Race results from NHRA’s premium mid-summer series stop within the scenic Pacific North West…
Funny Car’s J.R. Todd won for the first time in 2026 at Pacific Raceways to finish off a Kalitta Motorsports nitro sweep for the 37th edition Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals.
“JR” defeating back-to-back NHRA world champion Austin Prock in the fuel FC final round while Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won during event #12 for the 20-race 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Todd’s win snapped a 23-race winless streak when Prock went red in the final round, as the past world champion went 3.941-seconds at 334.90 mph in his DHL Toyota GR Supra. That was Todd’s 23rd career victory and first since early 2025, and also his first Funny Car victory in Seattle.
JR Todd snuffed out a pretty long event winless streak with a big FC victory at NHRA Seattle.
Todd, who qualified No. 1, had a huge points day when it came to the regular season championship, defeating Jeff Arend, Jordan Vandergriff and Matt Hagan to reach the final round. Prock left early by .005, handing the victory to Todd, who had enjoyed a terrific season but had yet to win an NHRA 75th anniversary Diamond Wally.
That changed on Sunday and Todd is now right in the mix, moving to third in points after his impressive performance at Pacific Raceways.
Top Fuel’s Doug Kalitta ensured the Kalitta Motorsports nitro sweep for just the second time ever, going a whopping 3.677 at 338.43 in his Mac Tools dragster to slip past Leah Pruett’s 3.689 at 333.49.
A week after winning in Sonoma, Kalitta rolled to a second straight win, making three runs in the 3.60s on Sunday in Seattle. After qualifying third, he went 3.669 – the quickest run of the weekend – 3.690 and 3.726 to reach the finals, defeating Shawn Reed, Jasmine Salinas and Antron Brown in the process.
NHRA World Champion Doug Kalitta took Top Fuel class honours,
He led wire-to-wire against Pruett to capture his third victory of the season and the 62nd in his career. It’s also Kalitta’s second win in Seattle, 12 years after his first. More importantly, the reigning world champion has gotten hot at the ideal time for a second straight year, closing in on teammate Shawn Langdon. He’s now just five points outside of the lead in the race for the regular season title.
Pruett made her third final-round appearance in 2026 and the 28th in her career after defeating Will Smith, Justin Ashley and No. 1 qualifier Josh Hart.
In Pro Stock, Greg Anderson broke out of a recent slump in a major way on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, taking down Greg Stanfield in the final round after Stanfield went red. Anderson went 6.508 at 211.00 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro, avenging a recent stretch that included back-to-back first-round losses.
Greg Anderson notched career win #115 in Pro Stock.
That wasn’t the case in Seattle, as Anderson moved back into the points lead, winning for the third time in 2026 and the 115th time in his career. After qualifying second, Anderson drove past Stephen Bell, Matt Latino and then longtime rival Erica Enders to reach the final round.
Greg Anderson notched career win #115 in Pro Stock.
Stanfield, who won last weekend in Sonoma, went red by .008 to hand the victory to Anderson. It gives the six-time world champion four victories at Pacific Raceways and this was an important one after a rough two-race stretch. That now seems to be long gone as Anderson got back on the winning track – and at an ideal point in the season.
Saturday’s event schedule at the Seattle area Pacific Raceways did include the latest edition for the popular added attraction Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge series.
In that “all Pro event” it was 4X Top Fuel world champion Antron Brown earing his first Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory of the year, defeating Jasmine Salinas in the final round of that bonus race. Brown clocked a 3.730 secs 332.59 in the final round win — after beating out Leah Pruett in round #1.
Daniel Wilkerson (Funny Car) and Greg Stanfield (Pro Stock) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge.
Wilkerson (in the Scag Racing Ford Mustang) took out Jack Beckman and Austin Prock for his title win while Stanfield defeated Jeg Coughlin and Erica Enders.
Mission #2Fast2Tasty event Funny Car winner – Dan Wilkerson
The NHRA Mission Food Drag Racing Series returns to action Aug. 20-23 with the 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, MN.
Final Round Summary – Lucas Oil Sportsman Racing
Top Alcohol Dragster — Shawn Cowie, 5.207, 277.72 def. Joey Severance, 5.276, 272.34.
Canadian TAD class kingpin – Shawn Cowie – won his 28th NHRA national event title.
Top Alcohol Funny Car — Doug Gordon, Chevy Camaro, 5.420, 267.75 def. Brian Hough, Camaro, Broke.
California’s Doug Gordon prevailed over the TAFC program – earning his 29th NHRA title — and winning from the pole position.
Competition Eliminator — Ryan Warter, Pontiac Sunfire, 8.501, 153.53 def. Dustin Lee, Dragster, 7.056, 187.70.
Super Stock — Ty Gaynor, Chevy Cobalt, 9.150, 141.59 def. Brad Burton, Pontiac Firebird, 9.359, 136.34.
Ty Gaynor stood very tall in victory lane — winning 2X at the event (Super Stock & Top Dragster)!
Stock Eliminator — Gary Gandee, Ford Mustang, 14.108, 91.64 def. Brad Burton, Pontiac Firebird, 10.663, 115.07.
Stock eliminator produced a first time NHRA winner —Gary Gandee in this Ford Mustang.
Super Comp — Paul Nero, Dragster, 8.875, 180.67 def. Zach Meziere, Dragster, 8.874, 167.66.
Super Comp (8.90) index class winner – Paul Nero
Super Gas — Cooper Chun, Roadster, 9.889, 144.07 def. Steve Lowe, Pontiac Firebird, 9.876, 167.43.
Dana Glenn – racing this super cool vintage Chevy Truck – was a popular winner for S/ST — it was his first NHRA nationals event score.
Super Street — Dana Glenn, Truck, 10.938, 125.80 def. Dustin Ward, Dodge Dart, 10.955, 121.56.
Top Sportsman — Bryan Warr, Chevy Camaro, 6.758, 198.76 def. David Cook, Ford Mustang, 6.752, 200.95.
Top Sportsman racing was tamed by winner – Bryan Warr
Top Dragster — Ty Gaynor, Dragster, 7.203, 170.45 def. Don Sefton, Dragster, 6.975, 187.18.
Western Canadian – Zach Standeven (from Prince George BC) won the event’s specialty Junior Dragster Shootout race!
Junior Dragster Shootout — Zach Standeven, Mike Bos, 8.188, 73.30 def. Jaxson Gonzales, Halfscale, 9.005, 72.18.
Posted with files by NHRA Communications & Bruce Biegler
All Photos by Les Puchala
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