Jasmine Salinas hopes to follow in her father's footsteps into a NHRA Top Fuel dragster.
Jasmine Salinas has competed in the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks since 2019 and has earned three victories in her career.She currently serves as her dad's team’s General Manager and handles all day-to-day operations.
, Arizona. While at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals in April she completed three passes, recording a 6.60-second elapsed time on her first pass. She smoked her dragster’s tires early on her second run and then “smoked it out pretty late” on her third pass. Now that she has completed an eighth-mile pass, two full passes – 0 to 1,000 feet -- remain for her to get her license.
Salinas, who admitted she feels more pressure because her dad competes in Top Fuel, said Force, the daughter of 16-time NHRA Funny Car champion John Force, “gave me a lot of great advice.” “Top Fuel is an animal, completely different in its own world,” Salinas said. “When I say it’s an animal, honestly, it’s just the speed and the power that these cars have. From the starting line to half-track, they feel pretty similar. But then from half-track onward, it’s the power and how fast these cars are going. The cars are moving faster than what my brain is able to comprehend. I’m not at that point yet where I’m able to react and respond right away.
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