2014 Toyota NHRA Winners (18):
Top Fuel (13): alBalooshi (2), Pomona1, Sonoma; Brown (6), Phoenix, Charlotte, Houston, Chicago, Norwalk, St. Louis; Crampton (2), Englishtown, Indianapolis; Langdon (1), Bristol; Lucas (2) Brainerd, Pomona2

Funny Car (5): DeJoria (3), Phoenix, Las Vegas, Indianapolis; C. Pedregon (1), Englishtown; Worsham (1), Las Vegas2

2014 Toyota Number One Qualifiers (16):
Top Fuel (7): Langdon (3), Gainesville, Charlotte, Norwalk; Brown (3), Las Vegas, Epping, Brainerd; Crampton (1), Pomona2

Funny Car (9): Pedregon (3), Gainesville, Englishtown, Reading; Worsham (3), Houston, Bristol, Norwalk; DeJoria (3), Atlanta, Charlotte2, Pomona2

Notes:

- Today’s victory was Morgan Lucas’ second of the season, despite running a limited schedule of just seven races. It is the 11th Top Fuel victory of his career. For the season, he advanced to the semi-finals or beyond four times in seven races.

- All four of the Morgan Lucas Racing team’s victories this season have come in the seven races that the team campaigned two cars. The victories came at Gainesville (Morgan Lucas), the Toyota Nationals at Englishtown (Richie Crampton), the U.S. Nationals (Crampton) and today’s NHRA Finals (Morgan Lucas).

- Alexis DeJoria advanced to today’s semi-final, marking the 10th time she’s advanced to the semi-finals or beyond this season and the sixth time in the last 10 races.

- Antron Brown closed out his season by advancing to the semi-finals or beyond 13 times. Included among those were six victories, two finals appearances and five semi-final showings.

- Today’s victory was the 18th for a Toyota-sponsored car in NHRA Nitro competition this season with 13 coming in Top Fuel and five in Funny Car. Eight different Toyota drivers have won this season – three in Funny Car and five in Top Fuel.

Toyota NHRA Finals Post-race, 3-3-3-3

Quotes:

Morgan Lucas, Lucas Oil Toyota Top Fuel Dragster: “It was crazy. In the first round we had a good solid run, but we loaded up for round two and we caught a break to win after we lost a cylinder early. In the semi’s, we went out and ran our best-ever pass – and then we bettered that in the finals. It was amazing. It’s really special because we were able to come out and run this way with my family here, my wife’s family here and with a lot of friends on hand. It was a true family affair today.”

Alexis DeJoria, Patron XO Café” Toyota Camry Funny Car: ““This season definitely exceeded our expectations. We won our first race, which was awesome, but then we won a second, and then a third! It has just been an incredible year for the Patrón XO Café’ Toyota Camry Funny Car team. I’m so grateful to Tommy [DeLago], Glen [Huszar], my team and all of our amazing sponsors. We’ve worked really hard this year to accomplish what we had and to make a huge turnaround, and we’re only going to get better. I’m going to get better as a driver. I learn so much from every run and every race, and I’m taking all of that into next season. To finish off in Pomona with a semi-final and a three second run which landed us in the No. 1 qualifying spot, man that’s going to be good memories these next two months off the off-season!”

Antron Brown, Matco Tools Toyota Top Fuel dragster: "Not a bad weekend at all. We ran really good in qualifying. We're really happy. This is our new package that we'll be running next year and we definitely gained a lot of data and knowledge on it. The Matco Tools/U.S. Army boys did a heck of a job. We just lost a good drag race. We went out there and put up a solid lap like we thought we needed to win. Morgan Lucas and (crew chief) Aaron Brooks just didn't care. They don't care. It seems like when we go up against them, they always throw low ET of the event down on us. We just can't seem to line up next to them at the right time and take advantage of them. They got us this time and we'll just go to work on it."

Richie Crampton, GEICO/Lucas Oil Toyota Top Fuel dragster: "I'm eternally grateful to Forrest, Charlotte, and Morgan Lucas for giving me this incredible opportunity to realize my dream this year. I'm humbled by the faith GEICO, Lucas Oil, Toyota, and all the other sponsors of this team showed in an unproven driver. This year has been beyond anything I could have hoped for and it's a bit sad it's over. Of course, I wanted to reward everyone with one more win and we had the car to beat Schumacher. It just came down to a few inches and he was on the right side of it this time. No matter, we still had a great weekend and a superb year and I'm so pleased with everything that's happened."

Shawn Langdon, Al-Anabi Racing Toyota Top Fuel dragster: ““It was a tough weekend for the Al-Anabi team. We were able to make a good run in the first round; we felt like we had a good handle on it, but it shook the tires in the second round. We just missed the setup a little bit. It was an unfortunate way to end the year. We really expected better results from the Al-Anabi team this year, but we know, as well as everyone else, that the Al-Anabi team is a great team. We have so many great people on this team; we just had a bad year. That’s really all it was. We’ll be back next year, and we’ll be better – I can guarantee you that.””