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Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 17:01 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Reporter





MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 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:
Left Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 15.750/54.62, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.299/94.35, Was #16
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.994/327.35, Now #12; Best prior run: 8.006/85.22, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,540 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

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

Capps kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to get in the show. Capps goes to the number 12 spot.

Right Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.047/319.90, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.900/89.26, Was #18

Bode is straight down the groove, hitting on all eight to get in the show. He goes to the number 14 spot. That bumps out Wilkerson and puts King on the bump.

Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 11.090/74.30, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.958/327.66, Was #11
Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 3.921/325.22, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.547/180.91, Was #17

Alexander is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Wilkerson launched hard and kept it hooked up to get in the show. He goes to the number eight spot.

Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 3.955/332.67, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.923/333.74, Was #9
Right Lane: Chris King Runs 5.441/147.01, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.265/244.34, Was #17

Richards is straight down the groove with a good clean pass.

King is up in smoke early and he will not get back into the show.

Left Lane: Chad Green No Time, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.906/329.99, Was #5
Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 8.958/92.29, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.234/238.17, Was #16

there were issues with the starting line for Green. He makes a good looking pass, he will not get a time.

Creasy Jr. is up in smoke right at the hit.

Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.930/333.00, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.898/336.07, Was #4
Right Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 8.626/82.09, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.945/327.35, Was #11

Todd is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve.

Hyde started to smoke the tires early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.928/332.18, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.882/331.85, Was #3
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.928/321.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.933/320.89, Was #10

Hagan kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make another good pass. He will not improve. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.266, 660ft-3.192/281.01 mph.

Pedregon launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 10 spot. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.258, 660ft-3.182/280.66 mph.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.910/328.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.882/334.65, Was #2
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.882/330.23, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.914/332.84, Was #7

DeJoria is straight down the groove with another good pass.

Prock launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.239, 660ft-3.147/285.65 mph.

Prock is the third driver to run 3.882 seconds, and he has the slowest mph of the three. Alexis is the fastest and Hagan's is second fastest.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.944/326.56, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.866/332.59, Was #1
Right Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 4.176/227.15, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.906/328.94, Was #7

Beckman is straight down the groove with another good pass. He will hold on to the number one spot. The is the third time this season he has qualified number one and 30th of his career.

Vandergriff's engine lets go with a quick fireball and he gets the car stopped safely.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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