NHRA - National Hot Rod Association

Michael Brand, Sean Bellemeur, and Tom Stalba all enjoyed double-up weekends at the Texas NHRA FallNationals, following their Saturday victories in the annual JEGS Allstars competition with big victories on Sunday at the Texas Motorplex.

Brand earned a clean sweep in Dallas with both the JEGS Allstars title and the Texas NHRA FallNationals win in Stock. Brand, who is solidly in the Top 10, used an 8.833 on his 8.82 dial to take out new championship leader Jimmy Hidalgo Jr., who trailed by .008 at the stripe.

Bellemeur may have already wrapped up his fourth Top Alcohol Funny Car world championship, but he’s not done winning. After winning the JEGS Allstars competition on Sunday, Bellemeur and the Killer Bs won their sixth national event of the season by defeating Brian Hough in the final, 5.49 to 5.55.

A day after winning the JEGS Allstars competition in Super Comp, Stalba returned to the winner’s circle in Super Gas, tying a brilliant .008 reaction time to a near-perfect 9.901 to force Rusty Cook into an 8.894 breakout loss.

Top Alcohol Dragster winner Matt Cummings drove the McPhillips Racing A/Fuel Dragster to his sixth career victory, stopping JEGS Allstars winner Julie Nataas in the final. Cummings, who now has won at least one national event in each of the last four seasons, collected the win on a 5.24 to 5.26 count in the final.

Division 5 standout Matt Harris collected his first career national event win in Comp, wheeling his E/A '05 Grand Am to a final-round (-.49) 7.70 to defeat Keith Mawhee’s better-but-later (-.50) 8.05.

Following a pair of runner-up finishes in national events, and a final round showing in the JEGS Allstars race, Justin Picillo picked up a long-awaited national event title in Super Stock with a narrow final round victory against Craig Gaultiere, who broke out by .015-second.

Two years after scoring a runner-up at this event in his first career final, Kyle Secrest went the distance in 2024 in Super Comp, beating Division 6 JEGS Allstars rep Michael Dalrymple in a thrilling double-breakout final round, 8.875 to 8.870.

Jordan Pratt made the long drive south from Minnesota pay off with his first career national event victory, winning an exciting double-breakout bout in Super Street with JEGS Allstars winner Alan Bush, 10.897 to 10.859.

The Right Trailers Top Dragster field in Dallas was one of the toughest in the history of the class and Jim Prevo was the last man standing after defeating three-time Indy winner Brad Plourd in the final round. Prevo claimed his second national event win after Plourd slowed. 

After a pair of runner-up finishes in Brainerd, Michael Chitty broke through for his first NHRA win in Right Trailers Top Sportsman. Chitty survived a close double-breakout against Macy Higgins in the final winning with a 6.571 on his 6.58 dial.