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Sun, 27 Sep 2026, 17:12 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                              6 Paul Lee                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.047  3.922 327.75                     0.022 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Todd      ) 0.030  3.916 331.86      (A Prock     ) 0.078  3.883 329.91
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.054  3.941 328.23      (A DeJoria   ) 0.026  3.923 328.95
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.037  3.916 329.19      (C Pedregon  ) 0.058  3.931 325.85
 Qualified:             #8  3.935 330.88                        #7  3.934 325.14

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,334 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.
The last time Matt Hagan went to four Final rounds in a row was in 2022 (Phoenix, Gainesville, Las Vegas 4-Wide and Houston). He has never been to four consecutive Final rounds at "traditional races."
This is the 16th time in Funny Car history that the No. 7 and No. 8 qualifiers have met in the Final round.
Paul Lee's 16 losses to Hagan are the most for him against any opponent.
Hagan is 16 - 2 against Lee in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.
Lee with the starting line advantage and then got real loose. The car made a move toward the wall, he never hit the wall, but did cross the outer boundary line.