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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 14:17 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 6.690/95.96, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.361/85.08, Was #21

1:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,878 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.

Richards gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires, then backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 4.267/228.11, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 8.746/90.12, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.713/110.47, Was #21

Green was on a decent pass, gets about 600 feet out, and loses a cylinder. the car makes a hard move to the left and he has to back off of the throttle. Haddock hits the throttle, loses traction and makes a move to the right before giving up on the run.

Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 4.205/295.79, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.529/199.35, Was #16
Right Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 5.084/176.58, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.289/138.63, Was #20

Nataas goes down the groove with a good pass and she gets off of the bump and into the 15th spot. Bode gets about 400 feet out, hazes the tires and backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Dylan Winefsky Runs 4.119/308.43, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.173/305.84, Was #14
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 8.952/85.49, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.793/171.99, Was #18

Winefsky goes down the groove with a good run, header flames high and steady all the way through the run. He improves and moves up to the 12th spot.

Dylan Winefsky's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.332/263.36 mph.

Alexander goes upo in smoke at the hit and has to give up on the run.

Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.119/315.49, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.713/179.23, Was #17

Lee goes down the groove with a good pass, tying the run made by Winefsky. He gets in the field in the 12th spot ahead of Winefsky due to his faster speed.

Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.904 sec., 330ft-2.341, 660ft-3.337/261.27 mph.

Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 5.130/150.13, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.135/300.66, Was #14
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.050/313.88, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.044/283.49, Was #10

Arend gets about 400 feet out, loses traction and backs off of the throttle. Green goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far but he doesn't improve.

Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.314, 660ft-3.273/268.44 mph.

Left Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 9.837/59.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.013/318.47, Was #9
Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 5.115/136.63, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.984/314.17, Was #6

Hyde goes up in smoke at the hit and was off of the throttle quickly. Wilkerson makes it about 400 feet, strikes the tires and gives up on the run.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 8.054/82.07, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.970/319.98, Was #5
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.003/315.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.938/329.10, Was #2

Pedregon rattled the tires and was off of the throttle early. Capps drifted a little to the left late in the run but stayed on the throttle and made the quickest pass of the round so far.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.290, 660ft-3.237/275.17 mph.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.184/259.56, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.947/329.26, Was #4
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 15.539/61.38, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.937/326.79, Was #1

DeJoria made a full pass but had a cylinder out late in the run. Not sure what happened with Beckman. it looked like he double stepped the throttle at the hit and he went up in smoke.

Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.538/264.55, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.998/323.89, Was #8
Right Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 5.427/148.10, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.082/263.67, Was #11

Todd hazed the tires about 300 feet out. he pedaled once, recovered, and went on through the rest of the run. Vandergriff lost traction about 300 feet out and gave up on the run.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 4.229/263.00, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.943/313.37, Was #3
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.950/159.97, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.988/326.40, Was #7

Prock lost traction about 600 feet out, lost a cylinder, but stayed on the throttle. Hagan lost traction about 600 feet out and had to give up on the run.

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