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2026 National Standings

Contact NHRA Points.
How points are earned.
Position Driver Points N/D
01 Dale Thaxton 271 1/4
02 Rick McDonough 271 1/4
03 Douglas Crumlich 260 1/4
04 Rob Mendenhall 240 2/2
05 Bruce Duncan 239 1/4
06 Carl Freeman 230 0/4
07 Tom Schmidt 217 1/4
08 James Hinkle 207 1/3
09 Bill Mizia 199 1/2
10 Jeffrey Gillette 190 1/1
11 Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson 189 1/2
12 Scott Underwood 184 1/4
13 Jeff Brooks 176 1/3
14 Monte Green 175 2/2
15 Scott Lyons 173 1/4
16 Allen Firestone 169 1/1
17 Will Yakimetz 167 2/2
18 Kevin Edmonds 165 1/3
19 Mark Buehring 164 2/2
20 Chris Arnold 153 2/2
21 Vince Hoda 153 2/2
22 John Gifford 151 1/4
23 Earl Folse 145 2/1
24 Mark Roberts 143 1/3
25 Larry Giese 142 2/2
26 Jim Thorp 137 1/1
27 Lester Johnson 134 1/2
28 Ed Olpin 134 2/1
29 Tom Patterson 131 2/3
30 Lance Abbott 125 1/1
31 Darian Boesch 124 1/2
32 Don Meziere 123 1/2
33 Richard Okerman 123 1/2
34 Frank Altilio 123 1/2
35 Rich Smith 115 1/1
36 Glenn Butcher 115 1/1
37 Ken Ratzloff 115 1/1
38 Joe Stannard 104 0/2
39 Donald Preece 104 1/1
40 Randy Balough 104 1/1
41 Ray Martin 101 1/2
42 Chad Riley 101 1/2
43 Chris Newman 101 1/2
44 David Beckwith 101 1/2
45 Kirk Lanz 101 1/2
46 John Benoit 93 1/1
47 Bryan Warr 93 1/1
48 Jeff Windholz 90 1/2
49 David Cook Jr 82 1/1
50 Jeff Connelly 82 1/1
51 Larry Willard 82 1/1
52 Aaron Steinkey 82 1/1
53 Michael Chitty 82 1/1
54 Bob Gulitti 82 1/1
55 Bruce Thrift 72 0/2
56 Roy Haynes 71 0/2
57 Ronald Riegel 71 1/1
58 Richard Harrison 71 1/1
59 Patrick Warr 71 1/1
60 Daniel Leibham 71 1/1
61 Michael Feeler 71 1/1
62 Ricky Taylor Jr 71 1/1
63 Kendall Barnes 61 0/2
64 Michael Proctor 60 1/1
65 Kelly Harper 60 1/1
66 Austin Mohr 60 1/1
67 Michael Scott 60 1/1
68 Jackie Robison 60 0/2
69 Douglas Bussa 60 1/1
70 Ron Mergel 60 1/1
71 Ted Kellner 60 1/1
72 Mike Lucas 60 1/1
73 David Kowalski 60 1/1
74 Keith Raftery 60 1/1
75 Bengt Blomberg 60 1/1
76 Jeremy Mouton 60 1/1
77 Robert Steward 52 1/0
78 Chris Esrick 52 0/1
79 Mike Morehead 52 1/0
80 Chadrick Morrison 41 1/0
81 William Knudsen 41 0/1
82 Gerald Bucklin 40 1/1
83 Greg Lair 30 0/1
84 Patrick McHenry 30 0/1
85 Jacky Bennett 30 0/1
86 Todd Pritchard 30 0/1
87 Robert Sellers 30 0/1
88 Michael Grafas 30 1/0
89 Ronald Proctor Sr. 30 0/1
90 Chuck Tersolo 30 0/1
91 Madison Payne 30 0/1
92 Carl Hagen 30 0/1
93 Mike Doushgounian 30 0/1
94 Sammy Gonzales 30 1/0
95 Caden Menholt 30 1/0
96 Kyle Firestone 30 0/1
97 Barry Dunn 30 0/1
98 Mike Hiatt 30 1/0
99 Greg Peterson 30 1/0

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