Sonoma, CA – Zetterström makes her Sonoma Raceway debut this weekend.  The Sonoma Nationals marks the second of four consecutive events where Zetterström will be at the controls of the JCM Top Fuel dragster.

The multi-time European champion is competing on a limited schedule due to insufficient funding and is actively seeking partners for 2025 and beyond.

“Seattle was a surprise schedule addition for us and while we didn’t get the outcome we wanted, it was a great opportunity to collect data and try some new stuff. We feel like we learned a lot and we hope we will be able to apply it in Sonoma, and it will show, performance-wise, what we learned,” explained Ida.

“This is a very busy week for us with tons of media and appearances lined up, including doing a media tour in San Francisco before we kick off the weekend. We also have a lot of sponsors in the house and it’ll be a busy week for JCM, which is something we love. This will be my first time racing at Sonoma and it’s one of the tracks that I’ve been looking forward to going to all year. We’re hoping for some cooler weather and some faster times, and we hope we can break our current E.T. record and go some rounds on Sunday.” Continue reading →

Kent, WA – Ida Zetterström is leaving Pacific Raceways filled with gratitude after having the opportunity to compete in the Muckleshoot Casino & Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, an addition to her limited competition schedule this season. Zetterström made her best pass of the weekend against two-time NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel world champion Brittany Force in the opening round of eliminations. Still, it was not enough to add another round win to the 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion’s season total.

Returning to racing action in Washington after a six-week hiatus, the JCM Racing Top Fuel team struggled to put a clean pass together during qualifying. They landed in the No. 10 spot on the qualifying sheet to face Force in eliminations in a rematch of Zetterström’s last first-round matchup in Bristol, Tenn., in June.

Against her round-one opponent, Zetterström zipped down the track to record a run of 3.752 seconds at 330.63 mph, but it was not enough to hold off Force’s 3.696 at 340.82. Continue reading →

Kent, WA – Ida returns to the seat of the JCM Racing Top Fuel dragster for the first time since the Bristol event in early June.  This year’s event marks the first time Zetterström will compete at Pacific Raceways.

The multi-time European champion is competing on a limited schedule due to insufficient funding and is actively seeking partners for 2025 and beyond.

“Once again, I am super stoked to have added another race to our schedule that we hadn’t originally planned on. That’s what we have been working really hard all year to be able to do. The fact that it’s back-to-back races once again, it makes me extra excited as a driver since I am out of the seat for a big part of the season. Having back-to-back events really allows us the opportunity to gain momentum,” said Zetterström. Continue reading →

Bristol, TN – Coming off a major first-round win at the NHRA New England Nationals, Ida Zetterström went into the Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway looking to continue building momentum in her JCM Racing Top Fuel dragster. In her Bristol Dragway debut, the 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion qualified No. 8 before falling to two-time world champion Brittany Force in the opening round of eliminations on Sunday.

Inclement weather made track conditions tricky to navigate and the Top Fuel category only got one qualifying session in the books on Friday. Returning to qualifying action on Saturday, Zetterström made a strong statement when she clocked a sharp run of 3.904 seconds at 322.88 mph to put her in the No. 8 spot on the final qualifying order. That netted Zetterström a first-round match against Force in an international battle between women who’ve won Top Fuel titles on two different continents.

Zetterström and Force rolled under the iconic Bristol Dragway tower as the first pair of Top Fuel dragsters on Sunday race day. They were the two most evenly matched drivers based on qualifying, and NHRA deemed it the Marquee Matchup for Top Fuel. Zetterström left the starting line just a tick behind Force, and while she attempted to pedal the car when it went into early tire smoke, she backed off when she saw Force power past her for the win.

“It’s been a tricky weekend,” Zetterstrom said. “Big change from what we had in Epping – the track conditions were completely different. We went into Sunday No. 8, which should be lane choice since we’re top half of the field, but it was only 14 cars here, which means that it’s not. We had to race No. 7 and we were on the losing end of that. We were the first pair out and we did not get lane choice, which proved to be crucial in the first round of eliminations here. Obviously it’s anybody’s game, but nobody really made it down in the right lane and we struggled with the same thing as most of the others.”

Bristol was the second consecutive race for Zetterström, who added the recent NHRA New England Nationals to her limited schedule at the last minute and capitalized on the opportunity with a first-round win. Now, she’ll wait until late July to race again as she continues to find the funding to run more races with JCM Racing.

“I feel like we have built up great momentum,” Zetterström said. “It’s really sad because Bristol is a home race for our team with JCM being based in Tennessee, so we really wanted to do well for all the JCM employees in the house and all the families here. It’s just one of those weekends where it doesn’t feel great. I wish we would’ve had a better performance. The tough part is we won’t be out again until Sonoma, so we have about two months off, which is a long time out of the seat.”

The next planned race for Zetterstrom and the JCM Racing Top Fuel team is the NHRA Sonoma Nationals, July 25-27, at Sonoma Raceway in the heart of California wine country.

Qualified: No. 8 (3.904 E.T. at 322.88 MPH)

Elimination Round Results:
E1: 6.840 E.T. at 88.90 MPH defeated by Brittany Force  3.811 E.T. at 330.39 MPH

Bristol, TN – Ida is making her Bristol Dragway debut in 2025.  Zetterström recently attended the NASCAR Bristol event where she served as an NHRA ambassador, including appearing on the Bristol FOX broadcast.

A last-minute schedule add led to Zetterström and the JCM Racing Top Fuel team competing in Epping, N.H. last weekend where they scored their first round win of the season and reset their career-best E.T. (3.720 seconds).

Ida talks about Bristol, “I’m very excited to get to Bristol. It’s probably the track I’ve been looking forward to trying out the most. It’s such a scenic track and I love the vibe. I was there last year with my team where they had great success. Coming back this year, I’ve already been there once with the NASCAR event and actually got to go to the dragstrip and see the new things they have been working on. So, I’m super excited to see how the track is going to feel this weekend. It’ll be very cool to run there for the first time. Continue reading →

Epping, NH – Just days before the NHRA New England Nationals, Ida Zetterström and the JCM Racing Top Fuel team added New England Dragway to their limited 2025 schedule. The move paid off Sunday morning when Zetterström scored her first round-win of the season using a career-best elapsed time in the JCM Racing dragster. She matched that performance in the quarterfinals, capping off a promising outing in her Epping debut.

Zetterström kicked off qualifying on a high note when she recorded a 3.78 E.T. at 328.78 mph to move to the middle of the pack in the No. 7 spot. She lost traction early in the second qualifying attempt, then bounced back with an improved 3.764 E.T. at 328.06 mph in the third session. Zetterström stepped up again in the fourth and final session, tying her season-quickest pass with a 3.741-second run at 330.55 mph to end up in a season-best No. 8 spot on the final qualifying sheet.

On Sunday, Zetterström paired up with multi-time world champion Steve Torrence, who she defeated to get her first career NHRA Top Fuel round win in her debut at Brainerd last season. This meeting went Zetterström’s way as well, as she charged to a career-best 3.720 E.T. at 332.18 mph, while Torrence lost traction early. Continue reading →

Epping NH – This weekend marks Zetterström’s first time competing at New England Dragway.  Zetterström did not compete at the most recent event in Joliet, Ill. She is currently running a partial schedule due to insufficient funding and is actively seeking partners for 2025 and beyond.

During her time away from the track, Zetterström has been front-and-center promoting the sport of NHRA Drag Racing. Recent appearances include representing NHRA during the Business of Women’s Sports Summit and NASCAR Bristol race, as well as joining the NHRA.tv broadcast team during the Joliet event. The Epping event was added to Zetterström’s 2025 schedule post-Joliet to continue the momentum of keeping her visible in hopes of attracting new partners to support her on-track campaign

“I’m really happy to be able to add Epping to our schedule this year. It was not originally planned, but I’m super stoked to get back out there. I was at this race last year with the team, but not in a race car and I remember really liking the atmosphere and all the great fans there. It was a really fun area, and it will be great to come back and actually be in a car and competing this year. With it being another first-time racetrack for me, that always makes things extra interesting, but I’m glad I’ll get some track time there this weekend because that will certainly pay off for the future,” explained Ida. Continue reading →

CONCORD, NC – Second-year NHRA Top Fuel driver Ida Zetterström’s first four-wide experience at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway came to an end in the opening round of eliminations Sunday afternoon. Though Zetterström didn’t get the round win, her JCM Racing Top Fuel dragster did make another consistent pass – the fourth-quickest of the round – to validate the team’s efforts between races after sitting out the most recent event on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour.

Though Zetterström missed the recent Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals due to a lack of funding, she didn’t sit idle on the sidelines waiting for her next race. She appeared on FOX’s broadcast of the NASCAR Bristol race, representing both NHRA and JCM Racing while also promoting the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals coming to Bristol Dragway later this summer. The 2023 FIA European Top Fuel champion also took part in last week’s Business of Women’s Sports Summit in New York City, where she spoke on a panel of female athletes and business owners.

At the Four-Wide Nationals, Zetterström went up in smoke early in the first qualifying session on Friday. She then charged to a 3.744 E.T. at 329.67 mph to move up to No. 10 in the second session. Zetterström made the third-quickest pass of the third qualifying session, a 3.747 at 329.34 mph, to earn one bonus point. She slowed to a 4.703 E.T. in the final session and maintained the No. 10 spot on the final qualifying order. Continue reading →