Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team captured their second consecutive NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car championship without making a single pass down In-N-Out Burger Dragway as persistent rain all three days of the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals completely canceled the event.
John Force Racing Funny Car teammate Jack Beckman and the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS team finished third in the final point standings while Brittany Force and her Monster Energy Top Fuel team finished fourth in the points, making her winning run in the final round two weeks ago at Las Vegas her final trip down the strip as she steps away to focus on starting a family.
“To win one world championship is one thing, and to win two is another and it puts you in a select group,” Prock said. “I think there’s only seven of us who have ever done it, and to add my name to that list, I wish my entire team could be added to that list. I get all the praise and the glory from the media and from the fans, but it’s not just me. I couldn’t accomplish what I’ve done in the last two years without the people behind me, and I’m really proud of them.”
Heading into the season finale, Prock was 101 points to the good on closest challenger Matt Hagan on the strength of nine wins, three runner-up finishes and seven No. 1 qualifiers. He needed only the win in the first round of eliminations to clinch the championship. As the points leader, he was the top-seeded driver after rain the previous two days cancelled all four scheduled qualifying sessions.
Last year’s championship stats (in Prock’s rookie NHRA Funny Car season) were equally as impressive, with eight victories, four runner-up finishes, and an NHRA season-record 15 No. 1 qualifying slots.
“Everybody on the Cornwell Quality Tools team is doing a phenomenal job, and they’re putting in that 110 percent effort. We had a dominant race car all year long. Last year, a lot of people told me it’s not going to come as easily next year after the season that you had. We came in there and ended up getting the championship. I think that says a lot about this race team, and says a lot about me as a driver, and I’m looking forward to 2026 already.”
The 2025 championship adds Prock’s name to an elite list of legendary Funny Car drivers to win consecutive championships that includes his boss, John Force (1990-91, 1993-2002), Ron Capps (2021-22), Kenny Bernstein (1985-88), Frank Hawley (1982-83), Raymond Beadle (1979-81), and Don Prudhomme (1975-78).
John Force Racing is the winningest organization in NHRA history, with Prock’s second championship raising the total to 24. John Force heads the list with 16 (1990-91, 10 straight from 1993-2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2013), Robert Hight earned three (2009, 2017, 2019), Brittany Force has two (2017, 2022), Prock’s two (2024, 2025), and Tony Pedregon in 2003.
Force concludes at least the first part of her career as the winningest female Top Fuel driver in NHRA history with 19 Wallys in 40 final-round appearances to her credit. She’s also the quickest and fastest driver in NHRA, with the 3.623-second run in 2019 and setting the speed record four times this season, topping off at 343.51 mph in the first round of eliminations at the U.S. Nationals in September. She won earlier this season in Epping, N.H., was the runner-up at Seattle and her six No. 1 Qualifying positions raised her career total to 58.
“I always try to find the positive in everything,” said Force. This weekend, with the event getting canceled, I look back on Las Vegas, my last pass down the drag strip, we turned a win light on and ended up in the winner’s circle, so that’s where my focus is. I’m really proud of everything this Monster Energy team has accomplished this season, everything John Force Racing has accomplished. Jack Beckman did an amazing job in the seat this again year and Austin Prock bringing home his second consecutive championship was amazing. Everybody under the John Force Racing umbrella gave it their all and none of our achievements would have been possible without them.”
Fast Jack’s third-place finish in the point standings was his 13th in the Top 5 and 15th in the Top 10. His victories at the Winternationals and in Chicago raised his Funny Car win total to 37 and runner-up finishes at Richmond, Indianapolis, and St. Louis raised his Funny Car final round total to 76. His five No. 1 Qualifying spots (Gainesville, Chicago, Richmond, Brainerd, Indianapolis) raised his career total to 33.
“Unfortunately, we aren’t in charge of the weather, right,” said Beckman. “Some things in life, it is what it is. It’s very disappointing, especially at my home track and the success that I’ve experienced out here the last four times I’ve been here. But I can’t change history. I can’t change the weather. I’m sure that it was anguishing for NHRA to make that decision. It’s fairly unprecedented to cancel a race, not postpone, and not see a car go down the racetrack the entire duration of the event. Strange times we live in. And what are you going to do about it? We’ll pack up and we’ll unload again for preseason testing and do it all over again in 2026.”
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series kicks off its 75th anniversary season in 2026 on March 5-8 with the NHRA Gatornationals at legendary Gainesville Raceway.
This story was originally published on November 17, 2025. 
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