Before Maddi Gordon became one of NHRA's fastest-rising stars, she watched her dad survive one of the scariest crashes of his career. That moment changed everything.

Maddi joins Shannon Spake to share the story behind her journey from working on her family's Funny Car as a crew member to winning in Top Fuel. She talks about the crash that delayed her own racing career, how her family discovered what caused it, and why those lessons made the entire class safer. She also shares how COVID unexpectedly changed the direction of her life, why she never believed Top Fuel was actually possible, and what it meant when Ron Capps called with an opportunity she never saw coming.

From wrenching on race cars with her sister to becoming one of the newest faces of NHRA, Maddi's story is about far more than driving fast. It's about family, hard work, earning every opportunity, and proving that the path to the driver's seat isn't always a straight line.

If you're a fan of NHRA, drag racing, motorsports, or stories about perseverance, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

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