Greg Anderson gets his 113th career win at the Pomona Winternationals – NHRA Photo
HAGAN WINS 1,000TH NHRA FUNNY CAR RACE, STEWART & ANDERSON ALSO GET VICTORIES AT LUCAS OIL NHRA WINTERNATIONALS
– Hagan holds off Capps in epic FC final
– Tony Stewart wins first TF race for Elite Motorsports
POMONA, Calif. (April 12, 2026) – Four-time Funny Car world champion
Matt Hagan won the 1,000th Funny Car race in NHRA history on Sunday at
In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating three-time world champion
Ron Capps in the final round to close out the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA
Winternationals.
Tony Stewart (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) also won the third
of 20 races during the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
season.
Hagan went 3.876-seconds at 330.39 mph in his 12,000-horsepower
Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat, holding off Capps’
3.893 at 334.32 in an epic side-by-side final round, capturing the
milestone race in what was a thrilling matchup of the two winningest
active drivers in the class.
Hagan, who defeated Spencer Hyde, Jason Rupert and J.R. Todd earlier in
the day and also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge on Saturday,
drove to his first win of the season and the 56th in his standout career
to cap off what was a flawless weekend. This one will certainly mean a
great deal for Hagan, as he captured a historic victory and also shared
the winner’s circle with his boss, Tony Stewart.
“I was telling Tony that sometimes you just wake up and you know
today’s going to good, and it was great. To win with the boss man to
double up, and, you know, Leah Pruett was No. 1 qualifier, and winning
the 1,000th Funny Car and the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty yesterday …. the
only thing we didn’t leave with was the change under the bleachers,”
Hagan said.
“This race track has shown me so much love over the years. Racing
Capps, man, it was like back in the day throwing it down, because we
always used to throw down, so it just kind of felt natural. It’s a
magical place because champions are crowned here and tonight reminded me
of the championship deals, because, you know, the lights were on and
I’ve won a won a couple times under the lights here, and you know, it
just felt right.”
Capps, who won the most recent race in Phoenix, reached the finals for
the second straight race and the 159th time in his career with wins
against Dylan Winefsky, Alexis DeJoria and Jordan Vandergriff. Hagan and
Capps are also tied for the points lead after three races.
Racing legend Tony Stewart delivered the first Top Fuel win for Elite
Motorsports, going a weekend-best 3.683 at 332.51 in his
12,000-horsepower R&L Carriers dragster to knock off Justin Ashley in
the championship round.
It’s the first career win at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip for Stewart and
his third career victory in his NHRA career, and this one will certainly
be meaningful. He picked up wins as both a driver and team owner on
Sunday, as he drove to victories in eliminations against Will Smith,
Gainesville winner Josh Hart and Shawn Langdon. It set up a marquee
matchup against Ashley, who posted three straight reaction times of .025
leading to the final.
Stewart was .047 in the championship round and quickly tracked down
Ashley on his standout run, getting the win a year after finishing as
the Winternationals runner-up, this time during NHRA’s 75th
anniversary season.
“I’ve been [in NHRA] for five years now and following Leah around and
being a part of it, but it doesn’t take long to realize how special
Pomona is in drag racing, and how much it means to everybody,” Stewart
said. “To be able to come here, and especially on an anniversary or
for NHRA, you couldn’t ask for a better scenario for me. The only thing
that would have made it better is if we met Leah in the finals. But for
Matt to win is the 1,000th Funny Car win here, and to be here on NHRA
75th anniversary, and win here at the Winternationals, that is huge.
“I literally told [team owner] Richard Freeman and Royce Freeman on
Friday, and individually, ‘Listen. I know I’m relatively new to drag
racing, but I’ve been racing for 47 years. I’ve been a part of a lot of
different programs and worked with a lot of different people and I
promise you that all the ingredients are here. You can see it. I’ve been
a part of enough programs to know when it’s right and I don’t know when
it’s going to click and come together, but I’m telling you all the stuff
that you need to be successful is right here right now.’ I had no idea
in 48 hours that it was going to come together.”
Ashley advanced to the final round for the first time this season and
the 33rd in his career thanks to round wins against Maddi Gordon, No. 1
qualifier Leah Pruett and reigning world champion Doug Kalitta, who
leaves Pomona as the points leader.
In Pro Stock, six-time world champion Greg Anderson continued to rule
the class at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, as he won for a record-tying
17th time at the historic facility, holding off KB Titan Racing teammate
Dallas Glenn in the final round with a run of 6.505 at 209.88 in his
HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro.
It is the 113th career win for Anderson, who qualified No. 1 and ran the
quickest in every round of eliminations. He dipped into the 6.40s in the
first three rounds en route to wins against Kenny Delco, Matt Latino and
Greg Stanfield. That set up a third straight final round against Glenn
at Pomona dating back to the 2024 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals and
Anderson stayed perfect in that regard, chasing down Glenn at the finish
line.
Glenn was .003 on the starting line, but Anderson was a solid .018 and
tied John Force for the most wins in NHRA history at the legendary
track. He’s also now won the Winternationals eight times, which ties
him with Bob Glidden for the most in Pro Stock history, as the veteran
continues to perform at an extremely high level.
“I came to the racetrack today with a lot of confidence. I felt good.
I knew I was going to have a great hot rod. It’s been great all
weekend,” Anderson said. “It just absolutely loves this racetrack.
It’s a blast to drive this car. We had a great weekend as a team; from
top to bottom, the KB Titan team was very, very impressive, but that
meant it was going to be really hard for me to find a way to win on
Sunday, but we did it.
“When you race Dallas, you’ve got to be perfect and I really didn’t
make any big errors today, and the car was flawless. It really doesn’t
matter how much you win by as long as that win light comes on,
especially against Dallas because he’s riding the wave right now. He’s
got confidence. I’m so damn happy he’s on my race team and I don’t have
to hate the kid, I love the kid, and it’s a blast to race him, and it’s
an honor.”
Glenn stayed in the points lead in advancing to his second straight
final round and 23rd in his career after defeating Gainesville winner
Matt Hartford, Eric Latino and teammate Dave Connolly.
The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action April 24-26
with the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.
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POMONA, Calif. — Final finish order (1-16) at the 66th annual Lucas Oil
NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. The race is the third
of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series.
TOP FUEL:
1. Tony Stewart; 2. Justin Ashley; 3. Doug Kalitta; 4. Shawn Langdon; 5.
Leah Pruett; 6. Billy Torrence; 7. Josh Hart; 8. Clay Millican; 9. Maddi
Gordon; 10. Will Smith; 11. Shawn Reed; 12. Tony Schumacher; 13. Antron
Brown; 14. Cameron Ferre; 15. Ron August.
FUNNY CAR:
1. Matt Hagan; 2. Ron Capps; 3. Jordan Vandergriff; 4. J.R. Todd; 5.
Chad Green; 6. Jack Beckman; 7. Alexis DeJoria; 8. Jason Rupert; 9.
Blake Alexander; 10. Daniel Wilkerson; 11. Austin Prock; 12. Jim
Campbell; 13. Dylan Winefsky; 14. Dave Richards; 15. Paul Lee; 16.
Spencer Hyde.
PRO STOCK:
1. Greg Anderson; 2. Dallas Glenn; 3. Greg Stanfield; 4. Dave Connolly;
5. Eric Latino; 6. Matt Latino; 7. Jeg Coughlin; 8. Erica Enders; 9.
Aaron Stanfield; 10. Troy Coughlin Jr.; 11. Cody Anderson; 12. Deric
Kramer; 13. Chris Vang; 14. Kenny Delco; 15. Stephen Bell; 16. Matt
Hartford.
POMONA, Calif. — Sunday’s final results from the 66th annual Lucas Oil
NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip. The race is the third
of 20 in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel — Tony Stewart, 3.683 seconds, 332.51 mph def. Justin Ashley,
3.714 seconds, 328.54 mph.
Funny Car — Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.876, 330.39 def. Ron Capps,
Toyota GR Supra, 3.893, 334.32.
Pro Stock — Greg Anderson, Chevy Camaro, 6.505, 209.88 def. Dallas
Glenn, Camaro, 6.526, 208.94.
Top Alcohol Dragster — Garrett Bateman, 5.285, 270.97 def. Jon
Bradford, 11.204, 70.66.
Top Alcohol Funny Car — Doug Gordon, Chevy Camaro, 5.460, 265.43 def.
Annie Whiteley, Camaro, 5.458, 267.00.
Competition Eliminator — Ryan Warter, Pontiac Sunfire, 19.532, 44.04
def. Josh Lee, Bantam, Foul – Red Light.
Super Stock — Kyle Rizzoli, chevy Cavalier, 8.873, 144.43 def. Jim
Grossi Jr., Chevy Corvette, 8.705, 152.57.
Stock Eliminator — Justin Lamb, Chevy Camaro, 9.311, 138.23 def. Jared
Jordan, Dodge, 10.181, 127.11.
Super Comp — Justin Morris, Dragster, 8.938, 169.78 def. Allison
McKoane, Dragster, 8.926, 169.57.
Super Gas — Mike Wiblishouser, Chevy Corvette, 9.900, 169.57 def. Val
Torres, Corvette, 9.892, 158.20.
Super Street — Kenny Snow, Chevelle, 10.893, 154.58 def. Jacob
Beckwith, Chevy Malibu, Foul – Red Light.
Top Sportsman — Jeff Gillette, Pontiac GTO, 6.810, 201.67 def. Bill
Mizia, Pontiac Trans Am, 7.807, 170.08.
Top Dragster — Grant Durie, Dragster, 6.289, 223.62 def. Steve
Hamilton, Dragster, Foul – Red Light.
Legacy Nitro Funny Car — Geoff Monise, Pontiac Firebird, 4.644, 243.02
def. Nathan Sitko, Firebird, 4.698, 236.80.
Junior Dragster Shootout — Jake Hodges, Motivational, 8.193, 67.63 def.
Carlie Ball, Motivational, Foul – Red Light.
POMONA, Calif. — Final round-by-round results from the 66th annual
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, the third
of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:
TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE — Justin Ashley, 3.714, 332.43 def. Maddi Gordon, 3.744,
334.15; Tony Stewart, 3.726, 327.11 def. Will Smith, 4.209, 224.14; Clay
Millican, 3.758, 318.47 def. Shawn Reed, 4.327, 193.10; Josh Hart,
3.698, 336.91 def. Cameron Ferre, Broke; Leah Pruett, 6.721, 99.54 was
unopposed; Shawn Langdon, 4.003, 252.99 def. Tony Schumacher, 4.454,
169.59; Doug Kalitta, 3.719, 339.79 def. Ron August, Broke – No Show;
Billy Torrence, 3.746, 336.91 def. Antron Brown, 6.064, 112.45;
QUARTERFINALS — Langdon, 3.689, 336.74 def. Torrence, 3.713, 335.15;
Kalitta, 3.694, 339.36 def. Millican, 8.570, 78.34; Stewart, 3.715,
337.92 def. Hart, 3.968, 236.46; Ashley, 3.720, 336.07 def. Pruett,
3.703, 334.73;
SEMIFINALS — Ashley, 3.705, 326.24 def. Kalitta, 3.705, 340.56;
Stewart, 3.701, 334.98 def. Langdon, 3.718, 339.53;
FINAL — Stewart, 3.683, 332.51 def. Ashley, 3.714, 328.54.
FUNNY CAR:
ROUND ONE — Chad Green, Ford Mustang, 3.963, 326.87 def. Paul Lee,
Dodge Charger, 8.897, 72.63; Jack Beckman, Chevy Camaro, 3.890, 332.75
def. Jim Campbell, Mustang, 5.735, 123.70; Ron Capps, Toyota GR Supra,
4.977, 177.16 def. Dylan Winefsky, Charger, 6.817, 114.15; J.R. Todd, GR
Supra, 3.889, 337.16 def. Blake Alexander, Charger, 4.049, 317.87;
Jordan Vandergriff, Camaro, 3.894, 334.57 def. Daniel Wilkerson,
Mustang, 4.841, 185.61; Matt Hagan, Charger, 3.892, 332.92 def. Spencer
Hyde, Mustang, 9.122, 94.49; Jason Rupert, Mustang, 4.286, 245.90 def.
Austin Prock, Mustang, 4.945, 157.23; Alexis DeJoria, Camaro, 3.906,
330.07 def. Dave Richards, Mustang, 6.818, 105.00;
QUARTERFINALS — Capps, 3.884, 332.34 def. DeJoria, 6.941, 95.41;
Vandergriff, 3.914, 330.63 def. Green, 3.970, 325.22; Hagan, 3.906,
329.34 def. Rupert, 9.479, 78.47; Todd, 3.914, 334.65 def. Beckman,
4.760, 193.05;
SEMIFINALS — Hagan, 3.886, 330.39 def. Todd, 7.861, 82.85; Capps,
3.863, 330.31 def. Vandergriff, 3.889, 334.15;
FINAL — Hagan, 3.876, 330.39 def. Capps, 3.893, 334.32.
PRO STOCK:
ROUND ONE — Matt Latino, Chevy Camaro, 6.551, 209.39 def. Aaron
Stanfield, Camaro, 6.542, 210.01; Eric Latino, Camaro, 6.542, 209.14
def. Chris Vang, Camaro, Foul – Red Light; Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.547,
209.33 def. Cody Anderson, Camaro, 6.546, 209.59; Jeg Coughlin, Camaro,
6.561, 208.33 def. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.864, 163.06; Greg Stanfield,
Camaro, 6.523, 210.54 def. Stephen Bell, Camaro, Foul – Red Light;
Dallas Glenn, Camaro, 6.508, 209.43 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 27.687,
51.68; Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.496, 210.41 def. Kenny Delco, Camaro,
13.358, 69.13; Dave Connolly, Camaro, 6.502, 210.21 def. Troy Coughlin
Jr., Camaro, 6.542, 208.36;
QUARTERFINALS — G. Stanfield, 6.527, 209.92 def. Coughlin, Foul – Red
Light; Glenn, 6.520, 209.20 def. E. Latino, 6.525, 208.62; Connolly,
6.496, 210.14 def. Enders, 23.861, 42.18; G. Anderson, 6.487, 209.82
def. M. Latino, 6.537, 209.75;
SEMIFINALS — Glenn, 6.515, 209.07 def. Connolly, 6.525, 209.75; G.
Anderson, 6.495, 209.79 def. G. Stanfield, 6.517, 210.31;
FINAL — G. Anderson, 6.505, 209.88 def. Glenn, 6.526, 208.94.
POMONA, Calif. — Point standings (top 10) following the 66th annual
Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip, the third
of 20 events in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series –
Top Fuel
1. Doug Kalitta, 256; 2. Shawn Langdon, 252; 3. Josh Hart, 235; 4. Tony
Stewart, 224; 5. Leah Pruett, 220; 6. Maddi Gordon, 186; 7. Justin
Ashley, 157; 8. Antron Brown, 139; 9. Billy Torrence, 133; 10. Clay
Millican, 114.
Funny Car
1. (tie) Ron Capps, 251; Matt Hagan, 251; 3. J.R. Todd, 224; 4. Chad
Green, 223; 5. Jordan Vandergriff, 205; 6. Spencer Hyde, 189; 7. Alexis
DeJoria, 181; 8. (tie) Paul Lee, 133; 9. Daniel Wilkerson, 138; 10. Jack
Beckman, 119.
Pro Stock
1. Dallas Glenn, 300; 2. Greg Anderson, 269; 3. Greg Stanfield, 196; 4.
Matt Hartford, 191; 5. Erica Enders, 180; 6. Matt Latino, 161; 7. Jeg
Coughlin, 159; 8. Cody Coughlin, 158; 9. Aaron Stanfield, 139; 10. Eric
Latino, 120.
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