Maddi Gordon Shows Countdown Progress at Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock

Photo courtesy of ABM Communications NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon and the Carlyle Tools Top Fuel dragster team showed strong progress at the second race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship, the NHRA Nationals at The Rock at Rockingham Dragway. A week after falling in the opening round in her playoff debut, Gordon and the Ron Capps Motorsports team advanced to the quarterfinals on Sunday, defeating Justin Ashley in the opening round of eliminations to pick up her first career round win in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Gordon and the Carlyle Tools team went…