NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Every high, low, sacrifice, and win leads to championship Sunday at the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, held at the historic In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

In Top Fuel, championship hopeful Doug Kalitta will lead the field of 16 after securing the no. 1 qualifying position with the run he made on Friday.

Meanwhile, Shawn Langdon, who leads the points by 97, struggled during qualifying and only made it down the track once out of the three qualifying attempts. Langdon is starting from the no. 6 spot and will face Josh Hart in round one. If he wants to win the championship, all Langdon needs to do is win round one.

Kalitta’s championship scenario is for Langdon to go out in round one, and he has to win the event.

Funny Car is perhaps the highest-stakes situation. Matt Hagan and Jordan Vandergriff are still in the championship hunt. Hagan is ahead by 38 points; therefore, Vandergriff needs to go two rounds further than Hagan.

He’s basically in a “survive and advance” situation to win his first Funny Car championship in his first year of driving Funny Car. How about that.

Ron Capps is the no. 1 qualifier and took part in an iconic photo recreation of Don “The Snake” Prudhomme and Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen on Saturday.

Meanwhile, heartbreak struck early as Terry Haddock, Jeff Diehl, Hunter Green, Chad Green, Cory Lee and Blake Alexander did not qualify for the event.

Dallas Glenn can rest easy tonight because his championship scenario took place over the past two days. He needed to hang onto the no. 1 qualifying position, which came with a bye on Sunday. He did just that and, in doing so, will only need to take the tree to clinch the 2026 Pro Stock championship, going back-to-back.

He said, “He’s seen some weird things happen,” and “they’re trying to touch the car the least”  because he won’t rest easy until after Sunday night.

Vance & Hines have already secured the Pro Stock Motorcycle championship, but which rider will claim it? We'll have to wait until race day to find out.

Gaige Herrera has closed in on V&H teammate Richard Gadson’s 28-point lead.

If Herrera and Gadson meet in the finals, the winner takes the championship. If they both lose in the first round, Gadson will be crowned champion. If Gadson loses in the first round, Herrera will need to advance one round further to claim the title.

Also, Alex Laughlin will make history as the first person to compete in all four pro categories.

The Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series will continue to work through eliminations. There is one Sportsman world champion left to crown, and that is in Comp. Reigning world champion Jeff Taylor needs to advance two more rounds to overtake leader Joe Carnasciale and claim his second straight title.

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

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)