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\u201cWe definitely had a big turnaround from qualifying,\u201d Langdon said. \u201cBrian (Husen, crew chief) realized that we had to tame some things down in the car. Having to run Doug second round wasn\u2019t ideal, but at the end of the day, we had to get some information for our car and make a good run, and then from there, today was a little bit tricky.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst round was really good and then just with the clouds coming in and out, there were just a lot of last-minute changes. Brian\u2019s gotten really good lately, just off of his gut feeling, making those last-second little changes, but I could tell that they had two different game plans, and one was when the sun was out and one for when the cloud cover was there. They were able to adapt when they needed to and provided a great race car for four rounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brown reached his first final round of the season and 145th in his career thanks to round wins against T.J. Zizzo, rookie Maddi Gordon and Leah Pruett. Kalitta remained second in points, 54 behind his teammate Langdon.<\/p>\n Funny Car\u2019s Chad Green continued to build his championship contender case on Sunday in Chicago, slipping past Alexis DeJoria in a thrilling final round duel with a run of 3.945 at 324.75 in his 12,000-horsepower Bond-Coat\/bproauto Ford Mustang. It\u2019s Green\u2019s second win in the first six races of the 2026 campaign, putting the Texan fourth in points and right in the thick of the championship battle.<\/p>\n On Sunday, he was again consistent against a loaded field, defeating Valdosta winner Jordan Vandergriff, Ron Capps and back-to-back world champion Austin Prock to reach the final round.<\/p>\n Green and DeJoria put on a remarkable side-by-side show in the finals, but Green had enough for the slim wire-to-wire victory, joining Capps as the only two-time winners in the class thus far in 2026.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole team aspect of this sport doesn\u2019t get enough recognition. This is 100 percent a team sport, just like football, basketball and any of those other sports,\u201d Green said. \u201cThe driver, they get a lot of the fame and glory, but to be honest, what these guys do is just incredible. To go out there and turn on four win lights on a Sunday is so difficult. These guys have to do everything perfectly every round, and we have to go out there and beat the best guys out there doing it. So, I can\u2019t say enough about the team.<\/p>\n \u201c(Alexis) is driving a John Force car, and that was a dang good race. I never saw her during the race. When the win light came on, I thought, \u2018Oh, she probably had problems or something,\u2019 but then I looked at the time slip, and man, she was right there with me.\u201d<\/p>\n DeJoria continues to build on her solid season in a class filled with contenders, picking up her second runner-up of the year after round wins against Spencer Hyde, Dave Richards and four-time world champion Matt Hagan. She\u2019s sixth in points, as Capps and J.R. Todd leave Chicago tied for the points lead, with Hagan nine points behind.<\/p>\n In Pro Stock, Aaron Stanfield snapped KB Titan Racing\u2019s undefeated streak in 2026, picking up the first win of the season for Elite Motorsports when six-time world champion Greg Anderson went red in the final round. Stanfield went 6.595 at 208.46 in his Johnson\u2019s Horsepowered Garage\/Melling Performance\/Janac Brothers Racing car, winning for the first time since 2024.<\/p>\n KB Titan Racing had won the previous 10 races dating back to last year, but the tide seemed to turn in Chicago this weekend. Erica Enders qualified No. 1 and won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday, and Stanfield rolled to his 15th career win on Sunday.<\/p>\n He defeated Matt Hartford, teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr. and then his father, Greg, to reach the final round and took advantage of Anderson leaving well early in the championship round. Stanfield now sits sixth in points as he hopes this keys a strong turnaround for his team and all of Elite Motorsports.<\/p>\n \u201cOur team\u2019s definitely been waiting on this moment for a pretty good while. It\u2019s the best feeling you can get out here when you see that win light come on in the final round,\u201d Stanfield said. \u201cWe had a great weekend and a great day today, and kind of had some luck roll my way in that final round. We felt like we had something in South Georgia, but the racetrack was a little tricky, so we really didn\u2019t get to see it there.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we saw it this weekend with a combination of KB being a little off. I think these guys have been working really, really, really hard. I think we\u2019re going in the right direction and I felt very focused today.\u201d<\/p>\n Anderson reached the final round for the third time this year and the 195th time in his career after taking down his son, Cody, Matt Latino and Enders on Sunday.\u00a0Dallas Glenn stayed in the points lead, 29 ahead of Anderson.<\/p>\n Pro Stock Motorcycle\u2019s Matt Smith continued his hot streak on Sunday, but not in the way he wanted, defeating his wife, Angie, when her bike broke on the starting line. Matt cruised to the win with a run of 6.835 at 185.41 on his Denso Auto Parts Buell, as the six-time world champion won his second straight race.<\/p>\n To win for the 44th time in his career, Smith defeated Jianna Evaristo, Gaige Herrera, who was previously undefeated at Route 66 Raceway, and Brayden Davis to reach the final round. An exciting side-by-side race was he planned against his wife in the championship round, but her bike went silent when the light turned green, giving Matt the win and sending him to second in points.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted a fair race. I wanted a good race, just like when we ran each other for the 2Fast2Tasty Challenge,\u201d Smith said. \u201cShe had the best bike this weekend, but it just wasn\u2019t meant to be for some reason. She\u2019ll get it in Maryland. I feel confident that we will get things under control for her bike and get it back because everybody here knows that she had the best bike.\u201d<\/p>\n Angie, who qualified No. 1, was denied her first win in nearly four years. She advanced to her 12th career final round after knocking off Chase Van Sant and reigning world champion Richard Gadson, who remained the points leader.<\/p>\n The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action May 29-31 with the inaugural NHRA Potomac Nationals presented by JEGS at Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, Md.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n This story was originally published on May 17, 2026. The post Langdon, Green, A. Stanfield, and M. Smith Roll to Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals Wins<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon rolled to his second straight victory, defeating four-time world champion Antron Brown in the final round on Sunday to close out the 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK at Route 66 Raceway. 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