ASHLEY CAPTURES VICTORY AT NORWALK FOR SECOND STRAIGHT WALLY TROPHY

Converts No. 1 qualifier into 17th career win

NORWALK, Ohio (June 29, 2025) – Justin Ashley drove his SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster to the winner’s circle at Summit Motorsports Parkon Sunday, capturing his second straight victory of the 2025 season and the 17th of his career. Ashley started Sunday as the No. 1 seed and methodically won four rounds to claim victory, including a holeshot win in the finals where he had a 0.027 second reaction time. Ashley’s win is also the third straight Top Fuel win for Toyota after his victory in Richmond and Steve Torrence’s triumph in Bristol.

Ashley’s road to victory included defeating Toyota teammate, Shawn Langdon, who made the semifinals for the seventh time this season. Torrence and Doug Kalitta also advanced out of round one on Sunday.

In Funny Car, Ron Capps made it to the semifinals on Sunday for the fourth time this season, and second in the last three races, after earning the No. 3 qualifying seed earlier in the weekend. J.R. Todd was eliminated in round one.

The NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series returns to action next at Pacific Raceways outside of Seattle from July 18-20.

Toyota Post-Race Recap

NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series

Summit Motorsports Park

NHRA Nationals

Race 10 of 20

TOYOTA TOP FUEL FINISHING POSITIONS 

NameCarFinal ResultRound-by-Round
Justin AshleySCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel DragsterWinnerW (3.880) v. S. Farley (4.872) W (3.902) v. J. Hart (3.967) W (3.935) v. S. Langdon (4.008) W (3.931 – holeshot) v. C. Millican (3.922)
Shawn LangdonKalitta Air Careers Toyota Top Fuel DragsterSemi-finalsW (3.872) v. D. Foley (4.721) W (3.906) v. B. Force (3.953) L (4.008) v. J. Ashley (3.935)
Doug KalittaApplied Innovations Toyota Top Fuel DragsterSecond RoundW (3.816) v. A. Brown (3.903) L (3.900) v. C. Millican (3.912 – holeshot)
Steve TorrenceCAPCO Contractors Toyota Top Fuel DragsterSecond RoundW (3.939) v. S. Reed (4.000) L (5.113) v. T. Stewart (3.908)
Antron BrownMatco Tools Toyota Top Fuel DragsterFirst RoundL (3.903) v. D. Kalitta (3.816)

TOYOTA FUNNY CAR FINISHING POSITIONS 

NameCarFinal ResultRound-by-Round
Ron CappsNAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny CarSemi-finalsW (4.004) v. P. Lee (8.350) W (4.005) v. D. Richards (7.904) L (4.089) v. A. Prock (4.091 – holeshot)
J.R. ToddDHL Toyota GR Supra Funny CarFirst RoundL (8.289) v. M. Hagan (3.976)

*= Non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

JUSTIN ASHLEY, SCAG Power Equipment Toyota Top Fuel Dragster, SCAG Racing

TF Final Result: Winner

What do you have to say after this win today?

“Wow is what I have to say! Absolutely spectacular. My father won here (Summit Motorsports Park) in Funny Car in 2007, and I’ve always dreamed of winning here in Norwalk. This is so incredibly special to me. I have to thank our entire team, they do such an amazing job. They make my job so easy, I’m just along for the ride. Mike Green (co-crew chief), Tommy DeLago (co-crew chief), are amazing individuals. They’re amazing at what they do. Thank you to Randy (Gloede, CEO, SCAG Power Equipment) and Maria (Oldenburg, President of SCAG Power Equipment), the team from SCAG Power Equipment, Toyota GAZOO Racing. RCA Capital, Mac Tools, Mobil 1. We love you guys, we thank you guys!”

RON CAPPS, NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra Funny Car, Ron Capps Motorsports

FC Final Result: Semi-finals

How would you describe this weekend for you and the team?

“It’s weekends like this we sort of, always discuss which races are really going to catapult you into the end of the regular season and (to) get ready for the Countdown. This was one of those gut check weekends. It’s hot, it’s humid, it’s tricky. Everybody’s got to work together so well. It’s one of the tougher races we’ve had on Sundays, that I’ve been in, in a longtime. Just to, in the semifinals, to go down the track and not beat yourself or smoke the tires. You know, you lost and everybody should be upset, but you went down the track says volumes about where our NAPA Auto Care team is right now. (I) really wanted to get a win for our Toyota guys. Believe it or not, the conditions here, was almost 150 degrees track temperature and they’re the first ones at the track in the morning and the last ones to leave. The data we get from them is immense. Another good points weekend, I know I hate saying that, but it really was. We made a good run in the first round. Paul Lee was ahead of us in points, so that was nice to do that. We’ll have more of these good weekends. This one stings a little bit, but we’ll get there.”