Brittany Force’s farewell tour turned historic Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as the two-time NHRA Top Fuel champion claimed her 19th career victory, passing Shirley Muldowney to become the winningest female driver in class history.
Force powered to a 3.704-second run at 337.33 mph to defeat Shawn Langdon’s 3.727 at 333.91 in the final round of the 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection. The triumph marked her fifth career Las Vegas win, her second victory of the 2025 season, and a defining moment in her final year of full-time competition.
“This win is a special one,” Force said. “Because of that number 19 — lining it up as the winningest female driver in Top Fuel makes it more special. My guys have said they wanted one more win for me, and I wanted to end strong and get back to that winner’s circle. It’s been far too long. I put my heart into it, and my team puts their heart into this car.”
After qualifying No. 1 and setting a track speed record Friday, Force defeated Clay Millican and Tony Stewart to reach the final. The victory also gave her back-to-back fall wins in Las Vegas, extending a career defined by consistency and resolve. Langdon, who reached his sixth final of the year, kept his championship hopes alive with his run, but still trails teammate Doug Kalitta by 144 points entering the season finale at Pomona.
Matt Hagan matched Force’s emotion in Funny Car, keeping his slim title aspirations intact with a 3.877 at 327.03 in his American Rebel Beer Dodge Charger to defeat points leader Austin Prock. Hagan’s sixth career Las Vegas victory and third of the season halted Prock’s bid to clinch the title one race early.
“I think we made [the points race] interesting,” Hagan said. “Nobody really expected us to win or them to smoke the tires, but we just went up there and ran the best the track would take. It was a have-to-win race. Sometimes you pull your crew chief aside and say, ‘Man, we’ve got to win this one,’ and this was one of those.”
Hagan defeated Cruz Pedregon, Chad Green, and Daniel Wilkerson to reach the final. The four-time champion now trails Prock by 101 points with one event remaining.
In Pro Stock, Dallas Glenn erased the ghosts of last season’s Vegas stumble by defeating Matt Hartford in the final round with a 6.602 at 206.61 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro. Glenn also defeated 10-time Las Vegas winner Erica Enders and five-time series champion Greg Anderson en route to his eighth victory of the season.
“Coming in with a very similar points lead to last year where I had to watch that lead go away, this is a much better feeling,” Glenn said. “It hasn’t really hit me yet. I have so much more confidence in the car. I got all the nervousness out last year. I was a wreck then — now I’m calm.”
The win, Glenn’s third in Las Vegas, gives him a 92-point lead over Anderson heading into Pomona, where he can clinch his first Pro Stock championship. Hartford, who reached his fourth final of 2025, defeated Deric Kramer, Fernando Cuadra Jr., and Jeg Coughlin Jr. before falling short in the final.
Gaige Herrera delivered another clutch performance in Pro Stock Motorcycle, defeating Angie Smith with a 6.809, 198.17 aboard his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki. It marked his seventh win of the season, his third straight Las Vegas triumph, and pulled him to within 21 points of teammate and championship leader Richard Gadson.
“This couldn’t have gone any better,” Herrera said. “Me and my teammate facing off in the semis — I needed him to go out to get closer. What a race between me and him, my .005 light to his perfect .000 light. It just shows how hungry we both are to get this championship.”
Herrera, the two-time defending champion, knocked off Karen Stoffer and Clayton Howey before his semifinal showdown with Gadson, then topped Smith in the final. “I feel like I do better under pressure,” he said. “This year it’s going to be different. I’d love to race Richard in the final in Pomona for the championship.”
Smith reached her second final of the season after beating Freddie Camarena, Matt Smith, and Brayden Davis.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series concludes Nov. 13-16 with the 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip. Four pro-category championships will be decided and a season of comebacks, milestones and farewells will come to an end.
