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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 17:19 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from final, round 5 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: Terry Haddock Runs 4.922/162.22, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.306/141.95, Was #23

4:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,936 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Haddock gets about 300 feet out, drives into tire smoke, then aborts the run and will not be racing tomorrow.

Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 4.089/309.70, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.205/295.79, Was #22
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.130/312.42, Now #21; Best prior run: 4.196/303.71, Was #21

Nataas goes down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend and she gets in the show in the 15th spot for now. Richards makes a full pass but he doesn't get in the show.

Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.317/269.24 mph.

Left Lane: Dylan Winefsky Runs 4.130/305.29, Now #20; Best prior run: 4.119/308.43, Was #20
Right Lane: Justin Schriefer Runs 4.124/278.81, Now #21; Best prior run: 4.188/292.46, Was #22

Winefsky makes another clean, straight pass but it isn't enough to get him in the show. Schriefer has problems late in the run and is off of the throttle early.

Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.258/232.47, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.115/275.39, Was #19

Alexander gets about 400 feet out, the car starts moving around, then he backs off of the throttle.

Right Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.181/264.75, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.098/278.58, Was #17

Bode was on a decent pass but gets about 600 feet out and loses a cylinder. he gets about 700 feet out and gives up on the run.

Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 4.024/313.95, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.045/318.77, Was #13

Green makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up a couple of spots to 11th.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.002/317.87, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.044/283.49, Was #13
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.134/247.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.037/324.05, Was #12

Green goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the tenth spot. Lee gets about 900 feet out and strikes the tires.

Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.888 sec., 330ft-2.290, 660ft-3.239/273.88 mph.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.985/111.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.970/319.98, Was #7
Right Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 3.948/327.59, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.002/315.49, Was #11

Pedregon gets about 300 feet out and drives into smoke. Vandergriff goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and the quickest of the session so far to move into the top half of the field.

Jordan Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.272, 660ft-3.204/278.69 mph.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.010/326.87, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.947/329.26, Was #6
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 6.226/106.72, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.981/327.74, Was #10

DeJoria goes down the groove with a good run but she doesn't improve. Todd goes up in smoke early and backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 3.982/325.45, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.944/319.45, Was #4
Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 4.645/177.56, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.974/321.96, Was #9

Hyde goes down the groove with a good run but he doesn't improve. Wilkerson has traction problems and is off the throttle early.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 6.009/113.51, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.921/317.87, Was #2
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.936/329.34, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.914/332.18, Was #1

Prock gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Capps goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.268, 660ft-3.195/280.43 mph.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.980/323.19, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.937/326.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.290/227.19, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.947/331.77, Was #5

Beckman goes down the groove with another good run but he doesn't improve. Hagan went up in smoke early in the run.

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.287, 660ft-3.225/275.73 mph.

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