Bio

  • DOB: May 10, 2004

  • Hometown: Paso Robles, CA

  • Residence: Paso Robles, CA

  • High School: Templeton (CA) High School

  • Parents: Doug and Christina

  • Sister: Macie

  • Hobbies: Working out, wakeboard and wakesurfing, metal fabrication, welding, riding motorcycles, any adrenaline-filled activity 

  • RACING (Top Fuel)

    • Category: NHRA Top Fuel

    • Sponsor: Carlyle Tools

    • Crew chiefs: Rob Flynn, Troy Fasching

    RACING (Top Alcohol Funny Car)

    • Wins: 3 national events, 4 regional events, and 1 regional championship

  • It was announced in 2025 that three-time world champion and NHRA team owner Ron Capps had selected Gordon to drive his team’s first Top Fuel car and second entry with the support of Carlyle Tools

  • Gordon is a third-generation drag racer having grown up around the dragstrip working on her family’s Top Alcohol Funny Car

    • Father, Doug, is a three-time NHRA TAFC champion

    • Sister, Macie, competes in the Super Comp and Top Dragster categories

    • Grandfather, Mike, raced TAFC for seven years and won multiple regional events and one Jegs All-Star Race

  • Gordon spent the 2024 and ’25 seasons driving the family entry. She became the 100th woman in NHRA history to win a national event when she picked up her first of three TAFC national event victories

    • Gordon earned her NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car license in 2023 at age 19

  • Former NHRA Jr. Dragster competitor (two Division 7 championships)

  • Former NHRA Super Comp/Super Pro competitor

  • Named to Drag Illustrated’s ‘30 under 30’ list in 2021

  • Played volleyball and varsity softball in high school

  • Family owns Morro Bay Cabinets. Based in Paso Robles, Calif., Morro Bay Cabinets has been a leader in custom cabinet manufacturing since 1974.

  • Started M&M Manufacturing with sister, Macie, at age 15

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