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2024

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2024 FUNNY CAR WORLD CHAMPION AUSTIN PROCK

  • Won first championship in rookie year in class
  • Won eight events, including the NHRA U.S. Nationals
  • Scored record 15 No. 1 qualifying efforts
  • Made first 340-mph pass in history at season finale
  • Father Jimmy and brother Thomas tuned the car

Top Fuel world champion
Antron Brown

Funny Car world champion
Austin Prock

Pro Stock world champion
Greg Anderson

Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion
Gaige Herrera

Pro Mod world champion
Jordan Lazic

Top Alcohol Dragster world champion
Shawn Cowie

Top Alcohol Funny Car world champion
Sean Bellemeur

Comp eliminator world champion
Cody Lane

Super Stock world champion
Jimmy Hidalgo Jr.

Stock world champion
Joe Sorenson

Factory Stock world champion
Mark Pawuk

Super Comp world champion
Colby Fuller

Super Gas world champion
Val Torres Sr.

Top Dragster world champion
Cody Webber

Top Sportsman world champion
Allen Firestone

Mountain Motor Pro Stock world champion
Johnny Pluchino

Top Fuel Motorcycle world champion
Larry McBride

Factory X world champion
Greg Stanfield

2024

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

NHRA ON A MISSION

Mission Foods became the title sponsor in the NHRA Professional ranks for a year of firsts, record-breaking performances, and incredible championship races.

FORCE CRASHES IN VIRGINA

Sixteen-time NHRA Funny Car world champion John Force suffered a traumatic brain injury in a crash at the NHRA Virginia Nationals, and Jack Beckman replaced him for the final eight races of the season.

WINNER-TAKE-ALL IN PRO STOCK

Greg Anderson won his sixth Pro Stock championship in a winner-take-all final-round victory at the season finale, where he edged teammate Dallas Glenn in a dramatic showdown.

GORDON MAKES HISTORY

Third-generation Top Alcohol Funny Car racer Maddi Gordon won her first national event in Seattle and made history as the 100th different woman to win in NHRA competition.

2024

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

2024 rookie

Tony Stewart

After a pair of wins in Top Alcohol Dragster in 2023, Stewart made his Pro debut in 2024, taking over driving duties for his wife, Top Fuel standout Leah Pruett, as the couple focused on starting a family. Stewart advanced to a pair of Top Fuel final rounds, four semifinals, a berth in the Countdown to the Championship, and a ninth-place finish in points.

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