{"id":102385,"date":"2025-10-13T13:44:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/prock-kalitta-glenn-and-gadson-win-playoff-race-at-texas-nhra-fallnationals\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T13:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T13:44:05","slug":"prock-kalitta-glenn-and-gadson-win-playoff-race-at-texas-nhra-fallnationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/prock-kalitta-glenn-and-gadson-win-playoff-race-at-texas-nhra-fallnationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Prock, Kalitta, Glenn and Gadson Win Playoff Race at Texas NHRA FallNationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funny Car points leader Austin Prock rolled to his ninth win of the season on Sunday at Texas Motorplex for John Force Racing, defeating Ron Capps in the final round of the 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals.<\/p>\n

Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also won the 18th of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season, as all four points leaders celebrated victories at the fourth of six races in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.<\/p>\n

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Prock went 3.959-seconds at 328.30 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS, powering past Capps\u2019 run of 4.405 at 199.80 to move a step closer to his second straight world championship. It\u2019s Prock\u2019s ninth win of the season and the 21st in his career, as well as his first career victory at the famed Texas Motorplex.<\/p>\n

Prock, who qualified No. 1, defeated Blake Alexander, Spencer Hyde and Chad Green to reach the final before putting together a dominant performance in the final round. After starting the weekend just 20 points ahead of Matt Hagan, who fell in the first round, Prock had a remarkable answer in Dallas, making the quickest run in every round of eliminations and the last three rounds of qualifying. His points lead now stands at 112 points over Hagan with two races remaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went out there and won and all of the cards fell right today, and we were able to extend our points leads, so that definitely feels really good,\u201d Prock said. \u201cYou always want to extend your points lead even if it\u2019s by one point, but we did a lot more than that. I said earlier this weekend that whoever gets the most wins in these next three races is going to be crowned the world champion, and we knocked one off, so got two more to go. I have all the faith in the world in this team and this race car, and I\u2019m going to go up there and try and do my job.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter Q1, we were low E.T. every time we went down the track, and not just by a little bit. That\u2019s an OG Jimmy Prock move right there. I\u2019m just really proud to drive this race car for Cornwell Tools, so now we need to keep turning on win lights and bringing home race wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Capps reached the finals for the fifth time in 2025 after defeating Alex Laughlin, Cruz Pedregon and Dan Wilkerson. Jack Beckman is 131 points back in third.<\/p>\n

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Top Fuel\u2019s Doug Kalitta continued a spectacular run in the Countdown to the Championship, advancing to his fourth straight final and winning a second straight race after a run of 3.777 at 333.04 in his 12,000-horsepower Mobil DELVAC 100th\u00a0Anniversary dragster to take down Texan Steve Torrence.<\/p>\n

Kalitta has advanced to the final in every playoff race thus far and now has four wins this season and 59 in his career \u2013 as well as a 141-point lead over Justin Ashley with two races remaining.<\/p>\n

On a hot day at Texas Motorplex, Kalitta and his team were locked in, as he went in the 3.70s three different times, picking up round wins against Jasmine Salinas, Ida Zetterstrom and teammate Shawn Langdon in a crucial semifinal matchup.<\/p>\n

Kalitta won that round with a run of 3.805 at 332.59 and then powered past Torrence in the final round en route to his third career victory at Texas Motorplex. On the verge of a second career world championship, Kalitta was thrilled with his team\u2019s performance on Sunday and eager to keep pushing ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlan [Johnson, crew chief] and my guys, they really have a handle on this thing and it\u2019s fun to drive, so I\u2019m just trying to do my best,\u201d Kalitta said. \u201cIt\u2019s really impressive with the temperature swing with what we had today, and to be able to run that [3.]77 in the final. I\u2019ve watched Alan a lot of years and I\u2019m real thankful to be driving the car that he\u2019s tuning, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve finished second six or seven times a lot, so I\u2019m definitely not going to count my chickens until they\u2019re hatched, but this is definitely where we want to be. We\u2019re just trying to get as many points as possible and stay ahead of whoever ends up in second. You\u2019ve got to keep your head down and stay focused and just take one qualifying run at a time or whatever it takes. It\u2019s all important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Torrence reached the final round for the second time in 2025 and the 92nd time in his career after defeating Josh Hart, Shawn Reed and Brittany Force. Langdon trails Kalitta by 159 points.<\/p>\n

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In Pro Stock, Dallas Glenn moved a step closer to a first world championship, driving past Aaron Stanfield in the finals with a run of 6.605 at 208.89 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro. It handed Glenn his seventh win this season in what has become an incredible year and gave the young standout his 20th career victory. The win, also his first at Texas Motorplex, gives Glenn a 60-point advantage over KB Titan Racing teammate Greg Anderson, who lost in the semifinals to Stanfield.<\/p>\n

Glenn took advantage in a major way, chasing down Stanfield to pick up the victory. Earlier in the day, Glenn defeated Cody Coughlin, Eric Latino and defending event winner Jeg Coughlin Jr., setting up the marquee matchup with Stanfield. Glenn has now won three of the four races in the playoffs, putting him in the driver\u2019s seat in the championship hunt with two events remaining.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just need to keep turning on win lights,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cI just need to go up there and just take everything one round at a time and do everything I can and let the crew chiefs do their job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m good and consistent, but don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m as good as I should be or was last year. But I think the car has definitely come around a little bit better. We\u2019ve got a little bit better handle on I\u2019ve got some more experience, and I feel a little bit more relaxed this year. If I can continue to do that, continue to turn on win lights, continue to have a little bit of luck on my side, I think we can wrap it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stanfield reached the finals for the second time this season and the 27th time in his career thanks to round wins against Erica Enders, Matt Hartford and Anderson.<\/p>\n

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It was nearly a picture-perfect weekend for Pro Stock Motorcycle\u2019s Richard Gadson, who extended his points lead by defeating rookie Brayden Davis in the final round with a run of 6.796 at 200.37 on his RevZilla\/Motul\/Vance & Hines Suzuki. It handed Gadson his fourth victory in what has been a dream season for the second-year rider, as he also extended his points lead to 72 points over Gaige Herrera.<\/p>\n

Gadson, who qualified No. 1, was in command all weekend at Texas Motorplex, defeating Lance Bonham, Clayton Howey and Matt Smith en route to the final round. When Davis beat a red-lighting Herrera in the semifinals, it opened the door for Gadson to extend his points lead and he did just that, unleashing an .011 reaction time and rolling to his first career Dallas win.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Gadson\u2019s second win in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs, as Gadson has turned into a standout performer in pressure situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou watch this happen for other people and you want it for yourself, but I try to live in the moment. I try to remember: This is the stuff you watched Gaige [Herrera] do, stuff you watched Andrew [Hines] and Eddie [Krawiec] do, and you\u2019re doing it right now,\u201d Gadson said. \u201cI just try to be present mentally in that moment and just say you\u2019re living that dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up this morning and I looked at the ladder and said, \u2018It\u2019s going to be a long day\u2019 because I know everybody\u2019s tough right now. I\u2019m just trying to keep my foot on the gas and hold on for their life.\u00a0I\u2019m extremely motivated right now. I feel like I have something to prove.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis advanced to his third final round in his debut season thanks to victories against Ryan Oehler, John Hall and Herrera.<\/p>\n

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action Oct. 30-Nov. 2 with the 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on October 13, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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