Brittany Force, Austin Prock & Greg Anderson Top Qualifiers For NHRA Winternationals

Story By: NHRA – POMONA, CA – Defending world champion Austin Prock powered to the No. 1 qualifier position at the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also qualified No. 1 at the third of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Prock, who clinched the world title in Pomona last season and set a Funny Car record with 15 No. 1 qualifiers in 2024, went a blistering 3.816-seconds at 338.26 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS to take the No. 1 position into raceday for the 20th time in his career. Prock will open eliminations against Blake Alexander as he looks for his first victory of 2025.

“Our race car hasn’t run bad all year long, it’s just things haven’t been really going our way like they did last year,” Prock said. “We’ve been trying to do that all weekend long and just been tickling the thing. I’m really proud of how diligent everybody’s been working and making progress each run and just getting it A to B.

“The boys were high-fiving before we even got in the water box, like they knew, it was either going to be hero or zero, and we ended up on the good end of it. I’m really proud of John Force Racing and John Force is so proud right now of the whole team.”

Paul Lee is qualified second with a 3.829 at 331.45 and Ron Capps is third after going 3.830 at 328.94.

Brittany Force earned her first top qualifier of the year on the strength of Friday’s 3.646 at 334.82 in her 11,000-horsepower Monster Energy dragster. She’ll open eliminations against Steve Chrisman as she looks for her first career Winternationals win. She added a 53rd career No. 1 qualifier to her accomplishments on Saturday, but a victory at her home track – and a chance for JFR double-up – would make the weekend even better.

“We’ve had some really strong performance on track,” Force said. “We earned a No. 1 qualifier. We went 3.64 twice, and then a 3.69 today. We want to turn on four win lights tomorrow. Looking at our ladder, we could have a bye second round, which is awesome for us. I love this place. It’s just home for me. I grew up out of here at this racetrack and in the stands. You just have that good feeling coming out here and we want to do well. My whole family’s out here, I’ve had all my friends this weekend, popping in and out, and it’s just our home race track, so we want to finish strong.”

Doug Kalitta qualified second with a 3.657 at 335.15.

Anderson held on to his second No. 1 spot this season, improving to a 6.490 at 210.77 on Saturday in his HendrickCars.com Camaro, handing the defending world champion his 134th career top qualifier. Anderson made two more runs in the 6.40s on Saturday, which could bode well as he seeks his second straight win and his 16th overall at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

“Running 6.40s seems to be the price of poker out here this weekend,” Anderson said. “You better run 6.40 or you’re probably going to go home. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of cars that can do it. I think only two of them didn’t today, but there’s a lot of them that can do it and you’re going to see more of it tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it. It should be a hell of a race.

“You kind of need to have a lot of luck because there’s too many good cars, too many good drivers and too many good race teams. You better not only have a fast race car, but you also better have some luck.”

Matt Hartford qualified second with a 6.490 at 210.67 and Deric Kramer is third after going 6.511 at 210.80.

Eliminations for the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals begin at 11 a.m. PT on Sunday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

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POMONA, Calif. — Sunday’s first-round pairings for eliminations for the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, the third of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series. Pairings based on results in qualifying, which ended Saturday. DNQs listed below pairings.

Top Fuel — 1. Brittany Force, 3.646 seconds, 338.34 mph vs. 14. Steven Chrisman, 5.362, 131.05; 2. Doug Kalitta, 3.657, 335.15 vs. 13. Scott Palmer, 3.818, 313.80; 3. Shawn Langdon, 3.662, 338.68 vs. 12. Ida Zetterstrom, 3.741, 334.24; 4. Steve Torrence, 3.665, 337.50 vs. 11. Jasmine Salinas, 3.700, 324.83; 5. Clay Millican, 3.674, 332.59 vs. 10. Shawn Reed, 3.698, 333.91; 6. Josh Hart, 3.675, 332.34 vs. 9. Justin Ashley, 3.695, 333.66; 7. Antron Brown, 3.695, 337.16 vs. 8. Tony Stewart, 3.695, 329.75.

Funny Car — 1. Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.816, 338.26 vs. 16. Blake Alexander, Dodge Charger, 4.011, 324.98; 2. Paul Lee, Charger, 3.829, 331.45 vs. 15. Bobby Bode, Toyota GR Supra, 3.978, 323.12; 3. Ron Capps, GR Supra, 3.830, 330.47 vs. 14. Spencer Hyde, Ford Mustang, 3.971, 271.08; 4. Jack Beckman, Camaro, 3.831, 332.59 vs. 13. Jeff Diehl, Toyota Camry, 3.963, 296.70; 5. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.885, 331.77 vs. 12. Dave Richards, Mustang, 3.954, 320.97; 6. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.886, 328.78 vs. 11. Steven Densham, Mustang, 3.942, 317.79; 7. J.R. Todd, GR Supra, 3.896, 333.99 vs. 10. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.924, 324.28; 8. Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.903, 328.78 vs. 9. Alexis DeJoria, Charger, 3.921, 324.75.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Bob Tasca III, 4.057, 271.13; 18. Jason Rupert, 4.104, 253.80; 19. Buddy Hull, 4.340, 280.31.

Pro Stock — 1. Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.490, 211.26 vs. 16. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 6.554, 209.79; 2. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.490, 210.67 vs. 15. Troy Coughlin Jr., Camaro, 6.553, 210.57; 3. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.511, 210.80 vs. 14. Cody Coughlin, Camaro, 6.546, 210.34; 4. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.515, 210.80 vs. 13. Brandon Foster, Camaro, 6.538, 209.82; 5. Cory Reed, Camaro, 6.516, 210.93 vs. 12. Greg Stanfield, Camaro, 6.537, 210.54; 6. Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.517, 209.82 vs. 11. Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.537, 210.41; 7. Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.519, 211.10 vs. 10. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.532, 210.11; 8. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.530, 210.97 vs. 9. Stephen Bell, Camaro, 6.531, 209.33.

Did Not Qualify: 17. Chris McGaha, 6.586, 208.91; 18. Kenny Delco, 6.594, 208.81; 19. Joey Grose, 6.652, 207.40.