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Sun, 18 Oct 2026, 19:02 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                              14 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.059  3.931 331.76                     0.042  4.050 316.57
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Capps     ) 0.064  3.912 333.01      (J Vandergrif) 0.054  3.931 335.10
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.080  3.930 333.75      (P Lee       ) 0.047  3.948 331.37
E1    (S Hyde      ) 0.057  3.940 329.60      (H Green     ) 0.064  3.918 332.20
 Qualified:             #5  3.874 337.13                        #2  3.855 334.80

5:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,298 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.
Hagan is 23 - 8 against Todd in prior events and each has won 2 times against the other in final rounds.
hagan gets the advantage off of the line but had a cylinder out all the way through the run. His car pushed to the left early, then drifted further left near the end of the run. Todd went right down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the win.
J.R. Todd's incremental margins: 60ft(0.030), 330 ft(0.046), 660ft(0.069). MOV: 0.1020 seconds (approximately 47 feet).