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The stage is set for an epic conclusion to the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season as all four Professional championships (and a handful of NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman championships) will be decided during this weekend’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals in Pomona.

Doug Kalitta, Austin Prock, Dallas Glenn, and Richard Gadson come to Pomona as the leaders in their respective categories. Kalitta has the biggest lead of any Pro driver (141 points) and needs to do little more than qualify for the event in order to clinch his second title in the last three years.

Kalitta has appeared in seven final rounds this season and has won four times, but only reached the quarterfinals the last time NHRA raced in Pomona during the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals last March.

Pomona fans will also offer a fond farewell to two-time Top Fuel champ Brittany Force, who will end her driving career (at least temporarily) after the Pomona event. Force has won twice this season, including the most recent event in Las Vegas, and she’d like nothing more than to close out the season with another win.

Prock comes to Pomona with a 101-point lead over Matt Hagan, so he’s got an excellent chance to defend his 2024 title. Pomona does offer a unique format that awards points-and-a-half, so Prock has work to do, but after a season in which he’s won nine of 19 races, he’s a heavy favorite to repeat.

Despite Prock’s dominance, there has been parity in the Funny Car class this season as eight different drivers have won races and 11 drivers have appeared in at least one final. Those who are poised to join the list of 2025 winners includes Bob Tasca III, Daniel Wilkerson, Alexis DeJoria, and NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Spencer Hyde.

In Pro Stock, the battle for the title is between KB Titan Racing teammates Dallas Glenn and Greg Anderson, with Glenn holding a 92-point edge over the six-time champion. With each elimination round in Pomona being worth 30 points, it’s in Anderson’s best interests to cut the deficit to less than 90 during qualifying. Otherwise, he’d need to win the event and have Glenn take a rare round-one loss.

Glenn and Anderson have combined to win 14 of 17 events this season with Erica Enders, Greg Stanfield, and Cory Reed, each scoring a lone victory.

Without question, the best points battle can be found in Pro Stock Motorcycle, where just 21 points separate incoming leader Richard Gadson from teammate Gaige Herrera. With such a small margin, the championship will likely come down to whichever rider advances the furthest during eliminations with the possibility of a winner-take-all race at some point in eliminations.

In addition to the Professional titles, there are also six Lucas Oil Series titles to be decided, including Top Alcohol Dragster, Comp, Super Comp, Super Gas, Right Trailers Top Dragster, and Right Trailers Top Sportsman.

2024 EVENT WINNERS: Antron Brown, Top Fuel; Jack Beckman, Funny Car; Greg Anderson, Pro Stock; Matt Smith, Pro Stock Motorcycle:

MOST VICTORIES: Tony Schumacher, Kenny Bernstein, 4 TF; John Force, 8, FC; Greg Anderson, 9, PS; John Meyers, Matt Smith 5, PSM.

TRACK RECORDS:
Top Fuel - 3.628 seconds by Clay Millican, Feb. '18; 338.94 mph by Brittany Force, Nov., '22.
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.; 343.51 mph by B. Force, Sept. ‘25, Indy
Funny Car - 3.793 sec. by Robert Hight, Aug. '17, Brainerd; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. '24, Pomona, Calif.
Pro Stock - 6.443 sec. by Greg Anderson, March '25, Gainesville; 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.

SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, November 13
LUCAS OIL SERIES qualifying and time trials at 8:30 a.m.

FRIDAY, November 14
MISSION FOODS SERIES Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, November 15
MISSION FOODS SERIES Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying at 12:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
MISSION FOODS SERIES Top Fuel and Funny Car qualifying at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

SUNDAY, November 16 
Pre-race ceremonies, 10:00 a.m.
MISSION FOODS SERIES eliminations begin at 11:00 a.m.

TELEVISION
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, FS1 will televise one and half hours of qualifying highlights at 6:30 p.m. (ET)
SUNDAY, Nov.16, FS1 will televise one and half 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)
SUNDAY, Nov. 16, FS1 will televise NHRA Post Race show at 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. (ET).