CONCORD, N.C. — Shawn Langdon gained the 1,000th Prime Gas race in NHRA historical past on Sunday at zMAX Dragway, defeating Tony Stewart, Justin Ashley and reigning world champion Antron Brown within the closing quad on the fifteenth annual American Insurgent Gentle NHRA 4-Vast Nationals.
Austin Prock (Humorous Automotive), Dallas Glenn (Professional Inventory) and Matt Smith (Professional Inventory Motorbike) additionally gained the fifth of 20 races in the course of the 2025 NHRA Mission Meals Drag Racing Sequence season.
Within the championship spherical, Langdon powered to a run of three.714 seconds at 330.63 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Future Power Options dragster to carry off Ashley on the end line. Langdon, who remained within the factors lead, gained for the second time this season for Kalitta Motorsports and twenty first time in his profession, choosing a particular milestone victory within the course of.
The legendary Don Garlits, who gained the primary Prime Gas race on the 1963 NHRA Winternationals, was on the prime finish handy the particular 1,000th Prime Gas race trophy to Langdon, who was positive to soak up the memorable and historic second. The previous Prime Gas world champion has been stellar to open 2025, advancing to a few finals within the first 5 races and he had a spectacular automobile this weekend.
He certified second with a 3.665 – operating 300-mph to the eighth-mile – after which gained each quads to advance to the ultimate spherical. Langdon was the one driver to achieve 3.71 on Sunday and the reward was a big one in his standout profession.
“To be sincere with you, coming into the weekend I used to be requested about racing within the 1,000th occasion and all that, and I simply thought I’d deal with it like some other occasion. That manner, any state of affairs, every part’s the identical since you simply deal with every part the identical. However I’m not going to lie, rolling across the nook, and I see ‘Massive Daddy’ there, there was this realization of what transpired and clearly it’s an ideal feeling,” Langdon stated. “It’s one thing that I do know years down the street I’ll be very happy with that.”
“Truthfully, the competitors so powerful, actually, so it’s not such as you actually get any straightforward rounds. Within the closing. with Tony, he’s been having an ideal 12 months, after which clearly, Antron, the champ, and Justin Ashley, the perfect leaver of the category, palms down. So, once I’m in that state of affairs, it’s like I obtained to step it up, and I the issue was I went the opposite manner, besides I felt like I attempted slightly too laborious. However the about being a part of nice crew is that they carry you if you miss the tree slightly bit.”
Ashley completed because the runner-up for the primary time this season, whereas Stewart, who gained the four-wide race in Las Vegas, stayed second in factors.
Humorous Automotive’s Austin Prock continued to dominate the four-wide ranks, sweeping each in April after a large run of three.870 at 332.92 within the closing spherical in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Instruments Chevrolet SS to defeat Ron Capps, Matt Hagan and Alexis DeJoria. Prock has gained the four-wide race in each Prime Gas and now Humorous Automotive at zMAX Dragway, showcasing final 12 months’s championship type the previous two occasions.
Prock gained the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Problem on Saturday and was on one other degree on Sunday, going low in every spherical and successful the primary two quads. He shortly chased down defending occasion winner Hagan and Capps within the finals, as his 3.870 was simply the quickest run in eliminations. It’s the second straight win for Prock, who moved into the factors lead, and the 14th in his younger profession.
Relationship again to final season, Prock now has 10 Humorous Automotive wins over the past 25 races, a formidable feat within the loaded class.
“It’s an ideal day. Anytime you’re holding certainly one of these Wallys, it’s an ideal day,” Prock stated. “The Prock Rocket bailed me on the market within the finals. I had my worst mild of the weekend, so it’s simply nice to be driving this Cornwall Chevrolet SS, particularly that spherical there. We had lots of tough situations with this race automobile, however my dad and brother and Nate Hildahl and the entire Cornwell Instruments crew did their homework all week and obtained the factor dialed in and made a killer run there within the closing. That was a jaw dropper.
“It was superior to see [Rick Hendrick] down there on the prime finish. That was the very last thing I anticipated and once I noticed him, I simply lit up. That was a fairly cool celebration down there with him, after which obtained a photograph with him and the Wally after which obtained one other one with Don Garlits. I imply, what a day. These are footage you dream of and to do them back-to-back inside a couple of minutes of one another, that was actually particular.”
Capps completed because the runner-up for the second time this season.
Dallas Glenn was practically excellent within the Professional Inventory closing spherical and he wanted each little bit of his unimaginable .002 response time, holding off Greg Anderson and choosing up his second straight victory with a run of 6.495 at 212.69 in his RAD Torque Methods Chevrolet Camaro. Anderson went a blistering 6.472 at 212.13 within the finals, however Glenn had sufficient to carry off the reigning champion and choose up the 2 hundredth victory for KB Titan Racing.
It’s additionally the third victory this season for Glenn and the sixteenth in his profession, as he and Anderson proceed to carry a agency benefit over everybody else within the Professional Inventory class. The duo has gained the final six races within the class, with every claiming three, and each had been the dominant vehicles on Sunday as effectively. Glenn went a stout 6.481 within the opening spherical, gained his quad in each rounds and handled followers to an exhilarating duel within the championship spherical to say a milestone victory for his crew.
“I did my job the perfect I may however the automobile did its job, too,” Glenn stated. “It’s nonetheless the engine guys and crew chiefs that did a improbable job all day. We obtained again from Las Vegas and so they tore all of the engines aside and didn’t end till this Thursday at 9 p.m. They labored daily. That’s the explanation why we run effectively.
“I simply get to sit down in automobile and attempt to do the perfect I can. In four-wide races, you don’t must be finest till closing after which you possibly can throw the kitchen sink at it, and that’s what we did. After I left I assumed I might need red-lighted however I’m glad I didn’t. I do know Greg [Anderson] actually needed to win with [NASCAR team owner] Rick Hendrick right here however I’m joyful to be the 2 hundredth winner for the KB Titan crew. That exhibits simply how particular this crew is.”
Glenn additionally moved into the factors lead over Anderson, who reached the ultimate spherical for the fourth time in 2025.
In Professional Inventory Motorbike, Matt Smith had the final snicker of the weekend, getting his first victory of the season on his Denso Auto Components Buell with a run of 6.736 at 202.91 to carry off the likes of Gaige Herrera, Richard Gadson and Steve Johnson. Herrera was the No. 1 qualifier and Gadson gained the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Problem on Saturday, nevertheless it was the veteran and six-time world champion who prevailed ultimately at his dwelling observe.
He left the beginning line first with a robust .014 response time after which had the quickest run within the quad, holding off Gadson’s 6.738 and Herrera’s 6.747 to win for the forty second time in his profession. Smith ran effectively on Saturday and that carried over to eliminations, the place the longtime standout was on his sport over all three rounds.
“This has been an extended weekend. We had lots of gremlins in our pits,” Smith stated. “This morning, we cranked my bike up and it began squeaking. We’ve got one other engine referred to as ‘Previous Trustworthy,’ so we put in a brand new engine and it went easily after that.
“Hats off to my crew. I can’t say sufficient about my crew guys. Everybody helps nevertheless it’s lots of work to run 4 bikes with three mechanics. I do the gasoline maps and clutches and I additionally get to trip, nevertheless it’s lots of work. I’m on the constructive aspect now. I had 41 wins and 41 runner-up finishes. Now, I’m 42 and 41 so a minimum of I’m on the constructive aspect now.”
Gadson completed because the runner-up, whereas Smith moved into the factors lead over Herrera.
