HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Austin Prock, driver of the Montana Brand/Rocky Mountain Twist Top Fuel dragster for John Force Racing, was named the Auto Club Road to the Future Award winner Monday night at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series awards banquet at the Ray Dolby Theater in Hollywood.
“I am proud of the season this Montana Brand / Rocky Mountain Twist team put together. My guys worked their asses off all season long to give me the opportunity to win the Auto Club Road the Future Award. I couldn’t have done it without them,” Prock said. “I would have never been here without John Force and Robert Hight. They gave me the opportunity to fulfill my dream and I owe the world to them. I hope I made them proud.”
Prock, son of three-time championship tuner for Robert Hight’s Auto Club Chevy Camaro SS, Jimmy Prock, made his NHRA professional debut at the 2019 NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona and went onto race a full season in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
Halfway through the tour, at the 16th race of 24, Prock earned his first professional victory at the Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash., sharing the winner’s circle alongside team owner and NHRA legend John Force as he earned his milestone 150th career victory.
Prock joins a list of only 10 previous rookies to win in their first season and is the 13th rookie to qualify for the Countdown to the Championship, NHRA’s six race playoffs.