Toyota keeps incredible #2Fast2Tasty Challenge streak alive
NORWALK, Ohio (June 28, 2025) – In Friday night’s qualifying session at Summit Motorsports Park, Justin Ashley laid down a 3.752 elapsed time to claim the No. 1 qualifier for tomorrow’s eliminations. The qualifying result is the first top spot of the season for Ashley and the seventh of his career, as he begins Sunday in prime position to go for his second Wally Trophy of the 2025 season.
Antron Brown is right behind Ashley, holding the No. 2 seed for tomorrow, with Shawn Langdon in fifth and Steve Torrence in sixth to join inside the top half of Top Fuel.
Doug Kalitta needed a 3.953 elapsed time in the final qualifying session to make the field on Sunday but also used that run to capture the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win. The challenge victory is Kalitta’s fourth of the season, and the eighth in Top Fuel for Toyota who has a win in either Top Fuel or Funny Car in all nine challenge events this season.
In Funny Car, Ron Capps was the lead Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, posting a 3.908 time in the Friday night session to earn the No. 3 seed. J.R. Todd will begin tomorrow as the No. 12 seed.
Eliminations of the NHRA Nationals from Summit Motorsports Park begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. EST with live TV coverage beginning at 2 p.m. EST on FOX.
Toyota Post-Qualifying Recap
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series
Summit Motorsports Park
NHRA Nationals
Race 10 of 20
TOYOTA TOP FUEL QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Justin Ashley | SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 1st | S. Farley |
| Antron Brown | Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 2nd | D. Kalitta |
| Shawn Langdon | Kalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 5th | D. Foley |
| Steve Torrence | CAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 6th | S. Reed |
| Doug Kalitta | Applied Innovations Toyota Top Fuel Dragster | 15th | A. Brown |
TOYOTA FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING POSITIONS
| Name | Car | Qualifying Position | First Round Opponent |
| Cruz Pedregon* | Snap On Funny Car* | 1st* | B. Hull |
| Ron Capps | NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 3rd | P. Lee |
| J.R. Todd | DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | 12th | M. Hagan |
| Julie Nataas | Airmine DC Motorsports Toyota GR Supra Funny Car | DNQ | N/A |
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
JUSTIN ASHLEY, SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, SCAG Racing
TF Qualifying Result: 1st
Have the recent results turned things around for you and your team?
“Yeah, I think so. It feels really good to qualify No. 1. We all know tomorrow is a brand-new day and anything can happen. For tonight, these (No. 1 qualifiers) are really hard to come by, so it’s important that we enjoy it. Really, it’s a testament to Mike Green (co-crew chief), Tommy DeLago (co-crew chief) and the whole SCAG Power Equipment Toyota team. They’ve been doing a great job all year and (have done a) really outstanding job this weekend. Really important that we take what we learned Friday and Saturday and apply it (to) tomorrow. It’s a brand-new day. It’ll be a fun day, an exciting day. We need to do everything we can to carry this momentum forward. Hats off to everyone on our team. We’re going to enjoy this one tonight and be back to get after it tomorrow.”
DOUG KALITTA, Applied Innovations Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, Kalitta Motorsports
TF Qualifying Result: 15th
What were your thoughts going down the track on that run to win the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty Challenge?
“Yeah, (I) got to about half track and it was still (running) well, and I’m like, ‘this is going good.’ Hazed a little at the end, but really proud of Alan (Johnson, crew chief), this whole Applied Innovations Toyota Top Fuel Dragster team. Yeah, Mission (Foods) chips for everyone tonight! It’s great, got the win here with this and we’re in the show for tomorrow. Really excited.”
RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports
FC Qualifying Result: 3rd
How were these two days for you and what do you expect tomorrow?
“Well in the past, we’ve struggled a little bit (in) opening qualifying rounds, and it sort of sets you back as a team. Guido (Dean Antonelli, crew chief) was adamant coming in (to Norwalk) and not being as aggressive the first lap. It’s just about when a plan comes together, and that’s what we did. We went after it a little bit more last night, got into the top three and then we could focus on the heat today and what it’ll be like tomorrow. No matter what the conditions are, I always feel comfortable with our NAPA Auto Care team. Right now, it pays to have the GR Supra body. So much more stable. The drag and downforce, it’s a really fun car to drive in conditions like this. Guido was really throwing down in Q3. It was on a good run, but (we) put a cylinder out down there, but I think he got a feel for the track. We’ll see what tomorrow brings!”