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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 19:46 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. 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: Justin Schriefer Runs 11.153/77.96, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.809/169.13, Was #19

4:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.86 inches, adjusted altitude 3,989 feet, track temperature 142 degrees.

Schriefer hits the throttle and goes up in smoke.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.077/305.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.937/326.79, Was #1

Beckman goes down the groove with a decent run but he had a cylinder out late and he doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Terry Haddock No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 6.713/110.47, Was #22

Haddock does a burnout but he can't get the vehicle out of gear and he has to drive off the end of the track.

Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.196/303.71, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.690/95.96, Was #21
Right Lane: Chris King Runs 4.112/287.96, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.136/268.49, Was #15

Richards makes a full pass and gets into the field on the bump spot. King was on a good pass but it looked like the header flames disappeared a little early.

Dave Richards was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points.

Left Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 4.002/315.49, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.082/263.67, Was #11
Right Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 3.944/319.45, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.013/318.47, Was #9

6:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,724 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Vandergriff makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a spot to tenth. Hyde goes down the groove with a good pass and he moves up to the fourth spot.

Jordan Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.290, 660ft-3.233/271.84 mph.

Spencer Hyde's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.274, 660ft-3.190/280.31 mph.

Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 3.974/321.96, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.984/314.17, Was #7

Wilkerson makes another good pass, his quickest of the weekend, but he stays in the seventh spot.

Daniel Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.301, 660ft-3.224/280.02 mph.

Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.134/252.52, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.084/176.58, Was #21
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.076/303.78, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.135/300.66, Was #15

Bode was on a good pass but he drifted to the left and was off of the throttle a little early. Arend improves and moves up to the 12th spot.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.979/327.59, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.988/326.40, Was #8
Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 4.045/318.77, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.267/228.11, Was #19

Hagan keeps the candles lit all the way through the run and improves but stays in the eighth spot. Green improves and moves up to the 12th spot.

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.883 sec., 330ft-2.291, 660ft-3.234/277.94 mph.

Hunter Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.319, 660ft-3.277/270.21 mph.

Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.037/324.05, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.119/315.49, Was #15
Right Lane: Julie Nataas No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.205/295.79, Was #19

Lee goes down the groove with a good pass and he moves up to the 11th spot. Nataas started drifting to the left, backs off of the throttle, but took out the timing block at the end of the track.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.121/307.65, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.044/283.49, Was #12
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.022/302.96, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.947/329.26, Was #5

Green makes a full pass but doesn't improve.

DeJoria loses a cylinder or two late in the run, raw fuel was coming out of the headers, then bangs the blower as she goes through the lights.

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.914/332.18, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.938/329.10, Was #2

Capps goes down the groove with an impressive pass, the quickest of the weekend, and he takes the top spot for now.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.884 sec., 330ft-2.260, 660ft-3.180/282.60 mph.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.921/317.87, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.943/313.37, Was #3
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.006/325.06, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.998/323.89, Was #9

Prock goes right down the groove with a good run, his quickest of the weekend, and he moves up to the second spot. Todd makes a decent pass but doesn't improve.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink