Langdon completes a dominant fourth straight victory, Prock reenters the Funny Car title fight, Aaron Stanfield defeats his father, and Herrera earns his fourth consecutive St. Louis triumph
Beckman, Langdon, T. Coughlin and Herrera secure No. 1 spots in front of St. Louis sellout
Funny Car points leader Matt Hagan rolled to his fourth victory of the season while Shawn Langon’s win in Top Fuel and Richard Gadson’s Pro Stock Motorcycle win also bolstered their leads and Pro Stock winner Greg Stnfield assumed the lead in his class at the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock.
Three-time Funny Car world champion Ron Capps secured his fourth No. 1 qualifier of the 2026 season on Saturday at the inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock. Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel), Matt Hartford (Pro Stock), and Angie Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) also earned No. 1 qualifiers in Rockingham.
Langdon, Vandergriff, Coughlin, and Hall claim inaugural Michigan titles
NHRA’s historic return to Michigan after 66 years delivered a sellout Saturday crowd and a thrilling stage for the opening race of the Countdown to the Championship.
Home-state favorite Doug Kalitta powered to a 3.682 at 334.82 mph to lead Top Fuel as NHRA returned to Michigan for the first time in 66 years, with Cruz Pedregon, Matt Hartford also scoring provisional No. 1 qualifiers.
Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Jack Beckman (Funny Car), Dallas Glenn (Pro Stock), and Matt Smith (Pro Stock Motorcycle) collected victrories at the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, the final event of the 2026 regular season.