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New England Deferral

by editor on Jun.09, 2026, under National News

NHRA’s New England Nationals comes close — but also just shy — of completion….

Pro Stock points leader Dallas Glenn picked up his third win of the season at New England Dragway, defeating Matt Hartford in the final round of the NHRA New England Nationals presented by bproauto.

The final round in both Top Fuel and Funny Car were postponed due to weather and will be completed on Friday (June 12th) in Bristol.

The Top Fuel finals in Bristol will feature points leader Shawn Langdon, who has won three straight races, and Leah Pruett, while John Force Racing teammates Jordan Vandergriff and Jack Beckman will meet in the Funny Car championship round.

Glenn, the reigning world champion, put together a near-perfect final round against Hartford before the rain came, posting a brilliant .002 reaction time and a run of 6.543 at 209.39 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro.

The points leader enjoyed a tremendous day, picking up round wins against Shane Tucker, Erica Enders and No. 1 qualifier Greg Anderson to reach the final round, posting a .011 reaction time against Anderson to pull off the holeshot victory.

He was even better on the starting line against Hartford, rolling to his first career victory at New England Dragway. It’s also his third victory of the 2026 season after previous wins in Phoenix and Valdosta, giving the young standout 24 career Pro Stock victories. The car wasn’t dominant in qualifying, as Glenn took the fifth spot, but things worked out perfectly on Sunday to stay in command in the category.

All three of Glenn’s wins this season have marked his first career victory at the track.

It was more winning continuum for Dallas Glenn driving his RAD Torque Systems Camaro at NHRA’s New England Nationals.

“Dave (Connolly, crew chief) said the track was going to run better if it held and he was going to be aggressive. I hit the tree pretty good the round before, so I left everything alone. The car felt great, and we just kept picking away at it all day, making it a little better every run,” Glenn said.

“When I got out of the car, I asked, ‘Was I at least double-oh something?’ I had no idea it was .002. I knew Matt was going to be fast, so I knew I needed to get enough on the tree to get around him. Historically, this hasn’t been one of my better tracks, but Dave and the team kept working on the car and we found enough to get the job done.

“Phoenix was a track I’d never won at until this year. I’d never won here until today. Now we’re heading to Bristol, another place I haven’t won yet. Hopefully we can keep checking them off the list.”

Hartford advanced to his third final round this season and the 24th in his career thanks to round wins against Deric Kramer, Eric Latino and Greg Stanfield. Glenn’s lead now stands at 39 points over Anderson.

In Top Fuel, Langdon, the No. 1 qualifier and points leader, will have a chance to win his fourth straight race when he takes on Pruett in the final round on Friday in Bristol. Langdon beat Clay Millican and teammate Doug Kalitta on Sunday, while Pruett advanced to the finals with wins against Scott Farley, Maddi Gordon and Billy Torrence.

Leah Pruett has advanced to the New England Nationals TF Final round – now scheduled for at Bristol this coming weekend.

Funny Car No. 1 qualifier Jordan Vandergriff defeated Jeff Arend, Chad Green and J.R. Todd to reach the championship round, while his JFR teammate Beckman took down Phil Burkhart, Matt Hagan and Ron Capps to advance to the finals.

New England’s Saturday race schedule did include the latest edition for the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty competition for NHRA’s three Pro categories.

Funny Car newcomer Jordan Vandergriff earned his first career No. 1 qualifier on Saturday also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in the process when he defeated Ron Capps in the final round.

Jordan Vandergriff qualified #1 at New England and also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge event.

Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge titles Kalitta topped his teammate Shawn Langdon and Anderson who qualified No. 1 for the 8th time this season outgunned Troy Coughlin Jr., in his final round.

Popular FC driver Alexis DeJoria collected New England Dragway’s coveted “Clawifier Award” when she powered to the provisional #1 spot on after Friday.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action June 12-14 with the 25th annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, TN.

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