AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals | 10 Mar 22 | |||||
Tripp Tatum is a professional NHRA Top Fuel Dragster driver.
Tatum began competing in the prestigious Top Fuel category in 2021, however he started racing in the late 1980s when he attended Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School as a teenager alongside his father, Gordon Tatum II, who was a Top Fuel driver in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Behind the wheel of Anthony Dicero’s Alcohol Fuel Dragster, Tatum impressively reached the final round in his first career start at the 2014 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota. He raced for two seasons before transitioning back to his original intentions and started piecing together the necessary components for a Top Fuel dragster in late 2018.
By 2021, Tatum had stepped out on his own and started his own Tripp Tatum Racing team. He not only competed at four NHRA national events that year, but qualified at each and secured four individual round victories as well.