Doug Kalitta, Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster​


Finals Broadcast Replay (eastern time): 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 on FS2

Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 3 qualifier at the NHRA U.S. Nationals; his best qualifying attempt came during the first session Sunday afternoon, the fourth of five qualifying sessions, when he made a 3.746-second pass at 335.82 mph.

When he won the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge two weeks ago in Brainerd, Minn., Kalitta clinched the season championship in the special Saturday event. During Saturday’s Indianapolis qualifying sessions, Kalitta reached the final round of the last Mission Foods Challenge of the season but did not win. Following the final round, he received the trophy for his second-straight Mission Foods Challenge season title.

Eliminations: Kalitta defeated Will Smith and Trip Tatum before losing to Tony Stewart in the semifinals. With his semifinal berth, Kalitta clinched the regular season championship and its $150,000 bonus. With Kalitta’s four wins and Langdon’s five wins including today’s U.S. Nationals, Team Kalitta won the last four races and nine of the 14 races in the regular season. In addition, the Team Kalitta Top Fuel drivers competed in 53 of the 55 rounds of racing that comprised the regular season.

Unofficial Point Standings: Kalitta completed the regular season and leaves Indianapolis in first place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He will start the Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs as the top seed.

Kalitta on Indianapolis: “Alan (Crew Chief Alan Johnson) has proven himself year after year – I’m just real fortunate to be in that car. We’ll take this check back to Connie (Team Owner Connie Kalitta). Thanks to Mac Tools, DHL, Kalitta Air, Applied, Gerber and Corrigan for making it happen for us. All the guys will get a little bonus from that (regular season) championship, and we’re all looking forward to getting the Countdown going. I’m just real proud of everybody on my team – that’s pretty good.”

Doug Kalitta Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports

Next Race: Team Kalitta will be back in action Sept. 18-20, 2026 at the Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals in Martin, Mich. For additional information, please visit www.nhra.com. For additional information on Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.

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