Greg Anderson’s legacy continues to be written as qualifying at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals wrapped. Locking down the 138th No. 1 qualifying start of his career driving the HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro, Anderson tied Pro Stock pioneer Warren Johnson for the most all time in the class.
“It’s pretty cool when you can tie Warren’s records,” said Anderson with a nod to his former employer’s successes. In 2021 he first tied, then broke Johnson’s record of 97 wins, the most ever by a driver in Pro Stock. Win 97 came for Anderson in Reading, Pa., and he emerged as the most winning when he powered to the win in Dallas just three races later. Entering U.S. Nationals eliminations, Anderson has 111 national event wins. He is No. 2 on NHRA’s all-time win list behind only Funny Car legend John Force.
The tying pole in Indianapolis is the sixth No. 1 of the season for the reigning and six-time world champion, putting an exclamation point on a fruitful set of qualifying sessions.
“I said it from the first day of the race, we’re on a mission here, we want to have a stellar weekend in honor of Ken Black,” said Anderson, referring to his former longtime team owner and friend who passed away just before the event. “We got the Mission #2Fast2Tasty Challenge win and championship last night, tonight we got the pole, and we got a whole lot of bonus points along the way. So far so good, now we just have to keep it going.”
Through five rounds of qualifying, Anderson was exceptional. He was the quickest of the lot in four sessions and swept in a massive 18 bonus points to chomp a big bite in KB Titan Racing teammate Dallas Glenn’s lead in the points. Glenn, the incoming points leader, is now just two marks ahead of Anderson as the battle for the regular season championship comes to a crescendo.
“It’s going to be either Dallas or myself with that regular season title tomorrow, and we both want it bad,” said Anderson, who will race Mason McGaha in round one. “To be able to battle like this down to the wire, and to do it at the U.S. Nationals, is really special. It’s a lot of fun, and I think we’re both ready to go the distance on Monday here. We’ll get a good night’s rest tonight, and we’ll wake up tomorrow ready for battle.”
Eliminations at the 71st annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals are set to begin at 10:00 a.m. on Labor Day Monday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
This story was originally published on September 1, 2025. 
