Tony Pedregon made his debut at John Force Racing driving a funny car.

Tony Pedregon was named the inaugural winner of the Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award.

In 1997 Tony Pedregon beat brother Cruz in the first ever funny car final between brothers.

Tony Pedregon was the number one qualifier in three events and made it to five finals.

In 1999 Tony Pedregon was the No 1 qualifier at four events and posted the quickest time in history when he clocked a 4.779 second run at Gainesville Raceway.

Tony Pedregon was the runner-up in the Funny Car bonus race at Indianapolis.

In 2000 Tony Pedregon went to six Finals collecting two wins.

In 2001 Tony Pedregon won at Englishtown after qualifying 1st, a career first.

Tony Pedregon won back to back races for the first time in his career.

Tony Pedregon won three consecutive races for the first time in his career.

In 2003 Tony Pedregon finally won the Championship becoming the first driver to win besides John Force since 1992 when brother Cruz won.

Tony Pedregon won 8 events that season putting him 4th on the all-time career win list.

Tony Pedregon decided at the end of the season to go join brother Cruz and form Tony Pedregon Racing.

Tony Pedregon joins a short list of only five NHRA Professional drag racers to have ever been nominated for the ESPY Best Driver Award.

In 2005 Tony Pedregon set career best for time when he and his brother each ran 4.680s at Chicago 2.

Tony Pedregon finished the season with two wins and a runner-up finish at the final five events.

In 2006 Tony Pedregon won three events and finished top five in the final points standings.

In 2007 Tony Pedregon won his second NHRA Funny Car title winning four events along the way.

In 2008 Tony Pedregon won four events and qualified first in two events and finished fifth in the final points.

In 2009 Tony Pedregon won three events and finished sixth in the final points.

On Oct 29,1998, Tony Pedregon, sponsored by Castrol Syntec and Action Performance Racing, unveiled a racing car that featured slain Tejano superstar Selena.

On October 31,2015, it was announced that Tony Pedregon would join the Fox NHRA broadcast team in 2016 for their NHRA Mello Yello Series coverage.

Tony Pedregon has three children: one daughter Cecily, and two sons Desidario and Benecio.

Tony Pedregon is the son of Drag Racing Legend Flamin' Frank Pedregon.