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In Funny Car, points leader and reigning world champion Prock picked up his fifth victory in 2025 for John Force Racing, defeating rookie Spencer Hyde in his Chevrolet SS with a pass of 3.904 at 333.82 in the championship round. It gives the standout his first career victory at Sonoma as well, as Prock continued his dominant reign in the Funny Car ranks.
On Sunday, that included a 340-mph run – the first of the year in Funny Car – as the world record-holder went 3.833 at 340.90 in his opening-round win against Cruz Pedregon. He followed with wins against Paul Lee and Seattle winner Matt Hagan, setting up the matchup with Hyde.
Prock left first and never trailed in an impressive wire-to-wire win, strengthening his hold in the loaded Funny Car ranks. His points lead is now 201 over Hagan, continuing his incredible run in the last season and a half.
“This is huge with the crowd here all weekend long. It was outstanding, and I never realized how many fans I had here in Sonoma County,” Prock said.
“We struggled in qualifying and struggled in Seattle last weekend, so we had a lot of work to do. We went to work and we had four different setups that we were trying throughout the weekend, and we came across something that showed a little potential.
“You really only have to focus on just leaving the starting line, and then keeping it in the groove. So, this was a good test for me today.”
Hyde reached his second final round in what has been a standout rookie campaign, defeating Alexis DeJoria, Ron Capps and Jack Beckman.
Returning to Pro Stock this season, Greg Stanfield got to enjoy a remarkable moment, defeating his son, Aaron, in the final round with a run of 6.552 at 211.49 in his Janac Brothers/Rod Shop Pro Stock car. It’s the first-ever Pro Stock matchup for the father-son standouts and gives Stanfield his first victory in the class since 2011.
The all-Elite Motorsports final round also gave the powerhouse team its first win of 2025, stopping the string of dominance from KB Titan Racing. It’s the sixth career professional win for Stanfield, who reached the final round on a wild day, pedaling to wins against Matt Latino and reigning world champion Greg Anderson.
It set up a thrilling father-son duel in the final round and Stanfield had enough to chase down his son, who had a strong .016 reaction time but slowed to a 6.568 at 209.39. G. Stanfield had shown strong improvements all season, but this will be a moment that will be hard to top en route to his first career victory at Sonoma Raceway.
“We both obviously dream about this, so to be able to do it's incredible,” Stanfield said. “I’m just blessed to be able to have this opportunity to race Aaron. I can't describe it. Who won doesn’t matter. Our deal was who left first and Aaron got me, so he actually won. The win light came on my side, but he actually won.
“It was just a fun day. How we ended up here, I haven't figured that out yet. Our job is to do the best we can, so he was just another competitor to me, but deep down, it's Aaron. He's better than me, so for me to win, I'm going to have to do some extra.”
A. Stanfield, the defending event winner in Pro Stock, reached the finals for the first time this season and 26th time in his career on the strength of round wins against Cory Reed, Cody Coughlin and No. 1 qualifier and points leader Dallas Glenn. Glenn’s lead is now 37 points over Anderson through 10 Pro Stock races.
Pro Stock Motorcycle’s Richard Gadson bounced back from Saturday’s disappointment in the GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout in the best – and quickest – way possible, defeating John Hall in the final round on Sunday in Sonoma with a run of 6.756 at 199.97 on his RevZilla/Motul/Vance & Hines Suzuki.
Gadson, who qualified No. 1 for the first time in his career, went red by .001 in the final round of Saturday’s bonus race to Matt Smith, but shrugged off that frustration with a spectacular raceday. He defeated B Hawkes and Angie Smith to reach the final round and then chased down Hall, who went 6.807 at 196.04. It hands Gadson his second career victory, with both coming in the last five races.
Saturday’s red light was the chief motivator on Sunday, but Gadson was thrilled to earn a second win so quickly after picking up his first career Pro Stock Motorcycle victory last month in Bristol.
“This is all about getting right back after it following that red light and I probably couldn’t think of a better way to do it than how this day turned out,” Gadson said.
“Normally, when something like that happens, you’ve got to sit on it for a week or however long until the next race. Luckily for me, I got to go back out the next day and try it again. Today, revenge was on my mind. We all find our motivators from different things and that's the kind of guy I am.
John Hall is a good friend of mine, but he beat me in Norwalk and that one kind of slipped through the cracks. To bring this home is really big.”
Hall reached the final round for the second time in three races, defeating Chris Bostick, points leader Gaige Herrera and Smith, who won the GETTRX Pro Stock Motorcycle All-Star Callout on Saturday. Herrera leaves Sonoma with a 70-point lead over Gadson.
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