Photography: John Force Racing / Gary Nastase / Auto Imagery
SEATTLE, Wash. (July 19, 2025) – Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS were the picture of efficiency Saturday at Pacific Raceways where they won the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge for the second straight year and, in so doing, sprinted to the top of the qualifying order for Sunday’s 36th NHRA Northwest Nationals in 3.879 seconds at 336.40 miles per hour.
The defending event champion and current point leader, Prock needed every bit of the event’s quickest preliminary time to get past Matt Hagan, whose runner-up effort of 3.887 seconds was good enough to propel him to the No. 2 starting position.
“We collected (bonus) points in three out of the four sessions,” said the reigning series champion, “and we executed that final round perfectly. We got the Mission 2Fast/2Tasty win and stole the yellow hat (awarded to the No. 1 qualifier).”
The youngest son of crew chief Jimmy Prock will launch his bid for a third straight tour victory against rookie Dylan Winefsky.
“We’re actually ahead of last year’s pace with race wins,” said the reigning Funny Car Champion. “We’re doing a good job of holding our own right now. We’ve got a 130-something point lead now with four races left (before the points are adjusted for the playoffs), so you can’t say that you’re not looking at that already.
“We’ve just got to keep our heads down and keep turning on win lights and, if we do that, I think we’ll have a good shot at wearing that regular season champion’s hat.”
While Prock will start from No. 1 for the fourth time this year and for the 19th time since taking the reins of the Cornwell Chevy from three-time World Champion Robert Hight, his Top Fuel teammate, Brittany Force, will begin her bid for a 19th tour victory from the No. 3 qualifying position on the strength of the 3.703 at a track record-setting 340.47 mph she and her HendrickCars.com dragster posted Friday night.
The 39-year-old’s Friday run was just a couple ticks off the official NHRA national record of 341.59 mph she set earlier this year at Charlotte, N.C. She also broke the 340 mph barrier in raising the track record to 341.42 mph at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. She remains the only Top Fuel driver to have eclipsed 340.
Although she didn’t improve her performance Saturday, the second youngest of John Force’s drag racing daughters did stop the timers in 3.839 seconds at 333.00 mph in Q3, earning a pair of qualifying bonus points, and a 3.761 at 336.57 mph in Q4, sending her into Sunday’s first round match with former European champion Ida Zetterstrom with a lot of confidence.
“Overall good start to our weekend,” she said, “especially with laying down that 340-pass last night. Three solid runs for our team in qualifying but we need to start gaining some traction. We’re getting closer to the Countdown, and we need to step it up tomorrow. We’re looking for a long day, turning on four-win lights and moving up closer to that No.1 spot.”
Jack Beckman had a couple of anxious qualifying moments in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS which entered the final session not in the field. A 3.972 second effort on his final attempt got the 2012 Funny Car World Champ into the starting field in the No. 10 position, his worst placement since coming on board at JFR last August. He’ll oppose Bob Tasca III in round one without the benefit of lane choice.
“Our PEAK Chevy is obviously capable,” he said. “We were too slow in the first session last night and we were too quick in the second session today and we never made it past sixty feet.
“We finally figured out what the car needed, and we went out in the third session and it spun the tires at 230 feet, so we felt like we should be okay going into the final session,” said the 37-time pro tour winner, “but anytime you put nitro in the fuel tank, all bets are out the window.
“Then I sat in the car through an oil down cleanup and that’s when you must believe in your guys. Faith is believing in something you don’t know about; I believe in stuff I do know about, and I know that the PEAK Squad is bad butt and we’re going to be in good shape tomorrow.”
Prock’s 2Fast/2Tasty win was his ninth outright (he and J.R. Todd were declared co-winners last year at Pomona, Calif.) and his second this year. With the victory, he moved into a second-place tie with Beckman in season points behind only Hagan.
“Great end to the day, for sure,” Prock said of the 2Fast/2Tast result, “but there’s a lot to be said about that Dodge car next door,” he said. “Matt Hagan and that team are doing an incredible job and they sure are fun to race.
“You know, him and Robert always had a good, nice, clean rivalry going; a lot of great races, and I feel like Matt and I are continuing that. It’s always fun racing them, but glad we came out on top.”
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SEATTLE, Wash. (July 19, 2025) – Austin Prock and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS were the picture of efficiency Saturday at Pacific Raceways where they won the Mission Foods 2Fast/2Tasty Challenge for the second straight year and, in so doing, sprinted to the top of the qualifying order for Sunday’s 36th NHRA Northwest Nationals in 3.879 seconds at 336.40 miles per hour.
The defending event champion and current point leader, Prock needed every bit of the event’s quickest preliminary time to get past Matt Hagan, whose runner-up effort of 3.887 seconds was good enough to propel him to the No. 2 starting position.
“We collected (bonus) points in three out of the four sessions,” said the reigning series champion, “and we executed that final round perfectly. We got the Mission 2Fast/2Tasty win and stole the yellow hat (awarded to the No. 1 qualifier).”
The youngest son of crew chief Jimmy Prock will launch his bid for a third straight tour victory against rookie Dylan Winefsky.
“We’re actually ahead of last year’s pace with race wins,” said the reigning Funny Car Champion. “We’re doing a good job of holding our own right now. We’ve got a 130-something point lead now with four races left (before the points are adjusted for the playoffs), so you can’t say that you’re not looking at that already.
“We’ve just got to keep our heads down and keep turning on win lights and, if we do that, I think we’ll have a good shot at wearing that regular season champion’s hat.”
While Prock will start from No. 1 for the fourth time this year and for the 19th time since taking the reins of the Cornwell Chevy from three-time World Champion Robert Hight, his Top Fuel teammate, Brittany Force, will begin her bid for a 19th tour victory from the No. 3 qualifying position on the strength of the 3.703 at a track record-setting 340.47 mph she and her HendrickCars.com dragster posted Friday night.
The 39-year-old’s Friday run was just a couple ticks off the official NHRA national record of 341.59 mph she set earlier this year at Charlotte, N.C. She also broke the 340 mph barrier in raising the track record to 341.42 mph at New England Dragway in Epping, N.H. She remains the only Top Fuel driver to have eclipsed 340.
Although she didn’t improve her performance Saturday, the second youngest of John Force’s drag racing daughters did stop the timers in 3.839 seconds at 333.00 mph in Q3, earning a pair of qualifying bonus points, and a 3.761 at 336.57 mph in Q4, sending her into Sunday’s first round match with former European champion Ida Zetterstrom with a lot of confidence.
“Overall good start to our weekend,” she said, “especially with laying down that 340-pass last night. Three solid runs for our team in qualifying but we need to start gaining some traction. We’re getting closer to the Countdown, and we need to step it up tomorrow. We’re looking for a long day, turning on four-win lights and moving up closer to that No.1 spot.”
Jack Beckman had a couple of anxious qualifying moments in the PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevy SS which entered the final session not in the field. A 3.972 second effort on his final attempt got the 2012 Funny Car World Champ into the starting field in the No. 10 position, his worst placement since coming on board at JFR last August. He’ll oppose Bob Tasca III in round one without the benefit of lane choice.
“Our PEAK Chevy is obviously capable,” he said. “We were too slow in the first session last night and we were too quick in the second session today and we never made it past sixty feet.
“We finally figured out what the car needed, and we went out in the third session and it spun the tires at 230 feet, so we felt like we should be okay going into the final session,” said the 37-time pro tour winner, “but anytime you put nitro in the fuel tank, all bets are out the window.
“Then I sat in the car through an oil down cleanup and that’s when you must believe in your guys. Faith is believing in something you don’t know about; I believe in stuff I do know about, and I know that the PEAK Squad is bad butt and we’re going to be in good shape tomorrow.”
Prock’s 2Fast/2Tasty win was his ninth outright (he and J.R. Todd were declared co-winners last year at Pomona, Calif.) and his second this year. With the victory, he moved into a second-place tie with Beckman in season points behind only Hagan.
“Great end to the day, for sure,” Prock said of the 2Fast/2Tast result, “but there’s a lot to be said about that Dodge car next door,” he said. “Matt Hagan and that team are doing an incredible job and they sure are fun to race.
“You know, him and Robert always had a good, nice, clean rivalry going; a lot of great races, and I feel like Matt and I are continuing that. It’s always fun racing them, but glad we came out on top.”
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