{"id":101883,"date":"2025-08-05T07:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/six-more-drivers-clinch-countdown-berths-following-sonoma\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T07:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:18:55","slug":"six-more-drivers-clinch-countdown-berths-following-sonoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/six-more-drivers-clinch-countdown-berths-following-sonoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Six More Drivers Clinch Countdown Berths Following Sonoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The championship picture in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series got a little clearer at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge, as six more drivers officially punched their tickets to the Countdown to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>In Top Fuel,\u00a0Justin Ashley, Doug Kalitta, and Antron Brown\u00a0are now locked into the six-race playoff chase, joining Shawn Langdon and Tony Stewart, who had already secured their spots. Over in Funny Car,\u00a0Austin Prock\u00a0clinched his place, while Pro Stock Motorcycle added\u00a0Angie Smith\u00a0and\u00a0John Hall\u00a0to the mix.<\/p>\n<p>Only two races remain in the NHRA regular season \u2013 the\u00a0Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals\u00a0(Aug. 15-17) in Brainerd, Minnesota, and the\u00a0Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals\u00a0(Aug. 27\u2013Sept. 1) in Indianapolis \u2013 before the final Countdown field is set. Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock will be contested at both events, while Pro Stock Motorcycle will skip Brainerd and return in Indy.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for the Countdown, drivers must either finish in the\u00a0Top 10 in points\u00a0by the conclusion of the U.S. Nationals or attend every race of the regular season while making the required number of qualifying attempts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current 2025 Countdown to the Championship qualifiers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Fuel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shawn Langdon<\/li>\n<li>Tony Stewart<\/li>\n<li>Justin Ashley<\/li>\n<li>Doug Kalitta<\/li>\n<li>Antron Brown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Funny Car:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Austin Prock<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pro Stock:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dallas Glenn<\/li>\n<li>Greg Anderson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pro Stock Motorcycle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gaige Herrera<\/li>\n<li>Richard Gadson<\/li>\n<li>Matt Smith<\/li>\n<li>Angie Smith<\/li>\n<li>John Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six-race NHRA Countdown to the Championship will kick off September 12-14 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-modified-info\">This story was originally published on August 5, 2025. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DI_flat_red-e1711481551475.png\" width=\"20px\" alt=\"Drag Illustrated\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/six-more-drivers-clinch-countdown-berths-following-sonom\/\">Six More Drivers Clinch Countdown Berths Following Sonoma<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/\">Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The championship picture in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series got a little clearer at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge, as six more drivers officially punched their tickets to the Countdown to the Championship. In Top Fuel,\u00a0Justin Ashley, Doug Kalitta, and Antron Brown\u00a0are now locked into the six-race playoff chase, joining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}