Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 14:48 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               1 Austin Prock                 
E2                   0.074 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.050 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.082  3.934 325.14      (J Wyatt     ) 0.060  3.947 327.27
 Qualified:            #10  3.930 322.27                        #2  3.881 327.19

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 30.04 inches, adjusted altitude 2,629 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Prock is 7 - 2 against Capps in prior events.

Prock with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right at the hit.

Capps dropped a cylinder and the car starts to drift out of the groove and then collects the top end blocks, He is DQ'ed to give Prock the win. This will cost Capps 10 points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                            3095 Bobby Bode                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  3.953 330.63                     0.073  3.954 318.77
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hyde      ) 0.088  3.898 333.66      (D Wilkerson ) 0.092  4.483 206.99
 Qualified:             #5  3.903 327.66                       #13  3.994 308.14

Todd is 2 - 1 against Bode in prior events.

Todd with the starting line advantage, but Bode had the lead at 660 feet. Todd drove back around for the win on the top end. J.R. Todd's MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                              7 Chad Green                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.049  3.944 320.05                     0.083  4.191 275.00
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.040  3.897 326.00      (J Beckman   )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #3  3.899 326.40                       #11  3.972 318.99

Hagan is 9 - 5 against Green in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Prock in the semifinal.

Green was dropping cylinders right at the hit and then mixing them up on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         24 Jordan Vandergriff           
E2                   0.087  3.956 323.97     ****WINNER****  0.058  3.956 320.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.075  3.927 328.14                     0.083  6.044 110.47
 Qualified:             #8  3.915 326.08                        #1  3.879 323.50

Vandergriff is 2 - 0 against DeJoria in prior events.

Vandergriff with the starting line advantage and wins the hole shot win as they both run identical E.T.s. Vandergriff will give up lane choice to Todd in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink