POMONA, Calif. Defending world champion Austin Prock and his John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman dominated the Funny Car ranks on Saturday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, as Prock powered to the No. 1 qualifier position at the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals and Jack Beckman won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge specialty race.

Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel) and Matt Hartford (Pro Stock) also won the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, while Brittany Force (Top Fuel) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) qualified No. 1 at the third of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

Beckman went 3.831-seconds at 330.72 seconds in his 11,000-horsepower PEAK Chevrolet Camaro SS, defeating Paul Lee in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge and claiming his first win in the specialty race.

Paul Lees car is an A-level competitive car and when we went 3.83 in round one, we were feeling pretty spicy and then they go 3.82 and got lane choice, but we knew it didnt matter, Beckman said.

These conditions are A-plus-plus, as good as it gets out there. The issue when the track gets as good as the crew chiefs dont have much data on this. We know what to do when the track gets good, but when the track gets great, you can count on one hand, typically, the number of runs a year you get when the track is phenomenal. In all likelihood, all the runs tomorrow are going to be in those type of conditions.

Prock, who clinched the world title in Pomona last season and set a Funny Car record with 15 No. 1 qualifiers in 2024, went a blistering 3.816-seconds at 338.26 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet Camaro SS to take the No. 1 position into raceday for the 20th time in his career. Prock will open eliminations against Blake Alexander as he looks for his first victory of 2025.

Our race car hasnt run bad all year long, its just things havent been really going our way like they did last year, Prock said. Weve been trying to do that all weekend long and just been tickling the thing. Im really proud of how diligent everybodys been working and making progress each run and just getting it A to B.

The boys were high-fiving before we even got in the water box, like they knew, it was either going to be hero or zero, and we ended up on the good end of it. Im really proud of John Force Racing and John Force is so proud right now of the whole team.

Lee is qualified second with a 3.829 at 331.45 and Ron Capps is third after going 3.830 at 328.94.

Top Fuel

In Top Fuel, Shawn Langdon kept Kalitta Motorsports rolling and continued his recent dominance as well, beating teammate Doug Kalitta in the final round with a run of 3.662 at a near-record 338.68 in his 11,000-horsepower Kalitta Air Careers dragster. It denied Kalitta a chance at a perfect weekend, but Langdon kept rolling along, capturing his second straight Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge victory.

Langdon also won the event in Phoenix last weekend as the car continues to perform at an extremely high level. The run in the Challenge final was his best of the weekend and puts him third heading into eliminations, while the speed marked the second-fastest run in Top Fuel history. The points leader will now have a chance to double-up for the second straight race in his red-hot early-season start.

Honestly, its a great feeling to come back from the run and see the smile on Connies [Kalitta] face and see the smiles on the teams faces. All their hard work, everythings paying off, Kalitta said. The cars are running good, which is great. Theyre responding well to what the crew chiefs have been doing.

Its obviously a great feeling when everythings clicking, and the biggest thing now is we got a good, fast, consistent race car. Now its just a matter of maintaining it and trying to see if we can kick off a couple wins along the way and get ready for the Countdown at the end of the year.

Brittany Force earned her first top qualifier of the year on the strength of Fridays 3.646 at 334.82 in her 11,000-horsepower Monster Energy dragster. Shell open eliminations against Steve Chrisman as she looks for her first career Winternationals win. She added a 53rd career No. 1 qualifier to her accomplishments on Saturday, but a victory at her home track and a chance for JFR double-up would make the weekend even better.

Weve had some really strong performance on track, Force said. We earned a No. 1 qualifier. We went 3.64 twice, and then a 3.69 today. We want to turn on four win lights tomorrow. Looking at our ladder, we could have a bye second round, which is awesome for us. I love this place. Its just home for me. I grew up out of here at this racetrack and in the stands. You just have that good feeling coming out here and we want to do well. My whole familys out here, Ive had all my friends this weekend, popping in and out, and its just our home race track, so we want to finish strong.

Kalitta qualified second with a 3.657 at 335.15.

Pro Stock

In Pro Stock, Matt Hartford defeated Greg Anderson in the final round of the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge, going 6.496 at 210.67 in his GETTRX/Total Seal Camaro to get his second win in the specialty race. The first came two years in Pomona as the veteran continued his strong performance at the historic facility. Next up on Hartfords list is an event win, which would be his first since the 2023 campaign.

This is as good a car as Ive ever had. Its hateful, Hartford said. Over the winter, we made a very easy decision to make sure that we continued in our older chassis and to try to reinvent the wheel every run or make changes that we dont know. Lets use facts and work off data.

A win is the next thing for us, but youve got to get through first round and take it one round at a time. When you look at the qualifying sheet, I can promise you of the 16 cars, none of them you want to race first round because theyre all good. The conditions tomorrow are going to be hateful. If you think the runs that youve seen over the last four runs were good, wait until tomorrow. The cars are all going to pick up tomorrow.

Anderson held on to his second No. 1 spot this season, improving to a 6.490 at 210.77 on Saturday in his HendrickCars.com Camaro, handing the defending world champion his 134th career top qualifier. Anderson made two more runs in the 6.40s on Saturday, which could bode well as he seeks his second straight win and his 16th overall at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

Running 6.40s seems to be the price of poker out here this weekend, Anderson said. You better run 6.40 or youre probably going to go home. Unfortunately, theres a lot of cars that can do it. I think only two of them didnt today, but theres a lot of them that can do it and youre going to see more of it tomorrow. Im looking forward to it. It should be a hell of a race.

You kind of need to have a lot of luck because theres too many good cars, too many good drivers and too many good race teams. You better not only have a fast race car, but you also better have some luck.

Hartford qualified second with a 6.490 at 210.67 and Deric Kramer is third after going 6.511 at 210.80.