NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

The stakes remain high as Saturday's In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals feature the final qualifying rounds, which could decide the 2026 Mission Foods Drag Racing championship for title hopefuls. 

After battling bouts of rain on Friday, nitro got just one shot at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, while Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle each completed two qualifying rounds.

Even though the Top Fuel championship will go to Kalitta Motorsports, it hasn’t been decided which driver will hoist the trophy at the top end. There’s still a slim chance reigning champ Doug Kalitta can overcome points leader Shawn Langdon, who currently leads by 103 points and struggled in qualifying.

There’s a battle for third place in the standings

In Funny Car, Ron Capps leads the field from the provisional pole. Capps might be out of the championship conversation, but that doesn’t count him out of doing something cool at the historic racetrack. He and Paul Lee are going to recreate a photo of the Funny Car’s driven by Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen during round two of qualifying. You won’t want to miss this.

In championship talks, points leader Matt Hagan failed to make it down the track, so his lead over Jordan Vandergriff, who also did not make a full pull, is still 39 points.

Dallas Glenn enters Saturday from the provisional no. 1 spot and will do everything he can to hold on, because if he does, he gets a bye on Sunday and will win the championship.

However, the Pro Stock gamesmanship between the two camps began in round two of qualifying, with a few cars shutting off early to try to secure spots on the ladder and help teammates advance deeper into the rounds.

If the ladder holds where it is (which it probably won’t, because the projected weather will favor the naturally aspirated cars), championship contender Greg Stanfield will face his Elite Motorsports teammate Erica Enders, who shut her car off before the finish line during Q2.

The Pro Stock Motorcycle championship will be decided between Vance & Hines teammates Richard Gadson and Gaige Herrera. They will first need to finish the weather-delayed final round of the Mopar NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge set for Q3.

In qualifying, Herrera's job is to keep his teammate Richard Gadson's points lead under 60. 

MOST EVENT VICTORIES (active drivers)

Tony Schumacher, 4, TF; Matt Hagan, 3, FC and Cruz Pedregon, 3, FC; Greg Anderson, 9, PS; Matt Smith
5, PSM.

TRACK RECORDS

Top Fuel - 3.628 seconds by Clay Millican, Feb. '18; 342.11 mph by Maddi Gordon, Nov. '26
Funny Car - 3.804 seconds by Austin Prock, Nov. '24; 341.68 mph by Prock, Nov. '24.
Pro Stock - 6.476 seconds by Greg Anderson, March '25; 213.84 mph by Drew Skillman, Nov. '15.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.661 seconds by Gaige Herrera, Nov. '23; 203.80 mph by Herrera, Nov. '23.

NATIONAL RECORDS

Top Fuel - 3.623 sec. by Brittany Force, Sept. ‘19, Reading, Pa.; 346.95 mph by Shawn Langdon, Sept. ‘26, Martin
Funny Car - 3.793 sec. by Robert Hight, Aug. '17, Brainerd, Minn.; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov.’24, Pomona, Calif.
Pro Stock - 6.434 sec. by Dallas Glenn, October ’26, Dallas; 215.55 mph by Erica Enders, May ’14, Englishtown N.J.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.627 sec. by Gaige Herrera, Oct. ’23, Dallas; 205.04 mph by Matt Smith, July ’21, Sonoma, Calif.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, Nov. 14
LUCAS OIL SERIES eliminations at 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
TOP ALCOHOL eliminations at 10:15 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
MISSION FOODS SERIES Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
MISSION FOODS SERIES Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, Nov. 15 
Pre-race ceremonies, 10:00 a.m.
MISSION FOODS SERIES eliminations begin at 11:00 a.m.

TELEVISION

SUNDAY, Nov.15, FS1 will televise two hours of qualifying highlights at 11:00 a.m. (ET)
SUNDAY, Nov. 16, FS1 will televise three hours of finals at 5:00 p.m. (ET)