Brown Wins Texas NHRA FallNationals as Glenn Retakes Pro Stock Lead
Archive image: Antron Brown’s Top Fuel dragster at Sonoma Raceway, July 18, 2026—not the October Texas FallNationals. Photo: TaurusEmerald / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display.
Antron Brown won Top Fuel at the Texas NHRA FallNationals on October 18, 2026, while Dallas Glenn’s Pro Stock victory returned him to the championship lead. J.R. Todd and Matt Smith completed the professional-class winners at Texas Motorplex.
The event was round 18 of the 20-race NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series and the fourth of six Countdown playoff rounds. NHRA’s official Sunday report confirms the four final-round outcomes below.
The four professional-class finals
| Class | Winner | Final-round opponent | Winner’s elapsed time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Fuel | Antron Brown | Maddi Gordon | 3.706 seconds |
| Funny Car | J.R. Todd | Matt Hagan | 3.931 seconds |
| Pro Stock | Dallas Glenn | Matt Hartford | 6.478 seconds |
| Pro Stock Motorcycle | Matt Smith | Richard Gadson | 6.660 seconds |
Brown’s win came when Gordon red-lighted in the final. Smith beat Gadson on starting-line reaction despite Gadson recording a quicker 6.654-second run. The elapsed times in the table are each winner’s run, not winning margins; Smith’s result is a reminder that elapsed time alone does not decide every pairing.
Brown breaks the streak; Glenn builds on his record
Brown had already changed the Top Fuel story in the semifinals. NHRA’s round-by-round account records his 3.720-second run against Shawn Langdon’s 3.730, ending Langdon’s 18-round winning streak. Brown also reacted in 0.026 seconds to Langdon’s 0.029. That was a different race from the final against Gordon.
Glenn’s Sunday win followed a landmark Saturday. NHRA’s October 17 qualifying report identifies his 6.434-second, 213.50-mph pass as the quickest in Pro Stock history. All 16 qualifiers ran in the 6.40-second range, so the record came within an exceptionally close field rather than an uncompetitive session.
After eliminations, Glenn led Greg Stanfield by 14 points. The series next races October 29–November 1 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Two events remain; these are event wins and a points-lead change, not declarations of season champions.
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Image credit: Archive image: Antron Brown’s Top Fuel dragster at Sonoma Raceway, July 18, 2026—not the October Texas FallNationals. Photo: TaurusEmerald / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display.