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\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d Prock said. \u201cIt\u2019s like winning your first race all over again, because all of the work that we put in and everything that we learned. So, to be seven races in and win the Mission Challenge this weekend and win the diamond Wally, I think it says a lot about this race team and what we\u2019re capable of. I\u2019m just very proud of this whole Ford Racing team. It was a great weekend, but this is just the beginning of the new era of the Prock Rocket.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a competitor, you\u2019re just kind of beat down, and then the race car started coming alive again, and I felt like I was behind the race car at times, where the race car was performing better than I was. After (Chicago), I was really, really hard on myself after the semifinals. I didn\u2019t leave good enough to even put us in contention. I wanted to come in here this weekend and prove to myself that I\u2019ve still got it, and I feel like I did that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beckman reached his second final of 2026 and the 79th in his career, taking down Joe Morrison, J.R. Todd and teammate Jordan Vandergriff. Capps leads Todd by 16 points, with Chad Green in third.<\/p>\n
In Top Fuel, Shawn Langdon continued his spectacular run, winning a third straight race for the first time in his Top Fuel career, taking down teammate Doug Kalitta in one of the closest Top Fuel races in NHRA history with a run of 3.762 at 334.90 in his 12,000-horsepower Kalitta Air dragster.<\/p>\n It is Langdon\u2019s fourth win in the past six races, but the final round against Kalitta was a thriller for the ages. Kalitta left first with a .052 reaction time to Langdon\u2019s .056, but the points leader slipped past the reigning world champion at the finish line, winning by a mere .0002 seconds (or one inch).<\/p>\n It was as close as it gets in the Top Fuel category, but there appears to be no stopping Langdon at the moment as he was simply tremendous all weekend. He qualified No. 1 at the new facility on the NHRA tour, won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday, and then got past Justin Ashley and Billy Torrence to reach the finals.<\/p>\n He set the track record earlier in the day with a blistering 3.718 at 338.00 and was consistent throughout Sunday, stretching his lead over Kalitta to 76 points as Langdon\u2019s dream season pushes on.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew I had to hit the Tree better in the final because Doug had a little bit on me all weekend long, and I mean, Alan Johnson\u2019s Alan Johnson for a reason, because in the final rounds he performs, and Doug\u2019s been there, and had had one of the best cars over the last couple years. Brian [Husen, crew chief] was trying to run a little bit better than that in the final, and fortunately, I pulled just enough out of somewhere,\u201d Langdon said.<\/p>\n \u201cThree wins in a row means a lot because of all the hard work that\u2019s gone into this team over the last couple of years. When Brian came over and revamped everything within the team, the guys just all got together and they\u2019ve done such a fantastic job. It just makes my job a lot easier. I just have to go out there and hit the gas on time and hold the thing straight. When you have confidence in your team and confidence in your car, it makes it a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n Kalitta knocked off Lex Joon, Clay Millican and Leah Pruett to reach the finals for the fourth time this season and 130th time in his career.<\/p>\n Pro Stock\u2019s Greg Anderson still had the upper hand in final rounds against points leader Dallas Glenn \u2013 at least on Sunday \u2013 racing past the reigning world champion with a run of 6.472 at 212.46 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro. It improved Anderson to 10-1 in final rounds against Glenn, also handing Pro Stock\u2019s winningest driver his 114th career win and second this year.<\/p>\n Anderson lived in the 6.40s on Sunday, showing championship form at a track where he\u2019s raced and tested at over the years. But this was a first in the NHRA and Anderson made the most of it, defeating Brandon Miller with a 6.476, Deric Kramer with a track-record 6.464 and then Greg Stanfield to reach the final round.<\/p>\n Glenn had a huge starting-line advantage, but his car ran into trouble early and Anderson took advantage, racing to the victory. He remains second in points and was thrilled with how the entire weekend transpired at the standout facility.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t try to be Superman, no matter what the competition\u2019s doing and that\u2019s a hard thing,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to say, but it\u2019s hard to do when you\u2019re going up there and you got Aaron Stanfield and Dallas Glenn, and you know the reaction time is going to start with a zero or one. It\u2019s just the way it is and I\u2019m not that guy anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cI told myself before that final round, do not make a mistake like you did last weekend, and obviously went too far the other way, and I had a horrible light. But thank God Dallas\u2019 car didn\u2019t make it, so just my day, my lucky day. My car was fantastic all day long, and it\u2019s just a good, a good feeling racetrack for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Glenn, who now holds an 11-point lead over Anderson, made it to the finals for the fourth time this season and 44th time overall thanks to round wins against Shane Tucker, Aaron Stanfield and Troy Coughlin Jr.<\/p>\n Pro Stock Motorcycle\u2019s Angie Smith capped off an emotional \u2013 yet highly successful \u2013 weekend in the best way possible, winning for the first time in nearly four years and capturing the 200th victory by a female in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series with a weekend-best run of 6.683 at 201.52 on her Denso Auto Parts Buell to defeat Ryan Oehler in the final round.<\/p>\n It reversed the heartbreak of the most recent event in Chicago, when Smith\u2019s bike broke on the starting line in the finals, as she continued to have the best bike in the category for the second straight race. This weekend, Smith made sure to finish the job en route to her fourth career victory in the class.<\/p>\n Her husband, six-time world champ Matt Smith, was also hospitalized on Friday, but he continued to tune the bikes as Angie powered to the No. 1 spot. He was back at the track on Sunday to see his wife dominate, as she cruised to round wins against Brayden Davis and Clayton Howey, going 6.696 in the semifinals.<\/p>\n There were no issues this time in the finals, and Smith led the entire way, securing a monumental and historic victory. She\u2019s now second in points, 26 behind Richard Gadson.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just ecstatic because at 7 a.m. Friday, we were running zero bikes, we were taking the Tree and getting our 30 points, packing up and going home,\u201d Smith said. \u201cAt 10 a.m. Matt said, \u2018We\u2019re running all four bikes, I believe in you, and you can do it.\u2019 So that\u2019s what we did. It was tough and it was not easy, and it\u2019s one of those things when your team believes in you and your husband believes in you.<\/p>\n \u201cMatt is a remarkable person for him to just navigate running four motorcycles, lining four people up. It was just a challenge, and as a team, we had to step up to the plate. I was very thankful that Matt made it back before first round. He didn\u2019t want to be at the hospital; he wanted to be there with us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt means everything (to get the 200th). From Erica to Shirley to Angelle, to all of those ladies who have paved the way for me to come out here, and I get to call some of them my really good friends, and that\u2019s what means so much to me. We have such a close relationship, and I will always be the 200th. I\u2019m glad I can represent the women of NHRA.\u201d<\/p>\n Oehler advanced to his first final round in five years and fifth in his career, continuing to show strong progress with round wins against Chase Van Sant, reigning world champion Gadson and Jianna Evaristo.<\/p>\n The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action June 5-7 with the NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H.<\/p>\n This story was originally published on May 31, 2026. The post Huge Crowd Sees Prock, Langdon, G. Anderson, and A. 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