Troxel tops Funny Car field at Thunder Valley

Melanie Troxel became the first female driver and 14th overall to win in both nitro classes, beating Mike Neff in the Funny Car final Sunday night in the rain-delayed O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals. Troxel, a five-time winner in Top Fuel, won with a backpedaling 5.06-second run after Neff's Mustang fireballed at 400 feet at Bristol Dragway.