It was a wild Sunday at The Strip in Las Vegas. There were plenty of surprises as eliminations rolled on during the NHRA 4-Wide Nationals and that made the final quads interesting. When it was all said and done, Tony Stewart earned his first professional NHRA win, Austin Prock returned to his winning ways, and Dallas Glenn kept the KB Titan team on top in Pro Stock.

Smoke Wins His First Top Fuel Wally

Stewart went 3.870-seconds at 317.42 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Rayce Rudeen Foundation Dodge//SRT dragster to hold off Brown at the finish line, claiming his first career victory in the Top Fuel ranks and adding to the Hall of Famer’s long list of accolades. The former world champion in the NASCAR and IndyCar ranks won NHRA Rookie of the Year honors a year ago, and then went to the final round two weeks ago in Pomona before racing to the victory on Sunday in Las Vegas.

The team had performed well early in the season and then added to it in Las Vegas, qualifying fifth and then winning both of the first two quads on holeshots. He quickly tracked down Ashley and then Salinas, getting by Brown just before the finish line to claim a memorable win. He’s now won at every track on the property at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Stewart was certainly thrilled with Sunday’s result.

“It’s unreal. I haven’t been around the NHRA that long and I realize it takes a long time to win a race in this series, but everything in my career, I never had to wait over a year to win a race. I always figured it out in the first year, and multiple ones normally, so I’m just very appreciative of this win,” Stewart said.

“Last year was so stressful after Leah (Pruett, wife) almost won a world championship, and I get in the car last year, and the people in the stands think I’m the reason the car sucks. It wasn’t that we had bad people tuning on it, it was just it was a different combination. There were different variables that change my body weight is different, tubing changes from rules changes but it was still really frustrating we could not get on a path to where we could make gains last year.

“I think probably the one thing that may not sink in as much right now, but when Leah brought [son] Dom up on the stage there, that’s an emotion that you can’t even think about or dream of. When I saw her coming up those steps with him, my heart stopped. That was a feeling I’ve never had in my life before, and I have a feeling when we lay down and put my head on a pillow tonight, that’s going to be the one thing that I want to reflect on the most tonight.”

Brown finished as the runner-up, going 3.912 at 302.35 in the final round. Stewart moved up to second points with the historic victory, while Shawn Langdon stayed as the leader in the category.

The Prock Rocket Reaches The Winner’s Circle 

Defending Funny Car world champ Austin Prock returned to championship form on Sunday in Las Vegas, picking up his first win of the season with a run of 4.009 at 316.01 in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS to hold off a quad that featured runner-up Paul Lee, Matt Hagan and Dave Richards.

Prock dominated at Las Vegas in the fall to all but clinch his first world championship, but the team made major changes on the car in the off-season. It was a struggle to open the year, falling in the opening round in Gainesville, but the team has slowly gained momentum and it was capped off by a sterling performance in Vegas. He made the quickest run in eliminations, going 3.964 at 322.88 in an impressive semifinal victory and then finished it off with another terrific run in the championship round.

“We haven’t had the success that we had last year, but we’re still the same team,” Prock said. “We always expect to show up and win. We want to go set low E.T. every round, and we want to win every race, so when we’re not doing that, it’s hard to keep your head up when things aren’t going right, especially when your expectations are so high. So, for all of us to come together is great.

“It feels really good, man. Opening up in Gainesville, it just wasn’t a great weekend and we just struggled in Pomona after a good weekend in Phoenix, but just couldn’t put it all together. You just want to hold one of these Wally [trophies] again because you don’t know how long it’s going to take before you win another one.”

Lee finished as the runner-up thanks to his run of 4.042 at 311.77. It his second final round of the year, as he jumped into the points lead as well. Prock moved to third in points after winning for the second time in Las Vegas.

Dallas Glenn Keeps The KB Titan Train Rolling

In Pro Stock, Las Vegas continues to be very good to standout Dallas Glenn, as he won against a final quad that featured points leader Greg Anderson, Matt Hartford and Matt Latino on a holeshot, going 6.649 at 206.83 in his RAD Torque Systems Chevrolet Camaro to win for the second time this season. It’s also his third victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, as Glenn used a strong .030 reaction time to hold off Hartford, who finished second with a 6.638 at 205.85.

It’s the 15th career victory for Glenn and his third four-wide win as well, as Glenn finished second in the opening-round quad before winning the second-round quad with a run of 6.636 at 206.32. He’s been in every final round this season and continued his hot start to the 2025 campaign, one that is shaping up very well for Glenn, a former NHRA Rookie of the Year who finished second a year ago to Anderson.

“I’m really thrilled. Today was a very interesting day, I almost completely blew it in the first round. I was staging, and when I fired the car up my nose started to bleed, so I was dealing with that inside the car,” Glenn said. “That was an issue.

“I don’t know what I was looking at, but I didn’t see lane two stage, and just didn’t go on to the two-step until right before the tree came down. I was way late, just dead late, and got lucky enough with the horsepower to get the win. I still made a decent run going into second round and then the clutch pedal felt weird on my foot when I went on to the two-step and kind of overcompensated there.

“Then I go into the final and made sure that I held it down, and probably held it down a little too hard. Greg was on his way to earning his next one until the luck streak ended for him. But, you know, it’s a good day. The car is working great. I didn’t do too bad, but, you know, at the end, and you’ve only got to do good enough.”

Hartford recorded his first runner-up of the season, winning his quad during the second round as well. Anderson will remain in the points lead after four races, with Glenn right behind in second.

Sunday’s final results from the 25th annual NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the fourth of 20 in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series:

Top Fuel — Tony Stewart, 3.870 seconds, 317.42 mph def. Antron Brown, 3.912 seconds, 302.35 mph and Justin Ashley, 3.965 seconds, 304.25 mph and Jasmine Salinas, 4.237 seconds, 196.67 mph;

Funny Car — Austin Prock, Chevy Camaro, 4.009, 316.01 def. Paul Lee, Dodge Charger, 4.042, 311.77 and Dave Richards, Ford Mustang, 4.320, 227.80 and Matt Hagan, Charger, 7.965, 87.66;

Pro Stock — Dallas Glenn, Chevy Camaro, 6.649, 206.83 def. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.638, 205.85 and Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.677, 203.55 and Matt Latino, Camaro, 6.699, 205.63;

Top Alcohol Dragster — Shawn Cowie, 5.271, 275.39 def. Matthew Cummings, 5.343, 271.79 and Mitch Myers, 5.505, 262.39 and Joey Severance, 6.337, 117.33;

Top Alcohol Funny Car — Madison Gordon, Chevy Camaro, 5.523, 264.60 def. Brian Hough, Camaro, 5.548, 262.95 and Ray Martin, Camaro, 5.651, 255.29 and Annie Whiteley, Camaro, 8.041, 115.84;

Competition Eliminator — Taylor Chomiski, Chevy Cobalt, no time, no speed (took the tree) was unopposed.

Super Stock — Chad Guilford, Ford Mustang, 8.631, 160.02 def. Justin Lamb, Chevy Camaro, Foul – Red Light.

Stock Eliminator — Scott Burton, Ford Mustang, 10.038, 134.95 def. David McGaugh, Chevy Camaro, Foul – Red Light.

Super Comp — Kris Whitfield, Dragster, 9.055, 174.01 def. Cooper Chun, Dragster, 9.036, 158.00.

Super Gas — Ken Mostowich, Chevy Corvette, 10.060, 155.02 def. Mark Philbrick, Ford Mustang, 10.034, 162.96.

Super Street — Larry Paden, Chevy S-10, 11.093, 135.58 def. Nick Pressimone, Chevy Nova, 11.109, 127.22.

Top Sportsman — Bryan Warr, Chevy Camaro, 6.824, 200.89 def. Ed Olpin, Camaro, 7.098, 193.10.

Top Dragster — Steve Will, Dragster, 6.125, 234.04 def. John Richardson, Dragster, Broke.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action April 25-27 with the 15th annual NHRA 4-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway in Charlotte.