Mon, 21 Sep 2026, 13:47 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals presented by MOPAR:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Daniel Wilkerson                       24 Jordan Vandergriff           
E2                   0.024  3.911 332.59     ****WINNER****  0.029  3.871 333.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Hyde      ) 0.023  3.909 328.23      (A Prock     ) 0.022 10.105  80.78
 Qualified:             #8  3.903 321.20                       #16  8.429  77.59

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,235 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Vandergriff is 2 - 0 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Wilkerson with a slight starting line advantage, but Vandergriff has the difference made up early and makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         14 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.064  7.435  87.16     ****WINNER****  0.038  3.885 330.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Green     ) 0.082  3.884 335.07      (J Haas      ) 0.057  4.287 303.85
 Qualified:             #6  3.898 333.09                        #3  3.886 330.88

Hagan is 22 - 14 against DeJoria in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage for the win. Hagan with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

DeJoria lost traction early and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jack Beckman                           28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  3.841 334.08                     0.034  7.056 104.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Diehl     ) 0.054  3.832 337.08      (C Green     ) 0.043  3.859 339.37
 Qualified:             #2  3.861 332.10                        #7  3.899 336.07

Capps is 42 - 27 against Beckman in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage, but lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Beckman launched hard and was straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Hagan in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                             121 Terry Haddock                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  3.985 320.06                     0.089  4.012 312.93
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.041  3.925 336.57      (C Pedregon  ) 0.090  3.959 317.35
 Qualified:             #5  3.893 334.57                       #13  3.980 314.47

Terry Haddock is 2 - 13 in Rd. 2 races. His last semi-final was the Winternationals in 2023.

Todd is 6 - 0 against Haddock in prior events.

Todd with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Vandergriff in the semifinal

Haddock with a good clean pass in the losing effort.