NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

In typical Summit Motorsports Park action, NHRA Mission Foods' top pros kicked off with two rounds of exciting qualifying, including a wild night session under the lights.

The event is No. 10 of 20 races this year in the NHRA Mission Foods Pro series, and it will include Top Fuel, Funny Car, Pro Stock, and Pro Stock Motorcycle, along with the Flexjet NHRA Factory Stock Showdown, the Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock class, Holley EFI NHRA Factory X, and 10 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series classes, meaning there will be 17 racers honored with the treasured Norwalk Ice Cream Scoop, as well as an NHRA Wally.

Saturday’s highlights will also include the GETTRX Pro Stock NHRA All-Star Callout in addition to the latest round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge, which will pit the semifinal finishers from the recent Richmond event in a race for bonus cash and additional points. These rounds are run concurrently with Saturday qualifying.

On Friday, Justin Ashley powered his SCAG dragster to a 3.752 at 330 mph to earn the pole, barely holding off Antron Brown’s 3.755 and Tony Stewart, who blasted to a 3.755 while blowing up in the lights. In fact, Stewart exploded an engine in grand fashion on the first pass as well. Brittany Force, Shawn Langdon, Dan Mercier, Spencer Massey and Josh Hart rounded out the top eight. Lex Joon sits on the bump.

Veteran Cruz Pedregon was the class of the Funny Car field, delivering the only run in the 3.80s. Pedregon went 3.890 at 318 mph, with Austin Prock not far behind with a 3.900. Stacked behind them are Ron Capps (3.908); Jack Beckman (3.913) and Matt Hagan (3.926). The top half of the field also included Alexis DeJoria, Hunter Green and Dan Wilkerson. Paul Lee ran 4.22 to hold the 16^th spot and there are 21 Funny cars on the property, which means there should be plenty of bumping and shuffling on Saturday.

With three previous wins at Summit Motorsports Park, Greg Anderson will be looking to add a fourth. The reigning champion got off to a good start qualifying his HendrickCars.com/Summit Racing Equipment Camaro on the provisional pole with a 6.594. Anderson was chased by team drivers Dallas Glenn (6.596) and Matt Hartford at 6.604. With a spread of just .018 of a second, you’ll find Greg Stanfield, Eric Latino, Cody Coughlin, Erica Enders and Cory Reed in fourth through eighth respectively.

Saturday’s action ramps up with the GETTRX Pro Stock NHRA All-Star Callout, where eight of the top drivers will race for $40,000! The matchups include Anderson vs Enders; Glenn vs Troy Coughlin Jr.; Hartford vs Latino; and Aaron Stanfield vs Jeg Coughlin Jr.

Matt Smith, who like Anderson is looking for his fourth Norwalk win, leads Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying after two sessions, riding to a 6.824 on his Buell. John Hall, also on a Buell slotted in behind Smith with a 6.832. Also in the 6.80s was Ron Tornow (6.874) followed by the Vance and Hines machine of Gaige Herrera (6.888). Rounding out the top eight was Angie Smith, Richard Gadson, Jianna Evaristo and Marc Ingwersen.

2024 EVENT WINNERS
Antron Brown, Top Fuel; Bob Tasca III, Funny Car; Aaron Stanfield, Pr0 Stock; Gaige Herrera, Pro Stock Motorcycle
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MOST EVENT VICTORIES
Steve Torrence, 3, TF; Jack Beckman, 3, FC; Greg Anderson and Erica Enders, 3 PS; Matt Smith, 3, PSM

TRACK RECORDS
Top Fuel - 3.666 sec. by Brittany Force, June ‘22; 337.15 mph by Doug Kalitta, June ’24.
Funny Car - 3.853 sec. by Austn Prock, June ’24; 336.82 mph by Bob Tasca III, June ‘24.
Pro Stock –  6.523 sec. by Erica Enders, July ’14; 212.63 mph by Erica Enders, July ’14.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.698 sec. by Gaige Herrera, June ‘24; 201.58 mph by M. Smith, June ‘21

NATIONAL RECORDS
Top Fuel - 3.623 sec. by Brittany Force, Sept. ‘19, Reading; 341.59 mph by Brittany Force, April. ‘25, Charlotte
Funny Car - 3.793 sec. by Robert Hight, Aug. '17, Brainerd; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. ’24, Pomona
Pro Stock – 6.443 sec. by Greg Anderson, March ’25, Gainesville, Fla.; 215.55 mph by Erica Enders, May ’14 Englishtown
Pro Stock Motorcycle - 6.627 sec. by Gaige Herrera, Oct. ’23, Dallas; 205.04 mph by Matt Smith, July ‘22, Sonoma.

EVENT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, June 28
Lucas Oil Series eliminations at 8:30 a.m.
GETTRX All-Star Pro Stock Callout opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m.
Mission Foods Pro qualifying session at noon
Mission Foods Pro qualifying session at 2:30 p.m. 

SUNDAY, June 8
Pre-race ceremony at 9:45 a.m.
Mission Foods Series eliminations begin at 11 a.m. 

TELEVISION 

SATURDAY, June 28, FS1 will televise one hour of GETTRX Allstar Pro Stock Callout coverage at 3 p.m.

SUNDAY, June 29, FS1 will televise one hour of qualifying coverage at 11 a.m. (ET)

SUNDAY, June 29, FOX TV will televise three hours of final eliminations coverage at 2 p.m. (ET).