Greg Anderson goes back in Pro Stock points lead – NHRA Photo
KALITTA, TODD & ANDERSON RACE TO WINS AT MUCKLESHOOT CASINO RESORT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS
– Doug Kalitta rolls to second straight Top Fuel win
– J.R. Todd gets first Funny Car win of 2026
SEATTLE (July 26, 2026) – Funny Car’s J.R. Todd won for the first
time in 2026 on Sunday at Pacific Raceways to finish off a Kalitta
Motorsports nitro sweep with teammate Doug Kalitta, defeating
back-to-back world champion Austin Prock in the final round of the 37th
annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.
Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the 12th of 20 races during the 2026
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Todd snapped a 23-race winless streak when Prock went red in the final
round, as the past world champion went 3.941-seconds at 334.90 mph in
his 12,000-horsepower DHL Toyota GR Supra. It is Todd’s 23rd career
victory and first since early 2025, and also his first Funny Car victory
in Seattle.
Todd, who qualified No. 1, had a huge points day when it came to the
regular season championship, defeating Jeff Arend, Jordan Vandergriff
and Matt Hagan to reach the final round. Prock left early by .005,
handing the victory to Todd, who had enjoyed a terrific season but had
yet to win an NHRA 75th anniversary Diamond Wally.
That changed on Sunday and Todd is now right in the mix, moving to third
in points after his impressive performance at Pacific Raceways.
“Dickie [Venables] and Todd [Smith, crew chiefs] did a really good job
of racing smart today, not throwing down every run, just racing the
conditions on the track,” Todd said. “I thought for sure we were in
trouble there in the semis. I missed the Tree, which you can’t do
against Matt Hagan because they’ll make you pay for it, and then I hit
the gas and the thing is just out of control, but the win light came on.
In the final, I saw Austin out front, and I was like ‘You’ve got to
be kidding me.’ I thought that I was late and then the win light is on
our side. It’s crazy, but I’m just so happy for my guys because
they’ve been working their butts off.
“It’s definitely a big weight off our shoulders. I feel like we let
a couple slip through the cracks there earlier in the year. Then we
struggled the summer with some clutch disc issues. Now, I think that
we’re getting back to where we need to be.”
Prock, the defending event winner, advanced to the final round for the
second time this season and the 34th time in his career after getting
round wins against Daniel Wilkerson, Dave Richards and Jack Beckman. Ron
Capps, who lost in the first round for the second straight race, stayed
in the points lead, but it’s now just 37 points over Jack Beckman and
only 42 against Seattle winner Todd.
Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta ensured a Kalitta Motorsports nitro sweep for
just the second time ever, going a whopping 3.677 at 338.43 in his
12,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster to slip past Leah Pruett’s 3.689
at 333.49.
A week after winning in Sonoma, Kalitta rolled to a second straight win,
making three runs in the 3.60s on Sunday in Seattle. After qualifying
third, he went 3.669 – the quickest run of the weekend – 3.690 and
3.726 to reach the finals, defeating Shawn Reed, Jasmine Salinas and
Antron Brown in the process.
He led wire-to-wire against Pruett to capture his third victory of the
season and the 62nd in his career. It’s also Kalitta’s second win in
Seattle, 12 years after his first. More importantly, the reigning world
champion has gotten hot at the ideal time for a second straight year,
closing in on teammate Shawn Langdon. He’s now just five points
outside of the lead in the race for the regular season title.
“Getting this double, I’m just so happy for Connie (Kalitta),”
Kalitta said. “He’s given us everything we need, and obviously all the
crew chiefs, everybody’s pulling together trying to help one another,
and today’s a good result of that. I’m just real proud of our whole
effort. I tell you, Connie’s had my back for years.
“Alan [Johnson, crew chief] has got the car dialed in. I feel very
fortunate he’s working on my car. It took us a little bit to get it
going this season. We obviously made a lot of changes and it’s coming
together, and when you get down towards the end of the year, Alan’s
got a lot of championships. This is really the time of the year he
really focuses on and he always seems to be able to pull it off, so it’s
going to be exciting.”
Pruett made her third final-round appearance in 2026 and the 28th in her
career after defeating Will Smith, Justin Ashley and No. 1 qualifier
Josh Hart.
In Pro Stock, Greg Anderson broke out of a recent slump in a major way
on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, taking down Greg Stanfield in the final
round after Stanfield went red. Anderson went 6.508 at 211.00 in his
HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro, avenging a recent stretch that
included back-to-back first-round losses.
That wasn’t the case in Seattle, as Anderson moved back into the
points lead, winning for the third time in 2026 and the 115th time in
his career. After qualifying second, Anderson drove past Stephen Bell,
Matt Latino and then longtime rival Erica Enders to reach the final
round.
Stanfield, who won last weekend in Sonoma, went red by .008 to hand the
victory to Anderson. It gives the six-time world champion four victories
at Pacific Raceways and this was an important one after a rough two-race
stretch. That now seems to be long gone as Anderson got back on the
winning track – and at an ideal point in the season.
“I certainly didn’t have a lot of confidence when I came here today.
We ran a lot better this weekend,” Anderson said. “My car was
definitely better, but I could see, as everybody could see, Dallas Glenn
had the car to beat, so to get by Dallas and everybody else out here,
like Greg Stanfield, who’s on a roll, is really great.
“It’s just a cool class right now. The rest of the year is going to
be cool. It’s going to be a real dogfight. I just feel fortunate to be
part of it. I’m still alive. I apparently, somehow, took the [points]
lead from Dallas today, so that’s pretty damn cool, and it just shows
what can happen in this class.”
Stanfield was denied a second straight win, but advanced to the final
round for the 30th time in his career after defeating his son, Aaron,
Cody Anderson and defending event winner Dallas Glenn. Anderson’s
points lead over reigning world champion is just eight points with two
races left in the regular season.
The NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series returns to action Aug. 20-23
with the 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals at Brainerd International
Raceway in Brainerd, Minn.
KENT, Wash. — Final finish order (1-16) at the 37th annual Muckleshoot
Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The race is
the 12th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
TOP FUEL:
1. Doug Kalitta; 2. Leah Pruett; 3. Josh Hart; 4. Antron Brown; 5. Billy
Torrence; 6. Justin
Ashley; 7. Tony Stewart; 8. Jasmine Salinas; 9. Shawn Reed; 10. Maddi
Gordon; 11. Shawn Langdon; 12. Will Smith; 13. Tony Schumacher; 14. Clay
Millican; 15. Krista Baldwin.
FUNNY CAR:
1. J.R. Todd; 2. Austin Prock; 3. Jack Beckman; 4. Matt Hagan; 5. Jordan
Vandergriff; 6. Paul Lee; 7. Cruz Pedregon; 8. Dave Richards; 9. Blake
Alexander; 10. Tim Gibbons; 11. Jeff Arend; 12. Spencer Hyde; 13. Ron
Capps; 14. Daniel Wilkerson; 15. Alexis DeJoria; 16. Chad Green.
PRO STOCK:
1. Greg Anderson; 2. Greg Stanfield; 3. Dallas Glenn; 4. Erica Enders;
5. Cody Anderson; 6. Troy Coughlin Jr.; 7. Jeg Coughlin; 8. Matt Latino;
9. Matt Hartford; 10. Kenny Delco; 11. Eric Latino; 12. Aaron Stanfield;
13. Stephen Bell; 14. Chris Vang; 15. Mason McGaha; 16. Shane Tucker.
KENT, Wash. — Sunday’s final results from the 37th annual Muckleshoot
Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The race is
the 12th of 20 in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel — Doug Kalitta, 3.677 seconds, 338.43 mph def. Leah Pruett,
3.689 seconds, 333.49 mph.
Funny Car — J.R. Todd, Toyota GR Supra, 3.941, 334.90 def. Austin
Prock, Ford Mustang, Foul – Red Light.
Pro Stock — Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.508, 211.00 def. Greg
Stanfield, Camaro, Foul – Red Light.
Top Alcohol Dragster — Shawn Cowie, 5.207, 277.72 def. Joey Severance,
5.276, 272.34.
Top Alcohol Funny Car — Doug Gordon, Chevy Camaro, 5.420, 267.75 def.
Brian Hough, Camaro, Broke.
Competition Eliminator — Ryan Warter, Pontiac Sunfire, 8.501, 153.53
def. Dustin Lee, Dragster, 7.056, 187.70.
Super Stock — Ty Gaynor, Chevy Cobalt, 9.150, 141.59 def. Brad Burton,
Pontiac Firebird, 9.359, 136.34.
Stock Eliminator — Gary Gandee, Ford Mustang, 14.108, 91.64 def. Brad
Burton, Pontiac Firebird, 10.663, 115.07.
Super Comp — Paul Nero, Dragster, 8.875, 180.67 def. Zach Meziere,
Dragster, 8.874, 167.66.
Super Gas — Cooper Chun, Roadster, 9.889, 144.07 def. Steve Lowe,
Pontiac Firebird, 9.876, 167.43.
Super Street — Dana Glenn, Truck, 10.938, 125.80 def. Dustin Ward,
Dodge Dart, 10.955, 121.56.
Top Sportsman — Bryan Warr, Chevy Camaro, 6.758, 198.76 def. David
Cook, Ford Mustang, 6.752, 200.95.
Top Dragster — Ty Gaynor, Dragster, 7.203, 170.45 def. Don Sefton,
Dragster, 6.975, 187.18.
Junior Dragster Shootout — Zach Standeven, Mike Bos, 8.188, 73.30 def.
Jaxson Gonzales, Halfscale, 9.005, 72.18.
KENT, Wash. — Final round-by-round results from the 37th annual
Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways,
the 12th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:
TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE — Antron Brown, 3.714, 333.08 def. Tony Schumacher, 4.530,
168.09; Jasmine Salinas, 3.759, 333.66 def. Clay Millican, 5.420,
131.43; Josh Hart, 3.670, 336.15 was unopposed; Billy Torrence, 3.720,
335.48 def. Krista Baldwin, 6.140, 106.87; Doug Kalitta, 3.669, 335.82
def. Shawn Reed, 3.694, 331.12; Justin Ashley, 3.732, 334.07 def. Shawn
Langdon, 4.259, 190.16; Leah Pruett, 4.403, 261.07 def. Will Smith,
4.444, 307.51; Tony Stewart, 3.707, 334.73 def. Maddi Gordon, 3.727,
333.49;
QUARTERFINALS — Pruett, 3.692, 330.80 def. Ashley, 3.806, 307.58;
Brown, 3.725, 329.99 def. Torrence, 3.745, 332.84; Hart, 3.834, 324.12
def. Stewart, 4.617, 178.52; Kalitta, 3.690, 332.75 def. Salinas, 4.987,
138.37;
SEMIFINALS — Pruett, 3.717, 332.51 def. Hart, 3.777, 331.61; Kalitta,
3.726, 334.57 def. Brown, 5.897, 109.57;
FINAL — Kalitta, 3.677, 338.43 def. Pruett, 3.689, 333.49.
FUNNY CAR:
ROUND ONE — Paul Lee, Dodge Charger, 3.938, 324.36 def. Chad Green,
Ford Mustang, 10.346, 84.81; Austin Prock, Mustang, 4.899, 269.46 def.
Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 6.936, 120.01; Jack Beckman, Chevy Camaro,
3.858, 333.49 def. Tim Gibbons, Charger, 4.019, 307.02; J.R. Todd,
Toyota GR Supra, 3.906, 335.82 def. Jeff Arend, Charger, 4.019, 316.75;
Dave Richards, Mustang, 4.540, 269.89 def. Alexis DeJoria, Camaro,
7.125, 90.01; Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.936, 326.00 def. Blake Alexander,
Charger, 3.946, 326.00; Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.914, 330.63 def. Ron
Capps, GR Supra, 5.812, 124.81; Jordan Vandergriff, Camaro, 3.913,
327.19 def. Spencer Hyde, Mustang, 4.397, 220.30;
QUARTERFINALS — Prock, 4.065, 270.48 def. Richards, 6.726, 95.23;
Hagan, 3.930, 322.19 def. Lee, 4.002, 323.58; Beckman, 3.899, 330.72
def. Pedregon, 4.134, 255.15; Todd, 3.939, 334.40 def. Vandergriff,
3.981, 319.29;
SEMIFINALS — Todd, 3.913, 335.32 def. Hagan, 3.929, 324.98; Prock,
3.937, 327.66 def. Beckman, 3.918, 325.92;
FINAL — Todd, 3.941, 334.90 def. Prock, Foul – Red Light.
PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE — Troy Coughlin Jr., Chevy Camaro, 6.520, 210.87 def. Kenny
Delco, Camaro, 6.500, 209.23; Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.487, 210.08 def.
Chris Vang, Camaro, 17.152, 49.71; Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.503, 210.28
def. Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.503, 210.31; Cody Anderson, Camaro, 6.500,
210.24 def. Shane Tucker, Camaro, Broke; Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.500,
210.28 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.478, 211.46; Dallas Glenn, Camaro,
6.468, 210.93 def. Mason McGaha, Camaro, 20.709, 67.91; Greg Anderson,
Camaro, 6.472, 210.05 def. Stephen Bell, Camaro, 6.514, 210.47; Greg
Stanfield, Camaro, 6.486, 211.73 def. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.513,
211.20;
QUARTERFINALS — Enders, 11.001, 83.56 def. Coughlin, Foul – Red Light;
G. Stanfield, 6.497, 210.60 def. C. Anderson, 6.505, 210.21; G.
Anderson, 6.507, 209.98 def. M. Latino, 17.091, 47.07; Glenn, 6.485,
211.36 def. Coughlin Jr., Foul – Red Light;
SEMIFINALS — G. Anderson, 6.594, 209.95 def. Enders, 12.870, 66.89; G.
Stanfield, 6.508, 211.03 def. Glenn, 6.514, 210.73;
FINAL — G. Anderson, 6.508, 211.00 def. G. Stanfield, Foul – Red Light.
KENT, Wash. — Point standings (top 10) following the 37th annual
Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways,
the 12th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series –
Top Fuel
1. Shawn Langdon, 1,107; 2. Doug Kalitta, 1,102; 3. Leah Pruett, 898; 4.
Antron Brown, 755; 5. Tony Stewart, 700; 6. Maddi Gordon, 681; 7. Josh
Hart, 673; 8. Billy Torrence, 618; 9. Justin Ashley, 535; 10. Clay
Millican, 489.
Funny Car
1. Ron Capps, 884; 2. Jack Beckman, 847; 3. J.R. Todd, 842; 4. Jordan
Vandergriff, 830; 5. Matt Hagan, 820; 6. Chad Green, 703; 7. Austin
Prock, 687; 8. Alexis DeJoria, 685; 9. Spencer Hyde, 578; 10. Daniel
Wilkerson, 577.
Pro Stock
1. Greg Anderson, 1,020; 2. Dallas Glenn, 1,012; 3. Greg Stanfield, 862;
4. Matt Hartford, 804; 5. Erica Enders, 695; 6. (tie) Matt Latino, 681;
Aaron Stanfield, 681; 8. Jeg Coughlin, 598; 9. Troy Coughlin Jr., 543;
10. Eric Latino, 498.
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