Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 14:53 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest 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:

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Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 11.634/77.87, Now #18; Best prior run: 8.006/85.22, Was #18
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.958/327.66, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.115/266.85, Was #11

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 1,311 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Capps is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off. He will go into Q 4 not qualified.

Alexander launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his fastest pass of the season, his quickest this weekend to move up the ladder one spot.

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Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 10.064/79.82, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.900/89.26, Was #17
Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 11.828/85.32, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.299/94.35, Was #16

Bode is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. He will be down to one more shot to get in the show.

Wyatt is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 12.561/73.85, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.547/180.91, Was #14
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.913/332.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.882/334.65, Was #1

Wilkerson is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

DeJoria is straight down the groove another good pass. She will not improve, but makes the quickest pass of the session. Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.261, 660ft-3.176/280.49 mph.

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Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.914/332.84, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.923/225.15, Was #15
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.075/304.53, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.028/315.19, Was #11

Prock is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. He makes the quickest pass of the round. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.265, 660ft-3.180/285.89 mph.

Haddock with a good pass early, but dropped a cylinder around half track and pushed the car toward the wall. He stays with it, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Chris King Runs 9.653/78.41, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.265/244.34, Was #14
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 7.461/82.20, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.923/333.74, Was #8

King is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Richards lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 11.324/79.73, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.234/238.17, Was #13
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 3.969/325.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.906/329.99, Was #5

Creasy is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Green kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the fourth quickest pass of the session. He will not improve and stays in the number five spot.

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Left Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 4.533/190.62, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.945/327.35, Was #10
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 7.013/88.13, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.898/336.07, Was #4

Hyde drives into tire smoke and clicks it off.

Todd is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.994/315.56, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.933/320.89, Was #9
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.866/332.59, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.888/332.10, Was #3

Pedregon has a cylinder out early, but he stays with it.

Beckman launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.860 sec., 330ft-2.223, 660ft-3.132/284.87 mph.

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Left Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 3.923/329.26, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.906/328.94, Was #6
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.999/283.31, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.882/331.85, Was #3

Vandergriff is straight down the groove with a good pass until it dropped a cylinder or two right in the lights.

Hagan with a good pass early and then the car got real loose on the top end before he clicked it off.

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