Career
He currently races for his own team, Cruz Pedregon Racing, Incorporated.
After 3 years in Alcohol Dragsters he decided to move to Alcohol Funny Cars. In 1991 Pedregon moved to Top Fuel Competition racing a partial schedule. In 1994 Pedregon was the only Funny Carolina driver to defeat John Force in a final round the entire season.
Qualified in the top half at 15 of the 18 national events.
In 1996 Pedregon competed in a limited schedule winning one race and finishing 3rd in the final points standings. In 1998 Pedregon Qualified first for a career best 12 races.
In 1999 Pedregon formed his own team and raced a partial schedule in Funny Carolina. In 2001 Pedregon served as a color analyst for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s NHRA coverage.
After his year off Pedregon returned to racing qualifying for 18 races as an owner driver.
In 2003 Pedregon finished the highest in the funny car standings since 1998. In 2004 he earned first Number. 1 qualifying position since 1998 at Columbus.
In 2005 Pedregon earned a pair of Number.
He qualified for 21 of 23 events and advanced to 3 final rounds. Pedregon had a better than.500 record winning 16 to 18 losses in 2007.
He also went to 3 finals and qualified 1st in Houston. Pedregon resides in Brownsburg, Indiana.
He is fluent in Spanish and frequently works with Hispanic media.