Austin Prock powered to his second consecutive Funny Car victory Sunday at Brainerd (MN) International Raceway, defeating J.R. Todd in the final round of the 43rd annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.
Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also claimed victories at the 13th of 20 events in the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Prock clocked a 3.907-second, 321.50-mph pass in his Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet SS to win the final, as Todd smoked the tires early. It marked Prock’s first win at Brainerd and his sixth of the season in 13 races.
The reigning Funny Car champion now holds a 242-point lead over teammate Jack Beckman, and will secure the NHRA regular-season championship—and its $150,000 bonus—during qualifying at the upcoming U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis in two weeks.
“That was huge. Last year, I got beat on a holeshot and that’s something you never want to do. But we got it done today,” Prock said. “This morning, all the stars aligned, and I attacked the Christmas Tree and had my best driving performance in either Top Fuel or Funny Car.”
Prock averaged a .047-second reaction time in eliminations and turned in a .043 in the final. He advanced to the final with wins over Jim Campbell, Matt Hagan, and Chad Green. Todd reached his second final of 2025 after defeating Paul Lee, Ron Capps, and Beckman, and heads to Indy ranked sixth in points.
In Top Fuel, Kalitta went 3.670, 338.77 in his Mac Tools dragster to defeat Clay Millican. The victory marked Kalitta Motorsports’ 100th Top Fuel win and its third straight in the category.
Kalitta, who qualified No. 1, posted three straight 3.60-second runs Sunday, including a 3.665 in the semifinals against Billy Torrence. He also defeated Terry Totten in round one of eliminations, and led wire-to-wire in the final against Millican to earn his second win of the year and 57th overall.
“This car has been a pleasure to drive. AJ [Alan Johnson] had it dialed in,” Kalitta said. “We’re getting close to the Countdown, and it’s also been a while since I’ve won here in Brainerd. Consistency is definitely the name of the game.”
Millican reached his first final since March, scoring wins over Justin Ashley, Jordan Vandergriff and Brittany Force. Force reset the track speed record at 341.25 mph during eliminations.
Anderson capped a dominant weekend in Pro Stock by defeating KB Titan Racing teammate Dallas Glenn with a 6.551, 206.86 run in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro.
Anderson was quickest in all four qualifying sessions and every round of eliminations, setting a track record 6.521 in the opening round against Chris Vang. He followed with wins over Eric Latino and Aaron Stanfield.
In the final, Anderson left with a .025 reaction time to Glenn’s .026 and never trailed. It was his fifth win of the season, 111th of his career, and his first at Brainerd since 2011.
“It was not only awesome to win, but awesome to pretty much dominate the weekend,” Anderson said. “Everyone was on point. The car was perfect. The crew chiefs were perfect and I somehow didn’t screw it up.”
Glenn, who maintains a nine-point lead in the standings entering Indy, reached his ninth final in 11 Pro Stock races this year with round wins over Fernando Cuadra Jr., Jeg Coughlin Jr., and Erica Enders.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series resumes Aug. 27–Sept. 1 with the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
