Troxel makes presence felt – Los Angeles Times

Former top fuel driver ranks third for today's finals in funny car at the Winternationals, but her husband fails to make the field of 16.

She is married to funny car driver Tommy Johnson Jr., and when she made the off-season transition from top fuel dragsters to the class in which her husband competes, much was made of Melanie Troxel's marriage...

Read the full story by Martin Henderson in the L.A. Times