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Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain fires up DeJoria's Funny Car

In a special edition of NHRA Today delivered by Papa John’s on location at Gainesville Raceway, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom talks with Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, who got to warm up Alexis DeJoria’s Funny Car prior to the team’s first test run on Monday.
22 Mar 2017
Posted by NHRA.com staff
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In a special edition of NHRA Today delivered by Papa John’s on location at Gainesville Raceway, NHRA reporter Lewis Bloom talks with Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain, who got to warm up Alexis DeJoria’s Funny Car prior to the team’s first test run on Monday.

McBrain is a huge fan of Tony Schumacher, Ron Capps, and, of course, DeJoria. He was thrilled to sit behind a 10,000-horsepower nitro burning engine for the pre-run engine warm-up. As thrilled as he was, so was DeJoria, who is huge fan of the band and music in general. She even mentioned she took her children to their first concert and as it should be it was Iron Maiden.