NHRA Northwest Nationals Results, Updated Points

• Chase Van Sant records wire-to-wire victory over Pro Stock Motorcycle dominator Gaige Herrera.

• First round that took 3 hours, 37 minutes to complete produced several nitro records.

• Seattle drag strip has special memories for Pro Stock runner-up Dallas Glenn.

Gaige Herrera's all-time record 11-event winning streak in Pro Stock Motorcycle came to an end at the NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways near Seattle on Sunday.

Chase Van Sant scored his first victory in his 20th start and the first victory for new White Alligator Racing team owner Tim Kulungian – all while becoming the one to stop the record-setting run of reigning champion Herrera.

Van Sant, 27, last year’s NHRA rookie of the year, also earned his first head-to-head victory against Herrera in seven tries, including this second meeting in a final round.

That snapped Herrera’s streak of 11 victories that dated back to last season.

Top Fuel’s Steve Torrence End Drought

Capco Dragster driver Steve Torrence was a 54-time winner coming into Seattle. But the four-time series champion capped a one-year drought Sunday to improve to 55, tying reigning champion Doug Kalitta for fourth-best in Top Fuel history.

“Man, I tell you what, you take these things for granted when you get them pretty often. We're taking this one home to my new baby girl. It’s my wife’s (Natalie’s) birthday. It’s been a while. Heck, I’m out of breath and didn’t do nothing but hit the gas [four] times,” he said immediately following his final-round victory against Shawn Langdon.

“This is pretty cool, man. One year to the day,” Torrence said. “Wasn’t sure if we were going to win one of these for a while.”

John Force Racing Duo Has Results That’ll Please Boss

With team owner John Force on the mend from his June 23 high-speed racing accident near Richmond, Va., he surely had a vicarious thrill from his drivers, Funny Car ace Austin Prock and Top Fuel-driving daughter Brittany Force.

Event winner Prock remained on a roll in his Cornwell Tools Camaro this weekend, extending his season-long dominance with his eighth No. 1 qualifying position in the Funny Car class, a fourth straight victory in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge bonus race, and scored his fifth straight semifinal-or-better performance. That eighth top qualifier matched the most since 2019, by Robert Hight – the driver Prock is substituting for at JFR this year.

In the Top Fuel class, Brittany Force claimed the No. 3 starting position, opening what she called “a big weekend” with optimism. She hadn’t been in her dragster since June 23, opting to stay with her father and her family as he recovers from his accident. She missed only one race, at Norwalk, Ohio.

Before she lost to Tony Schumacher in the first round Sunday, she said, “To be able to team back up with Austin Prock and carry Flav-R-Pac [livery] is a huge deal.” Washington State businessman Flav-R-Pac owner Frank Tiegs, who sponsored her and this event, passed away this winter. And Force said, “We’re proud to carry him with us here in Seattle and let the whole family know that they are forever our partners, forever our teammates.

“It feels really good just to be back with this team, in this car, with Flav-R-Pac this weekend. So, very proud of that. Just to get back with this team and this community... They have supported my dad and my family through this entire thing,” she said Friday. “And it has been tough. But we wouldn’t have been able to do it without all of them. So thank you, everyone.”

Track Records Fall

Doug Kalitta recorded the quickest and fastest Top Fuel pass at Seattle with his 3.670-second, 337.41-mph victory over Billy Torrence in the first round of eliminations Sunday. The previous records were 3.685 (Antron Brown, 2016) and 334.73 (Brittany Force, 2023)

And Bob Tasca III clocked a 338.51-mph run in a first-round victory over higher-qualified Chad Green to post the fastest Funny Car speed at Pacific Raceways and 10th fastest in Funny Car history. But Tasca’s race day was short-lived. He lost to J.R. Todd in the quarterfinals. The speed record had stood since 2016, when Jack Beckman registered 334.15. Del Worsham, who today owns the team that fields Alexis De Joria and does the tuning, still possesses the elapsed-time record (3.832 seconds) he set in August 2016.

Pro Stock Motorcycle saw a Matt Smith trio rewrite both ends of the track record at least twice. At the start of the weekend, they belonged to Gaige Herrera (6.729 seconds) and Hector Arana fiBut Jianna Evaristo trumped that Sunday with a 6.733, 201.52, but she didn’t have it for long. Matt Smith topped them all with a 6.709, 202.64.

Pro Stock Racer Glenn’s Homecoming Tinged With Tragic Memory

For Pro Stock points leader and finalist Dallas Glenn, the NHRA Northwest Nationals is a homecoming. His return to suburban-Seattle Covington, Wash., one exit east of the multipurpose motorsports facility, overall is a happy one. But he can’t help but think about his grandfather, who passed away on this track when the rising NHRA star was in elementary school.

“I think I was seven, six or seven,” when his grandfather passed away on this track at the top end, Glenn said.

His grandfather had raced a 1955 wagon, then spent 10 to 15 years with Dallas Glenn’s dad Steve, rebuilding it. The Pro Stock driver remembered, “And the first time he had taken it out, he had a heart attack, like his third run in the car at the top end of the track. Just before he exited the track, he had a heart attack and passed away.”

Steve Glenn raced that wagon this weekend in Super Street competition. He won his first-round match Saturday but fouled out in the second round.

“This track's always going to be special to us,” Dallas Glenn said. “I grew up racing here. The first time I ever went down a dragstrip was here. I won my first races here, my first Wally here. So everything's always been pretty special here. I'd really love to win in Pro Stock here.”

He used to race an El Camino, and he said, “I used to bracket race it here on weekends, and I would drive it to the track and drive it home at night. I have it in North Carolina now. I still race it. I raced it a few weeks ago.”

Results

NHRA Northwest Nationals

Final finish order (1-16) at the 35th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The race is the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.

TOP FUEL:

1. Steve Torrence; 2. Shawn Langdon; 3. Clay Millican; 4. Doug Kalitta; 5. Jasmine Salinas; 6. Josh Hart; 7. Tony Schumacher; 8. Billy Torrence; 9. Shawn Reed; 10. Antron Brown; 11. Brittany Force; 12. Ron Smith; 13. Justin Ashley; 14. Tony Stewart.

FUNNY CAR:

1. Austin Prock; 2. Paul Lee; 3. J.R. Todd; 4. Blake Alexander; 5. Bob Tasca III; 6. Cruz Pedregon; 7. Gary Densham; 8. Matt Hagan; 9. Daniel Wilkerson; 10. Jeff Diehl; 11. Buddy Hull; 12. Ron Capps; 13. Chad Green; 14. Alexis DeJoria; 15. Dave Richards.

PRO STOCK:

1. Jeg Coughlin; 2. Dallas Glenn; 3. Troy Coughlin Jr.; 4. Chris McGaha; 5. Erica Enders; 6. Eric Latino; 7. Matt Hartford; 8. Kenny Delco; 9. Greg Anderson; 10. Deric Kramer; 11. Aaron Stanfield; 12. Sienna Wildgust; 13. Val Smeland; 14. Cory Reed; 15. Mason McGaha; 16. Jerry Tucker.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE:

1. Chase Van Sant; 2. Gaige Herrera; 3. Matt Smith; 4. Jianna Evaristo; 5. Richard Gadson; 6. John Hall; 7. Chris Bostick; 8. Steve Johnson; 9. Hector Arana Jr; 10. Eiji Kawakami; 11. Angie Smith; 12. Brandon Litten.

Finals

Sunday's final results from the 35th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways. The race is the 11th of 20 in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:

Top Fuel -- Steve Torrence, 3.963 seconds, 279.79 mph def. Shawn Langdon, 4.171 seconds, 216.79 mph.

Funny Car -- Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.875, 334.57 def. Paul Lee, Dodge Charger, 5.335, 138.06.

Pro Stock -- Jeg Coughlin, Chevy Camaro, 6.536, 209.95 def. Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.541, 209.07.

Pro Stock Motorcycle -- Chase Van Sant, Suzuki, 6.720, 201.31 def. Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.754, 200.80.

Top Alcohol Dragster -- Casey Grisel, 5.253, 278.69 def. Jackie Fricke, 5.239, 275.00.

Top Alcohol Funny Car -- Madison Gordon, Chevy Camaro, 5.459, 268.49 def. Brian Hough, Camaro, 9.890, 35.68.

Competition Eliminator -- Ryan Warter, Pontiac Sunfire, 8.541, 143.80 def. Dustin Lee, Dragster, Foul - Red Light.

Super Stock -- Brad Burton, Pontiac Firebird, 9.385, 137.15 def. Jody Lang, Chevy Malibu, 10.856, 112.50.

Stock Eliminator -- Chris Hall, Chevy Camaro, 10.481, 123.09 def. Joe Sorensen, Camaro, 11.040, 117.96.

Super Comp -- Dale Green, Dragster, 8.919, 182.40 def. Steve Williams, Dragster, Broke.

Super Gas -- Michael Dalrymple, Chevy Camaro, 9.909, 165.64 def. Josh Mellof, Chevy Corvette, 9.885, 160.19.

Super Street -- Jeff Jackson, Ford Mustang, 10.919, 157.65 def. Francesca Ward, Chevy Camaro, 10.899, 139.78.

Top Dragster -- Ed Olpin, Dragster, 11.031, 74.12 def. Kacee Bootsma, Dragster, Foul - Red Light.

Top Sportsman -- Robert Strohm, Ford Mustang, 7.714, 175.41 def. John Ermish, Chevy Caviler, 6.897, 191.70.

Junior Dragster Shootout -- Braxton Bann, Halfscale, 7.901, 80.94 def. Hayden Colton, Bos, 7.908, 82.72.

Round by Round

Final round-by-round results from the 35th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:

TOP FUEL:

ROUND ONE -- Josh Hart, 3.742, 328.94 def. Antron Brown, 3.745, 330.07; Clay Millican, 3.713, 334.48 def. Shawn Reed, 3.726, 328.70; Tony Schumacher, 3.986, 326.00 def. Brittany Force, 4.271, 193.21; Doug Kalitta, 3.670, 337.41 def. Billy Torrence, 3.706, 320.05; Shawn Langdon, 3.743, 327.74 def. Justin Ashley, 4.685, 174.14; Steve Torrence, 3.749, 330.63 def. Ron Smith, 4.347, 264.75; Jasmine Salinas, 3.777, 330.31 def. Tony Stewart, 8.907, 84.70;

QUARTERFINALS -- Langdon, 3.721, 332.02 def. Hart, 3.779, 329.02; S. Torrence, 3.709, 333.58 was unopposed; Millican, 3.754, 331.12 def. Schumacher, 4.313, 197.77; Kalitta, 3.729, 325.06 def. Salinas, 3.738, 324.83;

SEMIFINALS -- Langdon, 3.771, 325.92 def. Millican, 3.737, 332.18; S. Torrence, 3.736, 330.15 def. Kalitta, 3.972, 246.39;

FINAL -- S. Torrence, 3.963, 279.79 def. Langdon, 4.171, 216.79.

FUNNY CAR:

ROUND ONE -- Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 3.838, 331.85 was unopposed; Paul Lee, Dodge Charger, 3.918, 320.13 def. Jeff Diehl, Toyota Camry, Foul - Red Light; J.R. Todd, Toyota GR Supra, 3.930, 297.75 def. Buddy Hull, Charger, 4.243, 236.42; Gary Densham, Ford Mustang, 4.974, 200.11 def. Ron Capps, GR Supra, 5.276, 179.09; Bob Tasca III, Mustang, 3.868, 338.51 def. Chad Green, Mustang, 9.011, 58.71; Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.891, 327.43 def. Dave Richards, Camry, Foul - Centerline; Blake Alexander, Mustang, 6.258, 134.60 def. Alexis DeJoria, GR Supra, 9.113, 54.39; Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.895, 315.49 def. Daniel Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.918, 330.23;

QUARTERFINALS -- Todd, 3.867, 329.10 def. Tasca III, 3.915, 336.23; Prock, 3.880, 329.91 def. Pedregon, 3.922, 328.86; Lee, 3.923, 324.12 def. Hagan, 7.375, 110.96; Alexander, 4.073, 306.60 def. Densham, 4.255, 217.84;

SEMIFINALS -- Lee, 3.998, 324.20 def. Alexander, 4.500, 195.17; Prock, 3.884, 330.72 def. Todd, 3.921, 323.74;

FINAL -- Prock, 3.875, 334.57 def. Lee, 5.335, 138.06.

PRO STOCK:

ROUND ONE -- Troy Coughlin Jr., Chevy Camaro, 6.578, 209.14 def. Cory Reed, Camaro, 6.588, 196.82; Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.539, 209.26 def. Jerry Tucker, Camaro, 8.077, 129.53; Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.560, 209.39 def. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.523, 208.59; Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.522, 208.23 def. Aaron Stanfield, Camaro, 6.529, 208.55; Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.528, 209.79 def. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.514, 210.73; Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.561, 209.30 def. Mason McGaha, Camaro, Foul - Red Light; Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.540, 209.56 def. Sienna Wildgust, Camaro, 6.573, 209.79; Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.520, 209.85 def. Val Smeland, Camaro, 6.581, 209.49;

QUARTERFINALS -- C. McGaha, 6.563, 210.21 def. Delco, 6.622, 207.21; Coughlin, 6.538, 209.92 def. Latino, 6.560, 207.05; Glenn, 6.593, 209.46 def. Hartford, 6.563, 208.59; Coughlin Jr., 6.539, 210.31 def. Enders, 6.559, 209.10;

SEMIFINALS -- Glenn, 6.556, 209.72 def. Coughlin Jr., 6.552, 210.21; Coughlin, 6.537, 209.82 def. C. McGaha, 6.587, 209.23;

FINAL -- Coughlin, 6.536, 209.95 def. Glenn, 6.541, 209.07.

PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE:

ROUND ONE -- Jianna Evaristo, Buell, 6.733, 201.52 def. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.862, 196.16; John Hall, 6.865, 197.94 def. Angie Smith, Buell, 7.530, 156.26; Richard Gadson, Suzuki, 6.748, 198.70 def. Chris Bostick, Suzuki, 6.831, 195.90; Matt Smith, Buell, 6.709, 202.64 def. Hector Arana Jr, 7.015, 192.80; Chase Van Sant, Suzuki, 6.735, 200.20 def. Brandon Litten, Foul - Centerline; Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.744, 199.88 def. Eiji Kawakami, Suzuki, Foul - Red Light;

QUARTERFINALS -- Van Sant, 6.745, 199.55 def. Hall, 6.875, 198.44; Herrera, 6.737, 200.32 def. Evaristo, 6.704, 203.95; M. Smith, 6.735, 201.76 def. Gadson, 6.794, 197.59;

SEMIFINALS -- Herrera, 6.781, 200.17 was unopposed; Van Sant, 6.896, 197.86 def. M. Smith, Broke;

FINAL -- Van Sant, 6.720, 201.31 def. Herrera, 6.754, 200.80.

UPDATED POINTS STANDINGS

Point standings (top 10) following the 35th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series -

Top Fuel

1. Doug Kalitta, 932; 2. Shawn Langdon, 812; 3. Steve Torrence, 773; 4. Justin Ashley, 762; 5. Antron Brown, 699; 6. Tony Schumacher, 600; 7. Clay Millican, 588; 8. Billy Torrence, 561; 9. Tony Stewart, 525; 10. Brittany Force, 464.

Funny Car

1. Austin Prock, 1,044; 2. (tie) Matt Hagan, 788; Bob Tasca III, 788; 4. J.R. Todd, 766; 5. John Force, 693; 6. Ron Capps, 601; 7. Daniel Wilkerson, 540; 8. Blake Alexander, 502; 9. (tie) Alexis DeJoria, 493; Paul Lee, 493.

Pro Stock

1. Dallas Glenn, 979; 2. Greg Anderson, 841; 3. Erica Enders, 828; 4. Aaron Stanfield, 750; 5. Jeg Coughlin, 743; 6. Troy Coughlin Jr., 617; 7. Jerry Tucker, 530; 8. Cristian Cuadra, 457; 9. Deric Kramer, 425; 10. Eric Latino, 398.

Pro Stock Motorcycle

1. Gaige Herrera, 845; 2. Matt Smith, 547; 3. Richard Gadson, 500; 4. Chase Van Sant, 470; 5. John Hall, 459; 6. Angie Smith, 386; 7. Jianna Evaristo, 352; 8. Hector Arana Jr, 333; 9. Steve Johnson, 253; 10. LE Tonglet, 233.