Jordan Vandergriff

The California native had two NHRA starts in 2025, driving in relief of injured TF driver Shawn Reed at Brainerd and Indianapolis.
He went to the final round in his rookie season at the Dallas event in 2019
Jordan has served as an NHRA on FOX reporter the past two seasons
He was a contestant on the 19th season of The Bachelorette

FOR THE RECORD:

Vandergriff had two NHRA starts in 2025, driving in relief of injured Top Fuel driver Shawn Reed at Brainerd and Indianapolis. He qualified second at Brainerd and 13^th at Indianapolis.
In the 11 Top Fuel races of his 2019 rookie season, Vandergriff earned a runner-up finish at Dallas and two other semi-final showings.

DID YOU KNOW:

Vandergriff served as an NHRA on FOX reporter in 2024 and 2025.

Vandergriff earned his Super Comp license from Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School but did not compete in the category.

Vandergriff competed in select NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster races during the 2018 season.

It was announced Dec. 12, 2025, that Vandergriff would drive the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car for John Force Racing.

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Chris Cunningham

Hometown: Hollywood, FL
Chris’s hobbies include golf, going to the Caribbean, riding Harley Davidson’s and spending time with his wife Sheila and daughter Lacey.

Jason Bunker

Hometown: Folsom, CA
Jason's grandfather and dad both raced, so he grew up around the sport. He started working on Pro Mod cars, moved to the Nostalgia Nitro classes and worked his way up to the professional ranks. In his free time, Jason enjoys golf, his kids sporting events, shooting and traveling.

Brandon Hazelton

Hometown: Pittsgrove, NJ
Previous race experience includes Antron Brown Racing, Foley Lewis Racing, Dote Racing and JFR.

Elliot Banker

Hometown: Antioch, CA
Elliot grew up attending the Sonoma event and was always fascinated with the pit crew and watching them tear down and rebuild a car in between rounds. He also raced BMX as a kid. His current hobbies include working on race cars and restoring cars.

Trace Coe

Hometown: Mineral Wells, TX
At age 15, Trace built and raced a 1988 Mustang that led to other cars upwards of 1,500 horsepower. He previously worked for Kalitta Motorsports and Cruz Pedregon Racing. Racing is life!

Nicholas Helmerich

Hometown:
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Aaron Kelley

Hometown: Galesburg, IL
Aaron grew up going to the race track with his dad. He previously worked at Paul Lee Racing and enjoys building model cars and flying RC planes in his spare time.

Tristan Norton

Hometown: Redding, CA
Tristan's family has always been into dirt racing. He met Cruz Pedregon while building his dirt midget car and that's how he was introduced to drag racing. His hobbies include dirt bikes and race cars.

Michael Riggs

Hometown: Lancaster, OH
Michael got his start in racing just by watching it on television and knew that’s what he wanted to do. He graduated from the University of Northwestern Ohio with an Associate Degree in High Performance Automotive. In his free time, he likes to build hot rods.

Timothy Simmons

Hometown: Mechanicsville, MD
Tim has spent a lot of time at the drag strip helping his good friend on his race car and has been hooked ever since.

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Lanny Miglizzi

Hometown: San Dimas, CA
Lanny grew up racing with his dad who started L&T Clutches in 1980. Around 1982 he went drag racing full time as he needed to learn the race track in order to help their clutch customers. He’s still learning everyday.

Eric Frampton

Hometown: El Paso, TX
Eric got his start in drag racing shortly after he got out of the Navy and worked on dirt modified cars for a few years while working evenings as a Diesel mechanic at the Kenworth shop in town. He met a guy who helped get him hired in drag racing doing the Mopar Performance tech trailer at the races which led into working with John Force and the team. He moved into the Castrol midway trailer in 2006 and then eventually moved to JFR Race Support. His hobbies include desert racing his dirt bike and driving his pro street car.

Jimmy Godfrey

Hometown: Plainview, TX
Jimmy was first introduced to racing by his grandfather at a young age. In his spare time, he enjoys car shows, and keeping up with the family's eight dogs.