Jasmine Salinas

Salinas debuted in Top Alcohol Dragster in 2019[1] at the 50th Anniversary of the Gatornationals in Gainnesville, Floriday, alongside her sister. Her first career national event win came March 14, 2022[2] at the AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Nationals in Gainesville, Florida, exactly one year after her crash at the same race.[3] In 2021 she finished sixth in National points and second in Divisional points with one win.[4] In 2019 she finished her rookie season 15th in points with one final round appearance.[5]

In 2021 during the AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Nationals in Gainesville, Florida, Salinas experienced a blowover crash during the final round of qualifying. The car went airborne as she passed the 1/8 mile and flew across the track, over the guardrail, and flipped several times until eventually coming to a stop in the outside embankment. She was able to crawl out of the car under her own power and was later transported to a local hospital for evaluation. She suffered bruising but no major injuries.

Salinas is of Dutch-Indonesian and Mexican-Commanche-Spanish-French descent; her family resides in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. She is the oldest of four girls. She is the daughter of NHRA Top Fuel driver Mike Salinas[6] and the sister of Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Jianna Salinas.[7]

She attended The University of San Francisco where she studied Mandarin Chinese and received a degree in Global Studies.[8]

Salinas was the subject of a documentary, Five Foot 280 in 2019 which was accepted into several film festivals.[8]