After 26 years of trying – including finishing runner-up six times during that period – winning NHRA Top Fuel championships is starting to become a habit for Doug Kalitta.

A good habit, for sure.

The veteran driver will clinch his second championship in the last three seasons during this weekend’s season-ending and 60 annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragway in Pomona, California.

All the Ann Arbor, Michigan native needs to do is make one successful qualifying run – he gets two tries on Friday and two more on Saturday – and the Top Fuel title is his once again.

“It feels really good,” said Kalitta, who looks to bounce back from a seventh runner-up title last season after his first title victory in 2023. “I’m definitely proud of my guys for making it all hap

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