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NHRA Sonoma Scorecard!

by editor on Jul.20, 2026, under National News

Newest JFR driver collects second team win during NHRA’s annual visit to California Wine Country….

Funny Car newcomer Jordan Vandergriff won for the second time this season for John Force Racing in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway, defeating Daniel Wilkerson in the final round of the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge.

Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) also won at the 11th of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season as NHRA celebrated three straight days of sellout crowds at the standout facility.

Vandergriff went 3.900-seconds at 330.72 mph in his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to power past Wilkerson’s 3.950 at 301.33 in the championship round, getting his second career victory and first at Sonoma Raceway.

The Brea, Calif. native defeated Jason Rupert, Matt Hagan and reigning world champion Austin Prock in a thrilling side-by-side duel to reach the final round, finishing off a near-flawless weekend with another stellar performance in the final round.

John Force Racing team driver Jordan Vandergriff celebrated his 2nd career FC win at Sonoma Raceway.

The team made wholesale changes after Norwalk and it worked like a charm one race later, as Vandergriff was the quickest car the last three qualifying rounds. He qualified No. 1 and then was remarkably consistent in eliminations, including a Sunday-best run of 3.891 at 328.46. That continued all day, as the rising star moved up three spots to second in points with the victory.

Wilkerson advanced to his second final this year and fourth in his career thanks to round wins against Hunter Green, Spencer Hyde and Jack Beckman. Ron Capps remains in the points lead, but it stands at just 74 points over Vandergriff after a first-round defeat to Prock on Sunday.

There is nobody better in Top Fuel at Sonoma Raceway than Doug Kalitta and that again proved to be true on Sunday in front of a capacity crowd, as the reigning world champion denied area native Jasmine Salinas of her first career victory with an impressive run of 3.731 at 339.36 in the final round in his 12,000-horsepower Aflac dragster for Kalitta Motorsports.

It’s the second straight victory in wine country for Kalitta, who now has seven victories at Sonoma Raceway, which is the most in Top Fuel history.

Doug Kalitta racked up his 61st career NHRA event win at the Sonoma Nationals.

This weekend was another dominant effort for the two-time champion, as he qualified No. 1, claimed the Deecell After Dark Low Qualifier and rolled to round wins against Clay Millican and Antron Brown to reach the final round.

Salinas made a valiant effort in the finals, leaving first with an .056 reaction time, but Kalitta quickly tracked her down as she went 3.815 at 319.14. It’s also the 61st career victory for Kalitta, who stayed second in points as he gears up for another championship run. His Sonoma victory last year keyed his 2025 title run and Kalitta is hoping for the same this season.

Salinas reached her first career final round in a two-wide matchup thanks to round wins against Josh Hart, points leader Langdon and Leah Pruett. Kalitta pulled to within 85 points of his teammate Langdon in the points standings.

Young lady racer Jasmine Salinas – advanced to her first career final round placing.

In Pro Stock, Greg Stanfield continued to feel right at home in front of a packed Sonoma Raceway, defeating six-time world champion and Elite Motorsports teammate Erica Enders on a holeshot and a run of 6.551 at 211.30 in his Janac Brothers Racing car.

It’s the second straight victory in Sonoma for Stanfield, who defeated his son, Aaron, in the finals a year ago. It was another all-Elite final round as Stanfield reached the final round this year thanks to victories against his son, Mason McGaha and Jeg Coughlin Jr.

He was lethal on the starting line in the finals against Enders, going .015 to hold off the 49-time Pro Stock winner. Enders went 6.550 at 210.87 as Stanfield hung on by a thin margin to get his seventh career professional victory.

Greg Stanfield was a winner in Pro Stock for the second year in a row at Sonoma Raceway.

It was also a massive win for Elite Motorsports, as the team had all four cars in the semifinals and won in Sonoma for the fifth straight time. Stanfield has delivered the last two years, moving to third in points.

Enders advanced to the final round for the first time in 2026 and the 85th time in her career after round wins against Kenny Delco, Matt Latinno and Troy Coughlin Jr. Dallas Glenn remained the points leader after a rare first-round loss, holding a 21-point advantage over KB Titan Racing teammate Greg Anderson, who also fell in the opening round.

Saturday’s event schedule at Sonoma Raceway was highlighted by 2X Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Gaige Herrera putting together a dominant performance and rolling to the victory over teammate Richard Gadson in the final round of the annual GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout.

The single-day bonus race took place after two time trial runs on Friday and Herrera was on another level over three rounds on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki, going 6.689-seconds at 202.15 mph.

2X Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Gaige Herrera was victorious for the annual GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout event.

Herrera won the $25,000 prize handed to the Callout winner and he was nearly untouchable in the three rounds of eliminations, making a trio of runs in the 6.60s to win the GETTRX All-Star Callout for the second time in his career. The first came in 2023 during the inaugural Callout race for Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Gadson took down Chase Van Sant and Jianna Evaristo to reach the Callout final round for a second straight year.

The Pro Stock Motorcycle category returns to action at the world’s biggest drag race, the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, which takes place Sept. 2-7 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

Saturday racing also included the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge.

For Top Fuel it was points leader Shawn Langdon rolling to another big win with Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock) also taking titles.

Langdon pedaled the car late in the run to sneak past Clay Millican, giving the past world champion his fourth victory within the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge series.

The final of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge in Funny Car was also a wild one, as Capps skated past Jack Beckman in the final round with a run of 4.429 at 225.03 in his 12,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra.

Ron Capps defeated Jack Beckman for the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Funny Car Challenge event.

For Pro Stock, Dallas Glenn grabbed his third victory defeating Norwalk winner Aaron Stanfield in the final round with a run of 6.526 at 210.14 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns – this coming weekend (July 24-26) with the 37th annual Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.

NHRA Sonoma Nationals – Sportsman Racing Final Round Summary

Competition Eliminator — Clint Neff, Dragster, 7.639, 172.43 def. Steve Graham, Chevy Camaro, 6.996, 197.10.