The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series has reached the penultimate round with this weekend’s Mopar NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge. It is possible that one or more NHRA Mission Foods Pro titles and several NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Sportsman titles could be decided at this event.
The battle for the Pro Stock Motorcycle title is essentially a three-horse race between leader and defending champ Richard Gadson, his teammate Gaige Herrera, and Matt Smith. Gadson leads Herrera by 58 points, while six-time champ Smith is 98 points back.
DEFENDING EVENT CHAMPIONS
TOP FUEL: Brittany Force
FUNNY CAR: Matt Hagan
PRO STOCK: Dallas Glenn
PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: Gaige Herrera
MOST WINS
TOP FUEL: Tony Schumacher (4)
FUNNY CAR: Ron Capps, Matt Hagan (4)
PRO STOCK: Erica Enders (6)
PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE: Gaige Herrera (3).
TRACK RECORDS
Top Fuel – 3.652 sec. by Brittany Force, Nov. ’19; 338.85 mph by B. Force, Nov. ’25.
Funny Car – 3.816 sec. by Robert Hight, Oct. ’23; 335.90 mph by Beckman, Nov. ’19.
Pro Stock – 6.552 seconds by Kyle Koretsky, Oct. ’23; 210.28 mph by Erica Enders, Oct. ’15.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.755 seconds by Gaige Herrera, Oct. ’23; 202.27 mph by Matt Smith, Nov. ’22
NATIONAL RECORDS:
Top Fuel – 3.623 sec. by Brittany Force, Sept. ’19, Reading, Pa.; 346.95 mph by Shawn Langdon, Sept. ‘26, Martin.
Funny Car – 3.793 sec. by Robert Hight, Aug. ’17, Brainerd; 341.68 mph by Austin Prock, Nov. ’24, Pomona, Calif.
Pro Stock – 6.434 sec. by Dallas Glenn, Oct. ’26, Dallas; 215.55 mph by Erica Enders, May ’14, Englishtown
N.J.
Pro Stock Motorcycle – 6.627 sec. by Gaige Herrera, Oct. ’23, Dallas; 205.04 mph by Matt Smith, July ’21, Sonoma.
SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 30
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series eliminations at 8 a.m.
JBS Equipment Pro Mod qualifying at 12:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.
Pro Stock/Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series nitro qualifying at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, Oct. 31
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series eliminations at 8 a.m.
JBS Equipment Pro Mod qualifying at 11:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.
Pro Stock/Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Mission Foods Drag Racing Series nitro qualifying at 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, Nov. 1
JBS Equipment Pro Mod eliminations 9 a.m.
Pre-race ceremony, 9:30 a.m.
Mission Foods eliminations,11:00 a.m.
TELEVISION
SUNDAY, Nov. 1, FS1 will televise two hours of qualifying show at 3 p.m. (ET)
SUNDAY, Nov. 1, FS1 will televise three hours of finals coverage at 5 p.m. (ET)
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