Top Fuel’s Justin Ashley, Funny Car’s Austin Prock, Pro Stock’s Erica Enders, and Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Gaige Herrera each won their respective classes during the prestigious Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals, which concluded on Monday, September 1, 2025 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
Justin Ashley
Justin Ashley won the NHRA U.S. Nationals for the first time in his career, defeating Tony Stewart on a holeshot in the final round. He went 3.839 at 326.16 mph in his 12,000-horsepower Scag Power Equipment dragster to hold off Stewart, who went 3.815 at 321.88, as his .027 reaction time made the difference in the finale. It is the third victory of the year for Ashley, who now has 18 career wins.
Stewart advanced to the final round for the fifth time in 2025, and won the regular-season championship, netting a stout $150,000 payday. He will start the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs in the Top Fuel points lead as he seeks his first Top Fuel world championship.
In Funny Car, Prock finished off a flawless weekend that netted the points leader $330,000, defeating John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman in the final round after a run of 3.903 at 332.92 in his 12,000-horsepower Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet SS.
A day after winning the PlayNHRA All-Star Callout, Prock finished off the regular-season championship with those two wins, handing Prock $230,000. He added the $100,000 U.S. Nationals victory for a second straight year, continuing a remarkable season that may be even more dominant than last year’s championship season.
Prock now has seven victories this season and an unbelievable 15 wins in his last 32 Funny Car races, and takes the points lead into the Countdown to the Championship. He has 19 victories in total.
After a tumultuous regular season, Pro Stock’s Erica Enders persevered at The Big Go, snapping a 30-race winless streak and winning her 50th national event after going 6.564 at 209.95 in her Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage/Melling Performance car to hold off Matt Hartford.
Erica Enders
It’s the fourth Indy win for the six-time world champion, but this one will certainly rank as one of the most memorable. Her last victory came at the opener in 2024 and this season has been particularly tough, as Enders entered the weekend 12th in points. But Enders and the Elite Motorsports team has shown promise as of late, and she made it happen in a major way on Monday in Indy, moving all the way to eighth in points as well.
Dallas Glenn clinched the regular-season title in Pro Stock during the second round when he defeated Jeg Coughlin Jr. and Greg Anderson fell to Fernando Cuadra Jr. Along with the championship and payday, Glenn will take the points lead into the Countdown to the Championship on the strength of four victories and nine visits to the final round thus far in 2025. Glenn will now try to pick up his first overall world title, with Anderson opening the playoffs in second.
Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Gaige Herrera was again clutch when it counted, using an incredible .003 reaction time to defeat teammate Brayden Davis in the final round on a holeshot. Herrera’s 6.834 at 199.32 on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines held up thanks to the stellar reaction time, holding off Davis’ 6.799 at 198.93 at the finish line.
It was another picture-perfect weekend for the back-to-back world champion, who qualified No. 1 and set the track E.T. record twice in qualifying. Herrera also added another first in his spectacular run, winning the regular-season title and taking the points lead into the playoffs. He’ll open the Countdown to the Championship in first for a third straight year as he seeks a third consecutive world title.
Davis reached the final round for the first time in his career after defeating Dystany Spurlock, Hector Arana Jr. and Richard Gadson, who enters the Countdown to the Championship second in points.
