NHRA begins six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series has launched its six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs during its 75th anniversary season. The postseason begins with the inaugural Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals at U. S. 131 Motorsports Park.

In the Top Fuel class, teammates Doug Kalitta and Shawn Langdon are the primary contenders, having combined for nine wins this season. Kalitta enters the playoffs in the lead, while Langdon holds recent momentum following a victory in Indianapolis. Other significant competitors include the husband-and-wife duo of Tony Stewart and Leah Pruett, as well as Antron Brown and rookie Maddi Gordon.

The playoff schedule includes events in Rockingham, St. Louis, Dallas, and Las Vegas, concluding with the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip from November 12-15.