BROWNSBURG, IN – Three-time and defending NHRA Nevada Nationals Top Fuel winner Brittany Force and her Dave Grubnic/John Collins-led team will attempt to add one more Wally to her trophy case when she pilots the John Force Racing Chevrolet Accessories Top Fuel Dragster during the Oct. 31-Nov. 2 race weekend at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the penultimate race of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

In addition to last year’s win, the two-time NHRA Top Fuel Champion (2017, 2022) has earned Nevada Nationals victories in 2019 and 2022. The 2024 win was made even more poignant by the fact that it was the first race her father, 16-time NHRA Funny Car Champion John Force, had returned to the track after his major accident in June while competing at the NHRA Virginia Nationals. Her John Force Racing teammate Austin Prock won the Funny Car category, as well.

She has earned three Nevada Nationals No. 1 Qualifier spots (2021, 2022, 2024) and won the Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip in April 2022.

Force is currently fifth in the 2025 NHR Mission Foods Top Fuel point standings after 18 of 20 races. The Top 10 are: 1. Doug Kalitta (2525) Doug Kalitta; 2. Justin Ashley (-141); 3. Shawn Langdon (-159); 4. Steve Torrence (-228); 5. Brittany Force (-234); 6. Tony Stewart (-236); 7. Clay Millican (-246); 8. Shawn Reed (-270); 9. Antron Brown (-283); 10. Josh Hart (-373). Continue reading →

Force suffers mechanical issue in semifinals, Beckman bows out in Rd. 2

ENNIS, TX – The freight train that is Austin Prock and John Force Racing’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team continued its tear down the championship tracks with an overpowering win in the NHRA Mission Foods Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.

Brittany Force was quick, fast and consistent in all four qualifying sessions and two rounds of competition before a mechanical issue with the Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster in the semifinals during the burnout procedure shut off the engine and prevented her from competing further. Jack Beckman and the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car team easily handled its Round 1 competition but fell in Round 2.

The 2024 NHRA Funny Car Champion picked up his ninth win of the season, earning his first winner’s cowboy hat from the facility celebrating its 40th year of NHRA competition, with a lap of 3.959 seconds at 328.30 mph over Ron Capps, who ran 4.405 seconds at 199.80 mph after his parachute deployed shortly after leaving the starting line. Prock entered the weekend just 20 points ahead of second-place Matt Hagan but leaves 112 to the good with the victory and Hagan’s first-round departure. Continue reading →

All three will have lane choice in Sunday’s first round of eliminations

ENNIS, TX – John Force Racing’s Austin Prock, Jack Beckman and Brittany Force held on to their qualifying positions from Friday night’s runs and will have lane choice for Sunday’s first round of eliminations for the 40th NHRA Mission Foods Texas Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex.

Prock earned his sixth No. 1 qualifying spot of the 2025 season from Friday night’s run of 3.876 seconds at 336.07 mph. The Jimmy Prock/Thomas Prock/Nate Hildahl-led team backed up that run with Saturday’s runs in the heat of 3.998 seconds at 326.44 mph and 3.934 seconds at 330.18 mph. Prock will line up the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car against No. 16 qualifier Blake Alexander (4.124/309.38) in Sunday’s first round of eliminations.

Beckman maintained the third spot on the ladder with his Friday night run in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car of 3.892 seconds at 330.83 mph. The PEAK SQUAD, led by Daniel Hood, Chris Cunningham and Tim Fabrisi, ran 4.021 seconds at 309.83 mph in Saturday’s first session. Then, in the final qualifying session, a malfunction in the timing system started the clock in Beckman’s lane despite the car not moving, which then affected his reaction time to the tree and resulted in a lap of 4.800 seconds at 327.77 mph. Beckman will face No. 14 qualifier Dave Richards (4.074/316.81) in Sunday’s first round of eliminations. Continue reading →

Beckman runs third while Force makes first Motorplex 340-mph run and sits sixth

ENNIS, TX – The Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car was a 12,000-horsepower bucking bronco for 2025 NHRA Funny Car point leader Austin Prock but the 3.876-second ride he took under the lights down the Texas Motorplex drag strip was low elapsed time of Friday’s night qualifying session, making him the provisional No. 1 qualifier for the NHRA Mission Foods NHRA Texas Fall Nationals.

The reigning Funny Car Champion earned his sixth No. 1 qualifier of the season and the $15,000 Battle for the Saddle bonus with the run that clicked the lights at 336.07 mph. His John Force Racing Funny Car teammate Jack Beckman drove the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS to the No. 3 spot with a Friday night qualifying run of 3.892 seconds at 330.83 mph. Both drivers shut off early in their Q1 runs after spinning the tires.

Brittany Force wheeled her Monster Energy Top Fuel Dragster to a sixth-place run of 3.703 seconds, but it was her speed that brought the full grandstands of Texas drag racing fans to their feet. The run of 340.57 mph run was her 11th 340-mph run of the 2025 season and the first ever at the Texas Motorplex which is celebrating its 40th season of NHRA competition. The run backed up her Q1 run of 3.874 seconds at 329.79 mph. Continue reading →

BROWNSBURG, IN – Jack Beckman sat in the grandstands and roamed the pit area at the very first NHRA national event at the Texas Motorplex in 1986 and he has every intention of holding the Wally trophy in winner’s circle when he returns for the Oct. 8-12 NHRA Texas Fall Nationals.

Beckman and the PEAK SQUAD find themselves in third place in the 2025 NHRA Funny Car point standings, just 20 behind Matt Hagan in second and 65 back of point leader and John Force Racing teammate Austin Prock. Beckman and his Daniel Hood/Tim Fabrisi/Chris Cunningham-led Peak Antifreeze and Coolant team are coming off a runner-up finish two weeks ago at World Wide Technology Raceway outside St. Louis and looking to continue that momentum in the Lone Star State.

The balance of the Top 10 are: Ron Capps (-125), Daniel Wilkerson (-137), Paul Lee (-158), Cruz Pedregon (-162), Spencer Hyde (-196), Alexis Dejoria (-200) and Chad Green (-202).

The 2012 NHRA Funny Car Champion finished runner-up three times in the Texas Fall Nationals (2009, 2015, 2019) before finally grabbing the Wally in 2020 in his 16th attempt. Continue reading →

BROWNSBURG, IN – Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools team are well aware that the points battle for the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Funny Car championship tightened dramatically two weeks ago at St. Louis but their season-long mindset of winning every round hasn’t changed an iota as they roll into the Texas Motorplex for the Oct. 8-12 NHRA Texas Fall Nationals.

The Prock Rocket stumbled in their second-round exit against John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman at World Wide Technology Raceway, but the reigning NHRA Funny Car Champion took advantage of the off week to both relax and refocus after three consecutive weekends of racing.

With three races remaining, Prock leads Matt Hagan by 20 points and Beckman by 65. Ron Capps is 125 points in arrears in fourth and Daniel Wilkerson is 137 back. The balance of the Top 10 are Paul Lee (-158), Cruz Pedregon (-162), Spencer Hyde (-196), Alexis Dejoria (-200) and Chad Green (-202). Continue reading →

BROWNSBURG, IN – Brittany Force has the singular goal of winning the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Top Fuel championship and she knows that 100% focus on that goal is what is required heading into the 40th NHRA Texas Fall Nationals, Oct. 8-12 at the Texas Motorplex.

The 2017 Fall Nationals winner and the quickest and fastest driver in NHRA history, Force and her Dave Grubnic/John Collins-led Monster Energy team understand that consistent top performance throughout qualifying and eliminations is vital with just three races remaining on the 2025 schedule.

Force is currently sixth in the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Top Fuel point standings, 193 points behind Doug Kalitta in first. She is just 11 back of Clay Millican for fifth, 40 to Tony Stewart in fourth, 66 to Shawn Langdon in third and 107 to Justin Ashley in second. Behind her are Antron Brown (-202), Steve Torrence (-206), Shawn Reed (-215) and Josh Hart (-292). Continue reading →

Force and Prock make first- and second-round exits, respectively

MADISON, IL – Jack Beckman and the PEAK SQUAD made it to the final round of Funny Car in the NHRA Midwest Nationals for the second consecutive year but came up just short of the repeat victory to Matt Hagan at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Reigning NHRA Funny Car Champion and current points leader Austin Prock bowed out in his second-round matchup against Beckman while two-time NHRA Top Fuel Championship Brittany Force wasn’t able to get past fellow championship contender Justin Ashley in Round 1.

Beckman and his John Force Racing Peak Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car made a run of 4.032 seconds at 314.83 mph in the final round, putting a cylinder out late in the run, to Hagan’s 3.979 at 329.34. In last year’s final, the 2012 Funny Car Champion defeated Ron Capps in the final round for his first event win for John Force Racing after taking over for the injured team owner at Brainerd.

“Before the final round, we had to make some wholesale changes,” said Beckman. “We went out there and our fuel curve was off a little bit and it dropped a cylinder. I’m not saying we would have had enough for them. I congratulated Hagen and team. They earned their victory today, but I think the PEAK SQUAD gave notice were still running for the championship.” Continue reading →

Prock earns 20th Funny Car No. 1 Qualifier while Force, Beckman solidly in the field for Sunday’s eliminations

MADISON, IL – Warm temperatures during both of Saturday’s qualifying runs at World Wide Technology Raceway prevented any movement in the qualifying order for John Force Racing’s trio of drivers, meaning Austin Prock earned the top qualifying spot in Funny Car, Brittany Force qualified fifth in Top Fuel and Jack Beckman qualified ninth in Funny Car for Sunday’s NHRA Mission Foods Midwest Nationals.

Prock’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car and Force’s HendrickCars.com Top Fuel Dragster lost traction and smoked the tires in their four collective runs on Saturday, but they maintained their positions. Prock earned his 20th Funny Car No. 1 Qualifier, and 23rd overall, with Friday’s Q2 run of 3.845 seconds at 337.16 mph. Force’s one full pass in qualifying came in Friday’s first session and produced a run of 3.709 seconds at a track record 340.47 mph. It was the first 340-mph run at World Wide Technology Raceway and Force’s 11 such pass in 2025.

Beckman’s first run Saturday was a lap of 3.942 seconds at 327.03 and one of the few full passes of the session. He shut off early in the fourth and final session. Continue reading →

Force sets track speed record, 2024 race-winner Beckman sits ninth with two Q sessions Saturday

MADISON, IL – The Prock Rocket knocked one out of the park in second-round qualifying for the NHRA Midwest Nationals on Friday night when Austin Prock drove his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car to low elapsed time of the day with a run 3.845 seconds at 337.14 mph at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Prock was presented with an engraved Rawlings Top Hitter shiny red baseball bat trophy for his efforts following the round.

John Force Racing teammates Brittany Force and Jack Beckman each shut off early in their second-round attempts so relied on their first round postings to set their positions in the field. Force’s HendrickCars.com Top Fuel Dragster sits fifth after running 3.709 seconds and establishing the new track speed record at 340.47 mph, her 11th 340-mile run of the season. Beckman, who won his first race for John Force Racing at last year’s Midwest Nationals, is ninth on the 16-car ladder with a lap of 3.906 seconds at 328.54 mph in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car.

The final two rounds of qualifying are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27, at 12:15 and 3 p.m. CT. Final eliminations are scheduled for 11 a.m. C.T. on Sunday, Sept. 28. Continue reading →