Every season is different in the NHRA, especially in Funny Car where there’s been only one back-to-back champion — Ron Capps in 2021 and 2022 — since the legendary John Force won 10 straight between 1993 and 2002.

But everything about Austin Prock’s 2025 campaign is feeling about the same as his breakout 2024 world-title-winning season.

Prock enters the NHRA Nevada Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a 121-point lead in the standings over Matt Hagan and is the defending fall winner at LVMS.

Prock put himself in a great spot to defend his race win and just about wrap up the Funny Car title with one race left in the season after Las Vegas. He will enter Sunday’s elimination rounds as the No. 1 qualifier in Funny Car with a time of 3.885 seconds at 335.23 mph.

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