Funny car points leader Austin Prock took his ninth win of the 2025 season as the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series made it’s 40th stop in Dallas Texas.  The John Force driver powered past Ron Capps for another Walley.  Prock went 3.959 seconds at 328.30 mph in his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to take another step toward a second NHRA Championship.

“We went out there and won and all of the cards fell right today, and we were able to extend our points leads, so that definitely feels really good,” Prock said. “You always want to extend your points lead even if it’s by one point, but we did a lot more than that. I said earlier this weekend that whoever gets the most wins in these next three races is going to be crowned the world champion, and we knocked one off, so got two more to go. I have all the faith in the world in this team and this race car, and I’m going to go up there and try and do my job.

“After Q1, we were low E.T. every time we went down the track, and not just by a little bit. That’s an OG Jimmy Prock move right there. I’m just really proud to drive this race car for Cornwell Tools, so now we need to keep turning on win lights and bringing home race wins.”

In Top fuel it was Doug Lalitta continuing his finals streak at four and a second straight win with a run of 3.777 at 333.04 in his Mobil DELVAC 100th Anniversary dragster to take down Texan Steve Torrence.

“Alan [Johnson, crew chief] and my guys, they really have a handle on this thing and it’s fun to drive, so I’m just trying to do my best,” Kalitta said. “It’s really impressive with the temperature swing with what we had today, and to be able to run that [3.]77 in the final. I’ve watched Alan a lot of years and I’m real thankful to be driving the car that he’s tuning, that’s for sure.

“I’ve finished second six or seven times a lot, so I’m definitely not going to count my chickens until they’re hatched, but this is definitely where we want to be. We’re just trying to get as many points as possible and stay ahead of whoever ends up in second. You’ve got to keep your head down and stay focused and just take one qualifying run at a time or whatever it takes. It’s all important.”

Torrence reached the final round for the second time in 2025 and the 92nd time in his career after defeating Josh Hart, Shawn Reed and Brittany Force. Langdon trails Kalitta by 159 points.

Story by Chuck Null

photos Robert Murphy