Hillary Will has been having so much fun in Top Fuel that a milestone crept upon her.

“I can’t believe we’ve already raced in 50 events in Top Fuel,” Will, a 27-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., said. “It seems like yesterday that I was getting strapped into the car to get my Top Fuel license.

Hillary Will has been having so much fun in Top Fuel that a milestone sneaked up on her.

“I can’t believe we’ve already raced in 50 events in Top Fuel,” Will, a 27-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., said. “It seems like yesterday that I was getting strapped into the car to get my Top Fuel license.

“My team works so hard to give me a good car so I want to get our first win for them most of all. We had a great race in Gainesville (previous event) where we made it to the semifinals, so hopefully we can carry that momentum with us into Houston and get our first win.”

Will is currently in 7th place in 2008 POWERade Top Fuel championship points.

A former standout in the Top Alcohol Dragster class, Will moved up to the quickest and fastest NHRA professional class, Top Fuel, in 2006 behind the wheel of a newly formed team owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black and managed by Kalitta Motorsports, the multi-car team founded and owned by drag racing icon Connie “the Bounty Hunter” Kalitta. She won her first Top Fuel event trophy in Norwalk (IHRA) in her rookie season and made her first NHRA final-round appearance in Memphis. She finished the season in tenth place in Top Fuel championship points in ‘06.