Sun, 27 Sep 2026, 14:00 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          6 Paul Lee                     
E2                   0.040  3.924 328.95     ****WINNER****  0.026  3.923 328.95
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.080  3.959 318.92      (C Pedregon  ) 0.058  3.931 325.85
 Qualified:             #2  3.892 334.82                        #7  3.934 325.14

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,187 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

DeJoria is 9 - 5 against Lee in prior events.

Lee with the starting line advantage and gets the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Paul Lee's MOV: 0.0150 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Daniel Wilkerson                      373 J.R. Todd                    
E2                   0.030  3.961 324.68     ****WINNER****  0.016  3.942 334.08
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.026  3.931 327.27      (S Hyde      ) 0.024  3.911 336.57
 Qualified:            #13  3.982 325.85                        #5  3.916 334.57

The holeshot win in Rd. 1 was the 3rd holeshot win in Dan Wilkerson's career (and 2nd over Beckman)

J.R. Todd is 3 - 1 against Wilkerson this year.

Todd is 4 - 3 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Todd with a great light and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Austin Prock                           24 Jordan Vandergriff           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  3.916 322.81                     0.042  3.905 329.19
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Capps     ) 0.036  3.892 331.86      (C Green     ) 0.045  3.869 331.61
 Qualified:             #3  3.893 326.80                       #11  3.970 276.07

In the 7 races between Prock and Vandergriff, Prock has "left first" 6 times (and he fouled out in the 7th race)

Prock and Vandergriff have each won 3 times against the other in prior events.

Prock with a great light and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Austin Prock's MOV: 0.0010 seconds (approximately 6 inches). He will have lane choice over Lee in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                             28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.941 328.23                     0.048  4.035 309.07
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.037  3.916 329.19                     0.107  3.892 334.08
 Qualified:             #8  3.935 330.88                        #1  3.870 330.40

Capps and Hagan are 43 - 43 against each other, Capps leads 14 - 11 in Rd. 2 races and Hagan leads 2 - 0 this year.

Their 87 head-to-head races are the 6th most between any two FC drivers

Capps with the slight starting line advantage, but Hagan chased him down for the win. Hagan will have lane choice over Todd in the semifinal by 0.001 seconds.




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