Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 13:54 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #4 |
By Dave Rowe |
INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from round 4 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: J.R. Todd Runs 3.981/327.74, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.998/323.89, Was #9
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 4.054/285.17, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.921/317.87, Was #2
1:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,822 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.
Todd goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays in the ninth spot. Prock has problems near the end of the run and slows.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 6.820/99.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.914/332.18, Was #1
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.971/330.15, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.947/329.26, Was #5
Capps hazes the tires about 300 feet out, pedals, then gives up on the run. DeJoria makes a clean, straight pass but doesn't improve.
Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.253/252.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.937/326.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 6.931/98.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.044/283.49, Was #12
Beckman hazed the tires about 600 feet out, pedaled, then gave up on the run. Green had problems at the hit.
Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.947/331.77, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.979/327.59, Was #8
Right Lane: Spencer Hyde Runs 3.976/325.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.944/319.45, Was #4
Hagan goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the fifth spot for now.
Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.280, 660ft-3.210/280.43 mph.
Hyde makes a good pass but he doesn't improve.
Spencer Hyde's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.293, 660ft-3.226/279.15 mph.
Left Lane: John Smith Runs 4.089/305.36, Now #15; No Prior Run
Smith makes a full pass under power and gets in the field in the 15th spot.
Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.306/141.95, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.713/110.47, Was #23
Haddock has traction problems and is off of the throttle early.
Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.115/275.39, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.793/171.99, Was #21
Alexander lost a cylinder about 300 feet out, the car starts drifting to the left, gets close to the wall and he has to click it off early.
Left Lane: Justin Schriefer Runs 4.188/292.46, Now #20; Best prior run: 4.809/169.13, Was #22
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.054/317.05, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.970/319.98, Was #7
Schriefer dropped a cylinder about 400 feet out. The car started moving to the left, gets very close to the wall after the finish line, then his chutes don't deploy. He stands on the brakes and the car come to a stop just just of the sand trap. Pedregon makes a decent pass but he doesn't improve.
Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 6.063/118.19, Now #21; Best prior run: 4.196/303.71, Was #21
Right Lane: Dylan Winefsky Runs 4.442/210.01, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.119/308.43, Was #18
Richards has traction problems early and clicked it off. Winefsky lost a cylinder late in the run and backed off of the throttle early.
Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.098/278.58, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.134/252.52, Was #19
Right Lane: Julie Nataas No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 4.205/295.79, Was #22
Bode had a cylinder out about 300 feet down track. The car starts moving around and he backs off of the throttle a little early. He does well enough to get in the show on the bump.
Nataas lost traction late in the run, backed off of the throttle, then made a move to the left and hit the timing block at the end of the track.
Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.212/237.46, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.037/324.05, Was #11
Right Lane: Chris King Runs 9.325/78.36, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.112/287.96, Was #17
Lee was on a decent run but drove into smoke about 900 feet out. King had problems at the hit and gave up on the run early.
Left Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 4.588/183.24, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.002/315.49, Was #10
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.654/182.03, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.076/303.78, Was #14
Vandergriff gets about 600 feet out, loses traction, then backs off of the throttle. Arend hazed the tires about 600 feet out, looks like he lost a cylinder, then backed off of the throttle.
Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 4.916/157.19, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.974/321.96, Was #8
Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 4.602/186.18, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.045/318.77, Was #13
Wilkerson gets about 500 feet out, strikes the tires, then clicks it off. Green gets about the same spot, loses traction and aborts the run.
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