Sun, 12 Oct 2025, 14:08 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                            7 Daniel Wilkerson             
E2                   0.092  3.993 323.14     ****WINNER****  0.061  3.944 327.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.092  3.911 330.57      (A DeJoria   ) 0.086  3.924 329.28
 Qualified:             #3  3.892 330.83                       #11  3.969 321.75

12:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 22,942 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Beckman is 8 - 0 against Wilkerson in prior events.

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with clean, straight passes.

Wilkerson gets the advantage off of the line and extends his lead all the way through the run.

Daniel Wilkerson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.052), 660ft(0.069). MOV: 0.0800 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Austin Prock                          391 Spencer Hyde                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059  3.939 329.48                     0.046  5.241 150.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.056  3.867 335.70      (B Tasca III ) 0.092  4.291 244.21
 Qualified:             #1  3.876 336.07                        #9  3.945 299.28

Prock and Hyde have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Prock is the current points leader and he has a chance to really extend his lead with both Hagan and Beckman out of the race.

Hyde gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the 60 foot mark, then he gets about 200 feet out and strikes the tires. Prock goes around hyde and pulls away for the win with another good pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  116 Paul Lee                                9 Chad Green                   
E2                   0.063  6.777  93.93     ****WINNER****  0.058  4.082 296.38
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.079  3.908 331.25      (T Haddock   ) 0.129  4.032 311.48
 Qualified:             #5  3.915 321.68                        #4  3.901 331.17

Green gets the holeshot but Lee gets around him quickly. Lee gets about 150 feet out, strikes the tires and has to give up on the run. Green goes down the groove with a good pass and takes the win.

Chad Green's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.023), 330 ft(0.169), 660ft(1.181). MOV: 2.7000 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Prock will have lane choice over Green in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                          28 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.141  4.994 159.98     ****WINNER****  0.065  4.042 314.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.101  4.034 315.44      (A Laughlin  ) 0.128  4.224 227.28
 Qualified:             #7  3.929 327.75                        #2  3.889 334.55

Capps is 54 - 30 against Pedregon in prior events.

Capps gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Pedregon gets about 300 feet out and loses traction and falls behind further. Capps starts moving left, then crosses the centerline after he goes through the lights.

Wilkerson will have lane choice over Capps in the next round.