Rain Wins NHRA Finals at Pomona; Champions Named on Points from Las Vegas
The forecast didn’t look good at the start of last week and it progressed to dire as the NHRA Championship weekend got rained out.
The forecast didn’t look good at the start of last week and it progressed to dire as the NHRA Championship weekend got rained out.
NHRA is closing out its 74th Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season on its ancestral dragstrip in Pomona the weekend of November 13-16. The 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals takes place at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip and will crown champions in Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
As expected, the 25th Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals presented by Direct Connection provided a preview of the drama that will occur when the 2025 Mission Foods Drag Racing Series completes its 74th season a week from now.
When NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ regular season ended , the first-ever regular season champions were Tony Stewart in Top Fuel, reigning titleholder Austin Prock in Funny Car, Pro Stock’s Dallas Glenn and reigning two-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champ Gaige Herrera. But now, things have changed.
With five rounds of qualifying and special events, followed by four rounds of racing on the actual Labor Day holiday, the U.S. Nationals are always the biggest straight-line race in the United States – and perhaps the world.
It’s tough to get full participation when the NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series includes two West Coast races side by side.
A cool $150,000 will be awarded to each of the top finishers of the 14-race “regular” season at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHA U.S. Nationals at Indy in Top Fuel and Funny Car, with additional payouts for Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Heat was on everyone’s mind during the fifth annual American Rebel Light Virginia NHRA Nationals, making the two-day race meeting even more challenging than a standard race weekend.
Third-generation drag racer, Richard Gadson, has been working towards his first Pro Stock Motorcycle victory for years.
NHRA’s Mission Foods Drag Racing Series held its “prom” on Monday night, celebrating the three repeat and one first-time champion in Temecula, Calif.