The Gotham City Racing Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car Melanie Troxel drives will
have a sparkling new look for the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at Las Vegas.
The sparkle is courtesy of Simayof Diamond Cutters and Jewelers, a family-run
San Francisco-based diamond cutter and jeweler with four locations, including
one at the Grand Canal Shoppes located in the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las
Vegas. Simayof is the jeweler of choice for Gotham City Racing co-owner Roger
Burgess and his wife Barbara.
Their long relationship now has evolved into this unique one-race partnership
with team co-owners Roger Burgess and Mike Ashley for the event at The Strip at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway, April 11-13.
"What more could a girl want . . . to race cars and be around fine jewelry?
It looks pretty good to me," said Troxel, who is in her first season of Funny
Car racing. "This is Simayof's home track so we want to do well for them and put
on a good show."
Troxel has four victories in Top Fuel, the second coming at Las Vegas in
2006, and she became only the fourth woman to qualify in nitro Funny Car in
February. Her husband, Tommy Johnson Jr., also drives a nitro Funny Car.