Drivers
- Series: Funny Car
- Car: Advance Auto Parts Chevy Monte Carlo
- Crew Chief: Ron Douglas
- Birth Date: September 19, 1963
- Home Town: Camarillo, California
Fast Facts:
- Career Wins: 22
- Career Final Rounds: 49
- Career-Best Elapsed Time: 4.68 seconds
- Career-Best Speed: 330.8 mph
After capturing six national events, 43 round wins and the 1992 NHRA Funny Car championship during his rookie season, Cruz Pedregon roared back the following four years (1993-96) with three third-place and a second-place finish in the points standings. In 1995, Pedregon captured five wins in seven final rounds, and in 1998 he won four races, competed in five final rounds and was No. 1 qualifier 12 times. Pedregon has won more than one race in five different years and has finished in the top 10 of the points standings nine times. Last year the California native advanced to the final round at Houston, was No. 1 qualifier at Englishtown and posted a career-best e.t. and speed en route to the No. 1 qualifying position at the September Chicago meet. Pedregon is a three-time winner of the U.S. Nationals (1992, 1994-95). This will be Pedregon's 14th season as a professional Funny Car driver.
CAREER
- Stared NHRA career in Alcohol Dragster in 1987 and moved to Alcohol Funny Car in 1990.
- Got first professional start in Top Fuel in 1991.
- Won the 1992 NHRA Funny Car championship after capturing six national events.
- Won the 1995 U.S. Nationals for the third time in four years. Recorded his first four-second run (4.991) at Dallas.
- Won the Premio De Oro in 1997, the only national award for Hispanic athletes.
- Earned low qualifying honors at 12 events in 1998 and set national elapsed-time record three times.
- Finished in top 10 of Funny Car standings nine times, and five times in the top five.
TRACK STATS
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2005 Season
- Recorded ninth top-10 Funny Car finish.
- Runner-up at Houston.
- No. 1 qualifier at Chicago 2 - ran career-best e.t. and speed.
- No. 1 qualifier at Englishtown
- No. 1 qualifier at Englishtown
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2004 Season
- Earned first No. 1 qualifying position (Columbus) since 1998.
- Was the runner-up at consecutive events twice (Denver & Seattle; Indianapolis & Dallas).
- Qualified No. 11 in the quickest Funny Car field in NHRA history (Pomona 2).
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2003 Season
- Highest finish in the Funny Car standings since 1998.
- Was the runner-up at Denver and Reading.
- Established career-best time and speed.
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2002 Season
- After taking a year off from racing, Pedregon assembled a team that qualified for 18 national events.
- Advanced to the semifinals at Indianapolis.
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2001 Season
- Served as color analyst for ESPN's drag racing coverage.
