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Team Kalitta Official Statement Regarding the 2025 Virginia NHRA NationalsThat’s a bummer for the Kalitta team. Wouldn’t want to be the guy whose job it is to work the bellhousing.- rpasley
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EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF GRAHAM RAHAL PERFORMANCERahal used to be in the Columbus, Hilliard Ohio area. I got to tour that facility when I was with MAC Tools.- ironpony
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Semifinal Finish Sends Alexis DeJoria’s Confidence Soaring at NHRA GatornationalsProud of the Team! Excellent results for a team just coming together! Alexis did a good job on the lights and decision making for a team with...- none
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JOLIET, Ill. (May 17, 2025) – – The Team Kalitta hits keep coming. Shawn Langdon won his third #2Fast2Tasty Mission Foods NHRA Challenge of the season, and Doug Kalitta took his fourth No. 1 in the six races this season. Both will race in tomorrow’s Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA...
Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery
JOLIET, Ill. (May 16, 2025) – Although a challenging track surface and 25 mile per hour cross winds played havoc with performance on the first day of the 25th NHRA Route 66 Nationals, two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force...
Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals presented by PEAK Performance
Event 6 of 20
Route 66 Raceway
Joliet, Ill.
May 16 – 18, 2025
ANTRON BROWN
Driver of the Matco Tools Top Fuel Dragster
Route 66 NHRA Nationals Event Highlights:
Six-time winner
Top Fuel (2012, 2014, 2016, 2024)...
2024 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified fifth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated J.R. Todd in E1; defeated by John Force in E2)
Last Event (Charlotte 1):
Qualified 12th; Semifinal finish (defeated Jack Beckman, Spencer Hyde in E1, Dave Richards, Chad Green in E2; defeated by Austin...
Route 66 Raceway Highlights:
Two-time winner
2017 Route 66 Nationals
2005 Fall race (discontinued after 2005)
Five-time runner-up (2007, 2016, 2018, 2023; 2002 Fall race)
2013 No. 1 qualifier
2024 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Event Recap:
Qualified sixth; First round exit (defeated by Matt...
Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery
JOLIET, Ill. (May 14, 2025) – Few drivers are happier than Jack Beckman to finally be exiting drag racing’s four-wide superhighway for a return to the traditional two-lane road on which this week’s 25th NHRA Route 66 Nationals will be...
Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery
JOLIET, Ill. (May 14, 2025) – Having demonstrated his mastery of four-wide racing with back-to-back victories at Las Vegas and Charlotte, Austin Prock narrows his field of vision this week as the Mission Foods tour returns to...
Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery
JOLIET, Ill. (May 14, 2025) – With a couple of milestones clearly within reach, Brittany Force this week sends her national record-holding, 340 mile per hour Monster Energy Chevrolet after the Top Fuel championship in the 25th running...
YPSILANTI, Mich. (May 13, 2025) – Five races into the 2025 season, J.R. Todd and his DHL GR Supra team continue to make progress in their return to form; they’ve enjoyed some glimmers of hope but want more. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues May 16-18 at the Gerber...
YPSILANTI, Mich. (May 13, 2025) – Doug Kalitta’s Mac Tools Toyota team is one of the quickest and fastest in Top Fuel, and it seems it’s just a matter of time before this team takes its first title of the season. The 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series continues May 16-18 at the Gerber...
Langdon Photo Caption: Shawn Langdon joins NHRA legend Don Garlits, winner of the first Top Fuel race, after winning NHRA’s 1,000th Top Fuel race April 27, 2025 in Concord, N.C. (Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports)
YPSILANTI, Mich. (May 13, 2025) – Shawn Langdon has a rare opportunity this...
Tony Stewart & Matt Hagan
Top Fuel | Funny Car
Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66
Nationals presented by PEAK
May 15-18 | Joliet, Illinois
Event Overview
Friday, May 16 (Nitro Qualifying, streamed live on NHRA.TV)
• Nitro qualifying session (Q1): 2 p.m. CDT/3 p.m. EDT
• Nitro qualifying...
The Gerber Collision and Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK near Chicago, Illinois, is the sixth event on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ 20-race calendar in 2025. Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) brings its two full-time entries – one in Top Fuel for Tony Stewart and one in...
With the man himself, Rick Hendrick in attendance to root on John Force Racing in NASCAR’s backyard in Charlotte, the JFR contingent put on a show. Brittany Force flying the Hendrick name reset her own national speed record, becoming the first Top Fuel driver to break the 340 mph barrier. While...
BROWNSBURG, Ind. (May 6, 2025) – AB Motorsports and its FAB Machining division have partnered with Centroid Corporation’s Centroid Performance Racing Division for the addition of a Centroid 5-Axis CNC Machining Center that will operate from the team’s central Indiana race shop, team owner and...
A story 20 years in the making! Austin and Tony talk about their relationship and how it came full circle in Las Vegas.
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Photo Caption: Kalitta Motorsports joined Kalitta Air and representatives of AerCap and IAI at the International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading freighter tour at Miami International Airport on April 30, 2025. Seen between J.R. Todd’s NHRA Nitro Funny Car and the Kalitta Air Boeing...
CONCORD, N.C. (April 27, 2025) – Justin Ashley and the SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel dragster team powered their way to the final quad of the American Rebel Light NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway. In Funny Car, BlueBird Turf / Versatran driver Dave Richards earned quarterfinal...
CONCORD, N.C. (April 23, 2025) – Justin Ashley, driver of the SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel dragster, is set to compete at the American Rebel Light NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway, just outside of Charlotte. As the defending event champion, Ashley is determined to capitalize on his...
LAS VEGAS (April 13, 2025) – Dave Richards and the BlueBird Turf / Versatran Funny Car team made their way to the finals of the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday earning the first semifinal points finish of Richards’ career. Justin Ashley also took the...