Lightning Aguilera and Kaden Profili topped Round 9 of the2025 NFRfor their third round win.

Aguilera and Profili pocketed another $36,667.95 apiece for their 3.4-second run. They’ve collected $130,846.52 a man inside the Thomas & Mack to jump from 15th and 14th in the world to sixth and fifth.

Heading into Round 10, Kolton Schmidt and Jonathan Torres continue to lead the aggregate after a 4.3 in Round 9, as well as the world standings with $294,451.12 and $286,185.02, respectively. Kaleb Driggers and Junior Nogueira have moved up in the world standings again, now sitting third and second, trailing by $19,714.53and $11,448.43. Andrew Ward and Jake Long sit second in the aggregate, behind Schmidt and Torres by 7.1 seconds. They’re also fifth and fourth in the world, sitting $47,472.13and $40,952.58behind the world leaders.

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