KENT, Wash. (July 23, 2026) — The Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th event on the 20-race Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series schedule, marks the second leg of the West Coast swing for Leah Pruett and the American Rebel Light Beer Top Fuel team and Matt Hagan and his Johnson’s Horsepowered Garage Dodge//SRT Hellcat Funny Car team.
Pruett, a 13-time NHRA event winner and 2023 Top Fuel Championship runner-up, comes into Seattle currently sitting third in points. Pruett picked up her first win of the season, and first since returning to driving duties after becoming a mother, at the postponed NHRA New England Nationals completed at Bristol Dragway during the Thunder Valley Nationals. She’s had two No. 1 qualifying positions at Arizona Nationals and the Thunder Valley Nationals.
The Top Fuel standout has had only one first round exit through the first 11 events and has qualified in the top half of the field all but once. She’s coming off a No. 9 qualifying effort and semi-final finish at the Sonoma Nationals in Northern California.
“I think Seattle, for us, is going to be an even bigger rebound than what Sonoma was from Norwalk where we exited early on race day,” Pruett said. “All the way around, Seattle should be better. In a season like this where you have 15 cars a lot of the time, including in Seattle, that No. 1 qualifying spot is a well-deserved position with a gift that keeps on giving. What we learned in Sonoma, we’ll be applying to Seattle and hitting it really hard right of the trailer.”…