MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE 2025 NHRA GATORNATIONALS!

MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE 2025 NHRA GATORNATIONALS!

 

by Derek Jackson

Motorsport America traveled to Gainesville, Florida for the 56th running of the National Hot Rod Association Gatornationals!

We bring you these exclusive photos by Motorsport America photographers Fred Hanyon and Doug Lewis!

IT WAS A PACKED HOUSE IN GAINESVILLE FOR THE AMALIE MOTOR OIL NHRA GATORNATIONALS THIS YEAR!
SCRAPPER’S RACING JIANNA EVARISTO GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD AGAINST DENSO / OUTLAW BEER’S ANGIE SMITH! JIANNA RAN A 6.872 BUT ANGIE CLIPPED HER WITH A 6.810 AT 198.99 MPH!
RICHARD GADSON IN THE FAR LANE TIME OF 6.821 WITH A SPEED OF 198.38 MPH TAKES BRANDON LITTEN IN THE FIRST ROUND!
IN THE FINAL PRO MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND, GAIGE HERRERA WON A PHOTO FINISH RACE AGAINST DENSO’S MATT SMITH! GAIGE CLOCKED A TIME OF 6.722 VS SMITH’S TIME OF 6.723!
GAIGE HERRERA RETAINS HIS TOP SPOT OF THE PRO MOTORCYCLES WITH HIS 2025 SEASON OPENING GATORNATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP WIN!
IT’S MATT HARTFORD BY A NOSE AT THE START AGAINST JEG COUGHLIN, JR IN THE PRO STOCK RUN AT THE GATORNATIONALS!
CHRIS MCGAHA’S HARLON SAMMONS RACING PRO STOCK CHEVROLET!
MASON MCGAHA’S HARLON SAMMONS RACING PRO STOCK CHEVROLET BEFORE HIS FIRST ROUND RUN AGAINST MATT HARTFORD!
MASON MCGAHA IN THE FAR LANE TAKES MATT HARTFORD IN THE FIRST ROUND! MASON HAD A TIME OF 6.932 AND A SPEED OF 207.75 MPH VS HARTFORD’S 6.983 AND 206.20!
GLOBAL EMISSIONS SYSTEM, INC. CEO ERIC LATINO PARTNERS WITH THE NHRA FOR THE NO. 1 QUALIFIER AWARD IN THE PRO STOCK CATEGORY!
SIX TIME PRO STOCK WORLD CHAMPION AND 2024 GATORNATIONALS PRO STOCK WINNER ERICA ENDERS DOING A BURNOUT IN GAINESVILLE!
ELITE MOTORSPORTS AND JOHNSON HORSEPOWERED GARAGE TEAMATES ERICA ENDERS AND AARON STANFIELD FACE OFF IN THE 2025 PRO STOCK GATORNATIONALS!
BRANDON MILLER PRO STOCK BURNOUT ON THE NHRA.TV BIG SCREEN IN GAINESVILLE!
PRO STOCK CHAMPION GREG ANDERSON MADE HISTORY IN GAINESVILLE WITH THE QUICKEST PRO STOCK RUN WITH THE INCREDIBLE RECORD SETTING TIME OF 6.443 SECONDS AT 212.06 MPH!
DALLAS GLENN WON THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS PRO STOCK CLASS FINALS AGAINST WORLD RECORD HOLDER GREG ANDERSON WITH AN ET OF 6.549 AND A SPEED OF 211.13 MPH!
TERRY HADDOCK’S FUNNY CAR DOES A BURNOUT IN FRONT OF THE PACKED CROWD AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
TERRY HADDOCK’S BURN OUT AS HE PREPARES TO RUN AGAINST BANDERO’S ALEXIS DEJORIA!
ALEXIS DEJORIA’S BANDERO CAFE FUNNY CAR SMOKED TERRY HADDOCK IN THE OPENING ROUND RUN OF 3.921 AT 329.75 MPH!
PAUL LEE’S MCCLOUD RACING CHARGER PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST ROUND RUN AGAINST CHAD GREEN AT THE GATORNATIONALS!
YNOT RACING’S ANNIE WHITELEY PREPARES FOR HER RUN AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR CREWS MAKE FINAL PREPERATIONS FOR THEIR RUN AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
THE SCAG JACKAL OF DANIEL ALEXANDER PREPARES HIS RUN AGAINST THE PRONTO FUNNY CAR OF BLAKE ALEXANDER!
JIM DUNN RACING TRUE BRAND FUNNY CAR DRIVER BUDDY HULL PREPARES FOR HIS RUN AGAINST THE SCAG POWER EQUIPMENT BLUEBIRD TURF FUNNY CAR AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
BUDDY HULL’S TRUE BRAND FUNNY CAR’S TIME OF 4.048 BESTED SCAG RACING’S DANIEL WILKERSON’S TIME OF 4.177!
IT’S GREEN LIGHT RACING FOR J.R. TODD AND BOBBY BODE III AT THE GATORNATIONALS!
BOB TASCA ADVANCES IN THE FIRST ROUND AGAINST JOHN FORCE RACIN’S AUSTIN PROCK!
BOB TASCA’S FORD MUSTANG SEEN HERE PRIOR TO HIS MATCH-UP AGAINST TONY STEWART RACING’S MATT HAGAN AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
JOHN FORCE RACING’S JACK BECKMAN IS SEEN HERE WHILE MOTORSPORT AMERICA PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG LEWIS CAPTURES THE ACTION AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
JOHN FORCE RACING’S JACK BECKMAN IS NO MATCH AGAINST TONY STEWART RACING’S MATT HAGAN IN THE 2ND ROUND OF THE GATORNATIONALS!
SNAP-ON TOOLS CRUZ PEDREGON PREPARES FOR HIS SHOWDOWN AGAINST TONY STEWART RACING’S MATT HAGAN AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
SNAP-ON TOOLS CRUZ PEDREGON PREPARES TO FACE-OFF AGAINST TONY STEWART RACING’S MATT HAGAN AT THE GATORNATIONALS!
MATT HAGAN’S DIRECT CONNECTION MOPAR BLASTS PAST CRUZ PEDREGON AS MOTORSPORT AMERICA PHOTOGRAPERS FRED HANYON AND DOUG LEWIS CAPTURE THE ACTION!
FIRST ROUND ACTION AS SNAP-ON TOOLS CRUZ PEDREGON’S CRUZER 71 SPINS OUT OF THE GATE BUT RECOVERS IN THIS GREAT SHOT BY MOTORSPORT AMERICA PHOTOGRAPHER DOUG LEWIS!
LEGENDARY NHRA DRIVER RON CAPPS PREPARES FOR HIS 2025 GATORNATIONALS FINALS RACE AGAINST CHAD GREEN!
CHAD GREEN’S BOND COAT MUSTANG WON THE 2025 SEASON OPENING NHRA FUNNY CAR GATORNATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST RON CAPPS WITH AN ET OF 3.921 AND A TOP SPEED OF 329.18 MPH!
DOUG FOLEY’S CREW PREPARES HIS ALLOY TOP FUEL DRAGSTER FOR HIS FIRST ROUND RUN AGAINST STEVE TORRENCE AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
STEVE TORRENCE CLIPPED DOUG FOLEY IN THE OPENING ROUND WITH A PHOTO FINISH TIME OF 3.749 TO FOLEY’S 3.757!
SCOTT FARLEY’S SCOTTROD RACING TOP FUEL DRAGSTER HOT OFF THE LINE AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS! SCOTT HAS THE UNIQUE DISTINCTION FOR HIS “DAY JOB” BEING A MD-11 JUMBO JET AIRPLANE PILOT FOR UPS AIR CARGO!
IT’S BRITTANY FORCE OUT IN FRONT OF CLAY MILLICAN’S PARTS PLUS TOP FUEL DRAGSTER IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT QUALIFICATION ROUND AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
BRITTANY FORCE BURNOUT AS SHE PREPARES TO FACE TONY STEWART AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
TONY STEWART’S CREW HELPS HIM BACK TO THE LINE AFTER HIS BURNOUT BEFORE THE MATCH-UP AGAINST BRITTANY FORCE!
MOTORSPORT AMERICA’S FRED HANYON CAPTURING THE ACTION WHILE UP AGAINST THE TRACKSIDE WALL AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
BRITTANY FORCE SPUTTERS AT THE LINE IN HER MATCH-UP AGAINST TONY STEWART AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
BRITTANY FORCE STRUGGLES AS TONY STEWART BLASTS PAST HER FOR AN EASY WIN AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
TONY STEWART’S DODGE DIRECT CONNECTION PREPARES FOR HIS SHOWDOWN AGAINST KALITTA AIR’S SHAWN LANGDON AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
SHAWN LANGDON BLASTS OFF THE LINE AND WINS A PHOTO FINISH RACE AGAINST TONY STEWART WITH AN ELAPSED TIME OF 3.739 TO TONY’S TIME OF 3.742!
IT’S DOUG KALITTA’S MAC TOOLS DRAGSTER VS MATCO TOOLS ANTRON BROWN IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT QUALIFICATION ROUND AT THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS!
ANTRON BROWN’S MATCO TOOLS DRAGSTER COASTED TO A WIN AGAINST RED LINE SYNTHETIC OIL’S KRISTA BALDWIN IN FIRST ROUND ACTION AT THE GATORNATIONALS!

 

IN ANOTHER PHOTO FINISH, ANTRON BROWN WON THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS TOP FUEL DRAGSTER CHAMPIONSHIP OVER FIRST RUNNER UP SHAWN LANGDON WITH A TIME OF 3.673 TO LANGDON’S 3.684!
THE 2025 GATORNATIONALS PROVIDED PLENTY OF RACING EXCITEMENT ACROSS ALL CLASSES OF CARS!
HOT RODS WERE PLENTIFUL AT THE GATORNATIONALS IN GAINESVILLE!

 

CAMARO’S ON TWO WHEELS AT THE GATORNATIONALS!
CORVETTE WHEELIE OUT IN FRONT AT THE GATORNATIONALS!

For updated information about the 2025 NHRA Season, check nhra.com!

 

 

 

 

 

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