NHRA Funny Car Driver Tony Pedregon and His Net Worth

John Force is an eighteen-time National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Champion and owner of John Force Racing team. His estimated net worth stands at $20 Million.

Gary Densham shared a second funny car with Cruz Pedregon’s younger brother, while also serving as color commentator on FOX NHRA broadcast alongside veteran play-by-announcer Dave Rieff.

Early Life and Education

NHRA driver Cruz Pedregon is an incredibly beloved figure and holds two world championship titles in Funny Car. Furthermore, his engaging personality makes him a respected team owner and passionate ambassador of his sport.

His racing career includes 43 national events won and 76 NHRA final rounds reached, where he currently works as a color analyst for FOX Sports during NHRA events.

He has experienced National Hot Rod Association drag racing from many facets – as a crew member, elite driver and team owner before being an NHRA TV broadcaster for FOX Sports for two seasons now. Brad Littlefield caught up with him recently at the Budweiser Shootout.

Professional Career

Tony Pedregon, two-time NHRA Funny Car world champion from Torrance, California will join FOX Sports broadcast booth. Pedregon’s professional racing career spanned more than 28 years resulting in two Full Throttle Series championships and 43 national event wins in 76 final rounds.

Cruz Pedregon and John Force were Cruz Pedregon and John Force’s elder siblings respectively, but Cruz started out his professional racing career in Top Alcohol Dragster before eventually switching over to the National Hot Rod Association competition with an on-off McDonald’s-sponsored dragster as a part-time driver in 1991.

He first entered a Funny Car in 1995, joining John Force Racing as driver for their second car in 1997. Three years later he won his first NHRA Full Throttle world championship before starting his own team and winning another in 2007.

Achievement and Honors

Pedregon won his inaugural NHRA world title in 2003 and currently boasts 43 career wins with four Wally awards to his name.

His best season was 1994, when he won 15 races to set an industry record and defeat John Force in one final round of competition for an entire year.

Video footage that has since gone viral shows Pedregon’s 8,000 horsepower dragster exploding before a spectator-filled audience before landing with an explosive bang at full speed on track before eventually coming to an abrupt and fiery stop at its center, seemingly leaving no injuries behind for him to endure. He emerged unscathed.

Pedregon began his racing career with California potato farmer Larry Minor driving Top Fuel dragsters and Funny Cars before later joining John Force’s 16-time world championship team where he won two championships himself.

Personal Life

Tony Pedregon is a two-time NHRA Mello Yello Series Funny Car champion and current NHRA on FOX broadcaster with an avid passion for golf and cars alike. His son Dezi recently attended Radford Racing School to gain Formula 4 experience, and his innate car control abilities are showing great promise.

Pedregon, who is married to Andrea and operates an auto dealership in Torrance, Calif. He is also the son of drag racing legend Flamin’ Frank Pedregon.

Pedregon acknowledges that some race fans believe he will use harsh language as an analyst, yet maintains that he is capable of controlling his responses – although his well-publicized clash with John Force may have been an exception.

Net Worth

Cruz Pedregon was born in Torrance, California USA to drag racing legend Flamin’ Frank Pedregon. Cruz went on to win two consecutive National Hot Rod Association Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car championships while John Force also became an NHRA Funny Car champion during this period.

Outside his professional career, he has also made himself well-known as an artist. He designed and painted helmets of various NHRA drivers including Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, and Kenny Bernstein – just to name a few!

He currently boasts an estimated net worth of about $15 Million and is married to Jennifer Pedregon, with whom he shares two children named Cruz Jr. and Carson. They reside together in Indianapolis, Indiana. Among his hobbies are riding motorcycles and flying helicopters as well as following both Indianapolis Colts and New York Yankees teams.