Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 13:14 PM PLAYNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in PLAYNHRA Funny Car All-Star Callout at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 1 Austin Prock E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.981 327.74 0.064 4.054 285.17 Qualified: #99 100 #99 100Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,822 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.
J.R. Todd is competing in his third Callout event and fourth specialty event overall. He lost in the first round of his first specialty race in 2017, then lost to Bob Tasca III in the second round of the 2024 Callout and to Matt Hagan in the first round of the 2025 Callout. Todd has a 1-2 record in Callout competition.
Austin Prock is competing in his second Funny Car Callout event and his third Callout event overall, having previously competed in the Top Fuel Callout in 2023. Prock won the 2025 Callout, defeating Cruz Pedregon, Jack Beckman and Ron Capps in the final. He also set the Low E.T. and Top Speed of the 2025 Callout with a 3.873-second pass at 333.66 mph.
Prock with the starting
line advantage and the lead until it started lose traction and drops a hole or two. Todd chased him
down on the top end for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 771 Alexis DeJoria E1 0.080 6.820 99.19 ****WINNER**** 0.099 3.971 330.15 Qualified: #99 100 #99 100Ron Capps is competing in his 20th specialty event and fifth Callout event. He has four specialty-event wins and two runner-up finishes. Capps won the 2022 Callout, defeating Tim Wilkerson, John Force and Matt Hagan, before losing to Robert Hight in the first round of the 2023 Callout and to Paul Lee in the first round of the 2024 Callout. He was the runner-up in the 2025 Callout, losing to Austin Prock in the final. Capps is 11-8 in first-round competition at specialty events and, along with Hagan, is one of two Funny Car drivers to have competed in all five Callout events. He has a 5-3 overall record in Callout competition.
Alexis DeJoria is competing in her fourth Callout event and seventh specialty race overall. Her first Callout appearance came in 2022. DeJoria is 0-3 in Callout competition, with two losses to Matt Hagan and one to Cruz Pedregon.
Capps with the starting line
advantage, but is up in smoke early and clicked it off. DeJoria kept it hooked up and hitting on all
eight for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Jack Beckman 7 Chad Green
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 4.253 252.14 0.059 6.931 98.97
Qualified: #99 100 #99 100
Jack Beckman is competing in his seventh specialty event overall and second Callout event. His
first specialty event came in 2007, and he has four specialty-event wins. Beckman lost to Ron Capps
in the second round of the 2025 Callout. In 2015, he won the Funny Car Shootout at Indy and then went
on to win the race.Chad Green is competing in his second Callout event. His first appearance came in 2024, when he lost to J.R. Todd in the first round.
Green with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and pedaled it. He was back up in smoke before he clicked it off.
Beckman is driving away for the win and then gets real loose around half track. Beckman does
a great job reeling it back in for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 14 Matt Hagan 9 Spencer Hyde E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.947 331.77 0.102 3.976 325.22 Qualified: #99 100 #99 100Matt Hagan is competing in his ninth specialty event overall and fifth Callout event. Hagan was the runner-up to Ron Capps in the 2022 Callout, losing on a holeshot, and was the runner-up to Robert Hight in the 2023 Callout. He lost to Paul Lee in the second round of the 2024 Callout and to Austin Prock in the semifinals of the 2025 Callout. Hagan is one of two Funny Car drivers, along with Ron Capps, to have competed in all five Callout events. He has a 6-4 overall record in Callout competition.
Spencer Hyde is making his debut in both the Callout and specialty-event competition, making this his first appearance in each.
Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes the quickest pass of the round. He will get to make the pick for the semifinal.
Hyde with a great looking pass in the losing effort.
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