Sun, 02 Nov 2025, 14:54 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         5 Bob Tasca III                
E1                   0.094  4.690 173.74     ****WINNER****  0.097  4.059 260.97
 Qualified:            #13  3.990 314.90                        #4  3.906 333.08

11:28 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,549 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Bob Tasca wins 74% of his Rd. 1 races when starting from the top half of the field .

Blake Alexander beat Tasca in Rd. 2 here last year.

Tasca is 16 - 7 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander gets about 400 feet out, strikes the tires, then gives up on the run. Tasca was on a good run but hazed the tires about 700 feet and lost traction.

Bob Tasca III's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(-0.009), 660ft(0.201). MOV: 0.6285 seconds (more than 100 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  391 Spencer Hyde                          750 Del Worsham                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072  3.931 320.81                     0.107  4.038 293.22
 Qualified:             #5  3.917 324.75                       #12  3.980 300.13

Spencer Hyde is the 108th driver to race Del Worsham.

Del Worsham's 513 FC round wins are 7th most in class history.

Hyde gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. He goes down the groove with a good pass and extends his lead all the way through the run. Worsham was out of power just a little early.

hyde will have lane choice over Tasca in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Austin Prock                          766 Jason Rupert                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.895 334.65                     0.034  3.992 322.11
 Qualified:             #1  3.885 335.23                       #16  4.025 312.21

Austin Prock is 21 -3 in Rd. 1 when qualified #1 (all 3 losses have been this year).

This is Jason Rupert's 15th start.

Prock is 1 - 0 against Rupert in prior events.

Rupert gets out of the gate first and goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. Prock reels Rupert in just past the 60 foot mark and pulls away for the win.

Austin Prock's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(0.021), 660ft(0.050). MOV: 0.0743 seconds (approximately 35 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                          139 Dave Richards                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  3.912 331.12                     0.113  5.430 133.84
 Qualified:             #2  3.892 331.61                       #15  4.022 319.75

Jack Beckman's 24 round wins here are tied for the 4th most for him at any event.

Dave Richards is 4 - 12 in Rd. 1 this year.

Beckman is 6 - 1 against Richards in prior events.

Beckman gets the advantage off of the line and goes down the groove with the second quickest run of the round so far to take the win. Richards gets about 300 feet out, hazes the tires, then clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                             71 Cruz Pedregon                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  3.927 324.12                     0.092  4.000 318.32
 Qualified:             #3  3.897 329.75                       #14  4.014 314.02

Matt Hagan is 33 - 6 in Rd. 1 when qualified #3.

Hagan is 30 - 11 against Pedregon in prior events.

Cruz Pedregon is 6 - 14 against Hagan in Rd. 1 (0 - 3 this year).

Pedregon gets the holeshot, stays in front past the sixty foot mark, then Hagan goes around him. Hagan pulls away and takes the stripe for the win.

With this win Prock cannot clinch the championship this weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               9 Chad Green                   
E1                   0.085  3.917 329.91     ****WINNER****  0.056  3.921 327.35
 Qualified:             #6  3.919 329.91                       #11  3.956 320.81

Ron Capps is 4 - 0 against Green in Rd.1.

Chad Green is 8 - 10 in Rd.1 this year.

Capps is 7 - 2 against Green in prior events.

Green gets the advantage off of the line and starts pulling away. Capps starts reeling him in after the 330 foot mark but he can't reel in Green.

Chad Green's incremental margins: 60ft(0.031), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.030). MOV: 0.0258 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

Green will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Daniel Wilkerson                      116 Paul Lee                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.967 322.50                     0.069  4.009 315.49
 Qualified:             #7  3.919 329.02                       #10  3.950 327.66

Daniel Wilkerson is 26 - 26 in Rd. 1 in his career.

Paul Lee's 9 round wins here are the most for him at any event.

Wilkerson and Lee have each won 3 times against the other in prior events.

A coin flip off of the line, they were dead even at the 60 foot mark. Lee loses a cylinder, raw fuel coming out of the left side header, and Wilkerson is able to pull away and take the win.

Daniel Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(-0.009), 660ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0430 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Beckman will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 J.R. Todd                             771 Alexis DeJoria               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  3.926 328.14                     0.099  4.338 209.69
 Qualified:             #8  3.930 329.10                        #9  3.938 328.78

J.R. Todd has lost in Rd. 1 at his last 5 races.

DeJoria is 10 - 7 against Todd in prior events and is 6 - 5 against Todd in Rd. 1.

Todd gets out of the gate first and goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass. DeJoria has traction problems and is off of the throttle early.

Prock will have lane choice over Todd in the next round.

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