POMONA, Calif. — The 2024 NHRA Professional Inventory world championship was a race for the historical past books, and one Dallas Glenn will always remember.
He missed out on his first championship by a .002-second margin to his KB Titan Racing teammate and six-time champ Greg Anderson, however at this weekend’s sixtieth annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at famed In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, Glenn has an opportunity for redemption on the remaining race of the 2025 NHRA Mission Meals Drag Racing Sequence season.
Coming into this weekend’s occasion, Glenn and his RAD Torque Methods workforce have eight wins on the season, together with 4 within the Countdown to the Championship playoffs. Getting into the ultimate occasion of the season with a 92-point lead over Anderson, Glenn has a peaceful outlook for Pomona and is able to get to the monitor.
“I undoubtedly really feel far more relaxed and approach much less nervous,” mentioned Glenn. “I used to be a wreck final yr, though I felt like I used to be nonetheless driving effectively. Now, having one other yr of expertise has undoubtedly helped. I do know I must go up there and do my factor, and simply take it one spherical at a time.”
Final season, Antron Brown (High Gasoline), Jack Beckman (Humorous Automobile), Anderson (Professional Inventory) and Matt Smith (Professional Inventory Bike) gained the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals whereas Brown, Austin Prock (Humorous Automobile), Anderson and Gaige Herrera (Professional Inventory Bike) every secured world titles.
It’s the sixth race of the playoffs and the twentieth race of the season and Glenn has his thoughts targeted on making this yr’s In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals one he remembers for a unique cause. To clinch the title, Glenn would simply must win the primary spherical of eliminations if he can hold the factors hole above 90 heading into raceday.
Ought to that 90-plus level lead maintain heading into eliminations, Anderson would to wish to win the -N-Out Burger NHRA Finals, a race he has gained 9 instances, and Glenn would wish to lose within the opening spherical for the reigning champ to repeat. Glenn, although, hasn’t misplaced within the first spherical this yr in what’s been a dominant yr for the KB Titan Racing teammates.
“Earlier within the season, we have been simply having a lot enjoyable, simply attempting to crush all people. Each our automobiles have been working unbelievable. It reminds you of a kind of glory days of KB Racing that they discuss, once they gained 19 races in a single season,” Glenn mentioned.
“I really feel like we’re having a kind of seasons, and also you undoubtedly wish to go up there and never be the one to mess it up. It’s a number of enjoyable racing Greg. I do know he’s going to go up there and he desires to win simply as dangerous as I do, no matter who’s within the different lane. It’s one factor that I like about racing Greg. He’s undoubtedly going to do the very best job that he can towards me each time.”
The High Gasoline championship chase will conclude on Saturday when Doug Kalitta clinches his second world title following the completion of qualifying.
In Humorous Automobile, Prock enters the weekend with a 101-point lead over Vegas winner Matt Hagan. Prock is trying to sew up his second straight world championship.
Professional Inventory Bike teammates Richard Gadson and Gaige Herrera are separated by solely 21 factors, as factors chief Gadson makes an attempt to shut out his first championship.
