Dutch Top Fuel racer Lex Joon will fulfill a lifelong dream to race in the United States, later this season. With major backing from the MPM International Oil Company, Joon will compete at the Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Auto Club Finals at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Joon is the most successful drag racer in the history of the Netherlands having won several class championships before becoming the FIA European Top Fuel Champion in 2005 and runner-up in 2007 and 2008. 

He’s expressed the desire on multiple occasions to race in the United States. The Lex Joon Racing American Dream Tour 2009 is about to become reality.

Dutch Top Fuel racer Lex Joon will fulfill a lifelong dream to race in the United States, later this season. With major backing from the MPM International Oil Company, Joon will compete at the Las Vegas Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and the Auto Club Finals at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

Joon is the most successful drag racer in the history of the Netherlands having won several class championships before becoming the FIA European Top Fuel Champion in 2005 and runner-up in 2007 and 2008. 

He’s expressed the desire on multiple occasions to race in the United States. The Lex Joon Racing American Dream Tour 2009 is about to become reality.

“I had the opportunity to race a Top Alcohol Funny Car at the Winter Nationals in 2000 and I knew I wanted to come back some day,” said Joon. “The idea to race in the United States started when we clinched the 2005 Championship. We bought the car from David Baca and I knew we had a competitive car. Racing with the best in the business means you have to give everything you have. This is something I am used to doing but most of the time we are hindered by the condition of the tracks on which we are running. The NHRA is famous for their tracks and the excellent way they maintain them.

“This opportunity is not only a dream come true for me but it also is the next step in my career,” Joon continued. “There is not a much better place to start your NHRA career then in Las Vegas and then follow it up with racing at the season finale in Pomona.

“I am looking forward to showing our sponsor, MPM Oil and their guests how exciting and popular racing is in the United States. I am also looking forward to meeting all the competitors, supporters and fans that have the same bug in their blood that I have. I like to call it the “drag bug”.  The amount of people you meet is tremendous and I am amazed at how many Americans have European roots and like to talk about it.”

Joon has hired Kevin Poynter to oversee the U.S. operation and act as crew chief while racing in the states.  Joon Racing team member, Sebastian Visser will act as assistant crew chief, working closely with Poynter.

  

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