POMONA, Calif. Doug Kalitta claimed the victory in Fridays Right Trailers Top Fuel All-Star Callout at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, defeating Brittany Force in the final round of the bonus race as part of the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.

Force (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car) and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock) are the provisional No. 1 qualifiers at the third of 20 races during the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

The bonus race was postponed from the NHRA opener in Gainesville and completed Friday in Pomona, as Kalitta went 3.657-seconds at 335.15 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Mac Tools dragster to power past Force in the championship round of the big-money race.

Kalitta, the 2023 world champion, defeated Clay Millican and Antron Brown earlier in the day to reach the finals, adding another special moment at the track where he earned his first world title less than two years ago.

Its been a while since we raced on a Friday, so that was pretty cool and we were super excited for what Right Trailers has done for us with this Callout, Kalitta said. We tried to do it in Gainesville, and theres no better place to bring it than here. I love running this place, but Im just glad to get by Brittany and Antron and Clay. It was a fun day, for sure.

The guys gave me a great car to be able to run that .65 after watching Brittany run the .64 a couple times. I knew we had that run in us, and Im glad we were able to do it.

Top Fuel Qualifying 

Force went to the top during the first session with a run of 3.646 at 334.82 in her 11,000-horsepower Monster Energy dragster. On that pass, she made the fastest run to 1/8-mile in NHRA history, going 301.67. If it holds, it would be her 53rd career No. 1 qualifier. Kalitta is currently second and Josh Hart made a big jump to third after going 3.675 at 332.34.

To come right out of the box and put a [3.]64 on the board, and then back that up with another .64 is very outstanding for this Monster Energy team, Force said. Its tough when you come into an event and go right into a race without any chance to qualify or make some runs. We went right into it and we were looking to win the thing. Unfortunately, we got beat in the final. It felt like it had cylinders out.

Were off to a good start. We still have a long weekend ahead of us, but we put some good numbers on the board. Winning, thats the ultimate goal. Thats why were here. This is my home track and Id love to win here. Weve been very successful in the past, and with (crew chief) David Grubnic, we come here and we want to win.

Funny Car Qualifying 

Just days after a massive explosion and crash in Phoenix, Funny Cars Ron Capps was back in Pomona, making the quickest run of both sessions, including a run of 3.830 at 328.94 in his 11,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Care Toyota GR Supra that puts him atop the field as part of a fascinating story. Should that hold, Capps would pick up his first No. 1 qualifier of 2025 and the 38th in his season, but this one would surely be special considering what went down on Sunday in Phoenix.

But Capps and his team showed impressive resilience on Friday, making a run in the 3.80s to open qualifying and then going even lower to close out the day. Capps praised the stellar work of his team to get to this point after what went down at Firebird Motorsports Park, hoping it results in an incredible story on Sunday.

Im pretty beat up and sore and bruised up and just wanted to get back in the car, Capps said. I just couldnt wait for today. It could not get here soon enough. No hesitation at all. They pulled me up, and then we fired it and went and before I knew it, I made the run, and they came on the radio and said, Youre the No. 1 qualifier.

Ive done a lot of media this week, and not for the best reason, but we talked about all week in these interviews about how you respond as a driver. How do you respond? But more so our team, and Ive never, never, ever had any doubt. Ive bragged about NAPA Know How but its these guys, man, theyve hardly slept.

Defending world champion Austin Prock is second after a run of 3.837 at 333.25 and his John Force Racing teammate Jack Beckman is third with a run of 3.855 at 326.40.

Pro Stock Qualifying 

In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip continues to treat Pro Stock reigning world champion Greg Anderson very well, as the veteran was the only driver to dip into the 6.40s on Friday with a standout run of 6.495 at 210.01 in his HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro. It puts him as the quickest Pro Stock qualifier in Winternationals history, while the qualifying field is also the quickest in the races iconic history.

Anderson, who has qualified first and second at the first two races, respectively, is on track for his second No. 1 qualifier of the season and the 134th in his career.

The last time Anderson was in Pomona was the NHRA Finals in November, where he won a winner-take-all final round against KB Titan Racing teammate Dallas Glenn. Those two have met in the final round at each of the first two races with each driver winning a race and Anderson showed no signs of slowing down on Friday.

Theres so many cars that can run fast, and Im so damn proud of this KB Titan team, Anderson said. Ive got eight cars out here this weekend, and quite honestly, any one of those eight cars, if they hit it on the target, any run can go to the pole. Ive got a small part of that, and probably prouder of that than the fact that my car went to No. 1 because its hard to do that to make them all run good.

I really feel that we can run 6.48, whether we can get below that 6.480 [track record] or into the .47s I dont know. Its going to take 100 percent nailing it on the starting line and getting that killer 60-foot [elapsed time].

Matt Hartford is currently second with a 6.510 at 209.14 and Aaron Stanfield is third after going 6.515 at 210.28.

Qualifying continues at 12 p.m. PT on Saturday at the 65th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.