AUSTIN PROCK & DALLAS GLENN CLAIM WALLY TROPHIES AT THE 4-WIDE NATIONALS IN LAS VEGAS

JOHN FORCE RACING’S AUSTIN PROCK, WINNER OF THE FUNNY CAR 4-WIDE NATIONALS AT LAS VEGAS – NHRA PHOTO

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 11,000-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. Wally trophies again because you don’t know how long it’s going to take before you win another one.”

DALLAS GLENN, WINNER OF THE PRO STOCK 4-WIDE NATIONALS AT LAS VEGAS – NHRA PHOTOIn 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 hole-shot, 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.

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.