Earns 60th career No. 1 qualifier in hopes of a repeat Four-Wide Nationals win
LAS VEGAS (April 12, 2025) – In the final quad of qualifying, Doug Kalitta put down a 3.730 elapsed time to take home Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win and the No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel for tomorrow’s Four-Wide Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The qualifying result for Kalitta is his 60th career No. 1 qualifying position, and second of the 2025 season, as he goes for a repeat win in the Las Vegas Four-Wide Nationals. The Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win by Kalitta keeps Toyota and Kalitta Motorsports’ challenge win streak alive to begin 2025 as Shawn Langdon won the first two events of the season.
Antron Brown earned the Top Fuel No. 3 seed after a 3.787 time in the last session, followed by Steve Torrence in fourth, Justin Ashley in eighth and Langdon in 11th to round out the Toyota Top Fuel Dragster lineup for Sunday.
In Funny Car, J.R. Todd led the GR Supra Funny Car contingent, earning the No. 4 seed for Sunday’s eliminations. The result is Todd’s best qualifying effort so far in the 2025 season as he goes for career win No. 22 on Sunday. Ron Capps earned the 10th seed with a clutch 4.055 run in the final session to get him into the field. Bobby Bode will start as the 13th seed tomorrow.
Eliminations from The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway begin tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST, with live TV coverage on FS1 at 6:30 p.m. EST.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Race 4 of 20
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponents |
| Doug Kalitta | Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 1st | J. AshleyC. Millican |
| Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 3rd | J. SalinasS. LangdonS. Palmer |
| Steve Torrence | CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 4th | T. StewartR. PasseyS. Chrisman |
| Justin Ashley | SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 7th | D. KalittaC. Millican |
| Shawn Langdon | Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 10th | A. BrownJ. SalinasS. Palmer |
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponents |
| Paul Lee* | McLeod Racing Funny Car | 1st* | D. WilkersonB. Tasca IIIC. Green |
| J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 4th | J. Beckman M. HaganB. Bode |
| Ron Capps | NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 10th | A. ProckC. PedregonJ. Rupert |
| Bobby Bode | DC Motorsports GR Supra Funny Car | 13th | J. ToddJ. BeckmanM. Hagan |
*= Non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
DOUG KALITTA, Mac Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports
TF Qualifying Result: 1st
How cool is this Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win, the third for Kalitta Motorsports so far this year?
“Yeah, we have a great team that Connie (Kalitta, team over) has put together. Brian (Husen, Shawn Langdon’s crew chief), Alan (Johnson, crew chief), all of the guys. We’re trying, it’s tough out here! Tony (Stewart) had a great reaction time against us on that one (last qualifying run). They’re all hungry to knock us off. Just super excited. Mission Foods does a great job out here with the NHRA. We appreciate them. Mac Tools, Toyota. They sure help me a lot on my car. Hats off to everyone that helps us, and we’ll see what happens for tomorrow. We won last year, so might as well get after it again tomorrow.”
J.R TODD, DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Kalitta Motorsports
FC Qualifying Result: 4th
How would you assess these two days of qualifying and what is your view for tomorrow?
“We made four really good runs (in qualifying) all weekend. Spun the tires down the track in Q3, but all-in-all, my DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car has been really consistent so far this weekend. That’s kind of been the name of the game this season, just creeping up on the tune up with Dickie (Venables, crew chief) coming onboard and changing the setup of the car. Kind of taking it run-by-run and learning as we go. I feel like he’s getting a better handle on it as we’re four weekends in now. That consistency is what it’s going to take to win tomorrow.”