(Photos by Kim Fuller) • Brittany Force made the fastest run in NHRA history on Friday in front of a huge crowd at Sonoma Raceway, setting the speed world record and taking the provisional No. 1 spot at the 37th annual Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge. Two-time Top Fuel World Champion Brittany Force unleashed the monster in her Monster Energy dragster, re-setting an NHRA national record 343.16 miles per hour, the fastest speed ever achieved in motor racing. Her speed at 660 feet was a jaw-dropping 304.94 mph.
Here is her Friday night performance breaking Doug Kalitta’s track ET record (3.649) and obliterated the track speed record she set Friday afternoon (338.94 mph).
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“I have to credit David Grubnic and John Collins and the whole team. I’m so proud of them. This is incredible,” Force said. “On that run it actually moved around a little and I thought about taking my foot out of it for a second and then I said, ‘No, I can get it there.’ For the 2013 NHRA Rookie-of-the-Year, it was the third time this season she has eclipsed her own national speed record and Sonoma Raceway is the fourth different track on which she has broken the 340 barrier.
Doug Kalitta is second with a 3.661 at 332.84 and Clay Millican is currently third with a 3.699 at 335.15.
Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) and Richard Gadson (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the 12th of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.
Hagan continued to roll after winning Sunday in Seattle, taking the provisional No. 1 spot in Funny Car with an outstanding run of 3.861 at 332.59 in his 12,000-horsepower Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat. The four-time world Champ is looking for his first No. 1 qualifier of the season at Sonoma Raceway.
It’s one of the few places the standout has never won and he would love to change that this weekend and keep rolling for Tony Stewart Racing. The team has shown continuous improvement under first-year crew chief Mike Knudsen and the team took another step in front of a huge crowd Friday night in Sonoma.
Rookie Spencer Hyde is currently second with a career-best 3.865 at 333.58 and Paul Lee (above) went 3.890 at 299.00 to sit third.
In Pro Stock, stellar conditions made for more record-breaking runs for a second straight week and reigning world champion Greg Anderson took advantage on Friday in Sonoma, setting the track record with a run of 6.472 at 210.14 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro. Should that hold, Anderson would get his fifth No. 1 qualifier of the season and the 137th in his career. Pro Stock points leader Dallas Glenn, who won on Sunday in Seattle, is right behind with a 6.473 and Greg Stanfield made a pair of solid runs, including a 6.480 that has him third.
A month after winning his first career Pro Stock Motorcycle race, Richard Gadson would love to add another first this weekend and the second-year standout is on track to do so, claiming the top position through two sessions with a run of 6.702 at 200.77 on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki.
Qualifying continues at 11:45 a.m. PT on Saturday at the Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge at Sonoma Raceway. Saturday’s TV Schedule is 2Fast2Tasty Challenge Saturday, July 26, 2025 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET on FOX Network, with the PSM All-Star Callout Saturday, July 26, 2025 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM ET on FS1.
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