The HendrickCars.com Chevrolet Camaro stomped the New England Dragway track record in the final seconds of the 12th annual NHRA New England Nationals, and for six-time world champion Greg Anderson, that obliteration of the facility’s previous best came right alongside the 109th Pro Stock win of his career. Anderson leaves Epping, N.H., as the most winning Pro Stock driver in the history of New England Dragway, the points leader once again, and the reigning world champion looking for series crown No. 7.
That being said, the most winning driver in the history of NHRA Pro Stock didn’t fixate on the joy of victory; instead, he dialed into what he and his team can do better the next time around.
“It was a different weekend than we had all year, a tough weekend, and we were a little bit off our game, but we got lucky a couple of times today,” said Anderson. “It takes a lot of luck to win one of these, and to win, even when you’re a little off your game, that makes you feel pretty darn good. The best feeling is that we made a very good, nice quality run in the final – it just took until the final to do that.
“Everywhere we’ve been so far this year, we’ve just been making flawless runs with the whole fleet of KB Titan Racing cars – but for some crazy reason, we came here and struggled. We’re not hitting the bullseye, making mistakes, and that month off that we had – I forgot how to drive. It took time to get back into the groove.”
Qualifying was promising for Anderson, though, as he threw down a stout 6.537-second pass at 209.95 mph, and were it not for KB Titan Racing teammate Cody Coughlin’s matching elapsed time that came with a slightly faster speed (210.28 mph), he would have locked down a fourth No. 1 on the season. Although his teammate earned the honors and the GESi Pro Stock No. 1 qualifier bonus, Anderson was set and ready for raceday with a car that was clearly pulling hard at the reins.
Utilizing a series of 6.4-second passes on Sunday, Anderson powered his way to the 187th final round of an already exceptional career to meet longtime rival Erica Enders. The two were separated by just .006-second as they launched from the starting line, but Enders overpowered the racetrack immediately and was out of the competition. Anderson blazed ahead on the 6.469, 212.19 mph to reset the track record for elapsed time and stake his claim on New England Dragway; his three wins are now the most there for any Pro Stock driver, with Enders second-best at two. In winning the event, Anderson now has 997 career round wins and is cresting another milestone; only one driver in NHRA history has locked down 1,000 or more round wins: Funny Car legend John Force.
KB Titan Racing — a team originally started by Greg Anderson with Ken Black in the early 2000’s and one that now owns 10 world champions and 201 Pro Stock wins — has had an unshakeable hold on the season so far. Anderson has reached every final round in the first six races, and teammate Dallas Glenn was a finalist and three-time winner within the first five. The Elite Motorsports racers, KBT’s staunchest rivals in recent years, have suffered trials and tribulations that left them scrapping for win lights. At New England Dragway, though, they appeared to have turned a corner.
Although fans of the KB Titan Racing team may turn their noses a bit at this, for Anderson, that awakening is welcomed.
“They should be proud of the work that they’ve done; that’s what this class is all about. Nobody quits, nobody gives up,” he said. “I knew that this month that we’ve had off would give them a chance to recover, and it did. They closed the gap. We still got the W, but it’s a long season to go, and they’re back in the game. Thank the Lord for my race team. We just got better every run, and we’ll clean up our mistakes for Bristol. It’s going to be a dogfight the rest of the year, and it’s going to be good.”
The next event on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series tour will be the 23rd annual Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, Tenn., June 6-8, 2025.
This story was originally published on June 2, 2025. 
