Blake Alexander emotional after first NHRA Top Fuel win

Blake Alexander has been drag racing the majority of his life, starting with Jr. Dragsters as a 7-year-old.
It’s been an up-and-down career for Alexander, who has driven Funny Cars and Top Fuel dragsters and lost sponsors that nearly put him on the sidelines permanently.
So it was not surprising the 29-year-old got emotional Sunday in winning the NHRA national event in Norwalk, Ohio, by outrunning Terry McMillen in the Top Fuel final with a run of 4.011 seconds at 297.81 mph. He became the