Mon, 21 Sep 2026, 16:33 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of final, round 4 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
   24 Jordan Vandergriff                     14 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037  3.858 329.43                     0.015  8.357  84.97
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Todd      ) 0.007  3.896 327.75      (J Beckman   ) 0.029  3.864 333.09
E2    (D WIlkerson ) 0.029  3.872 333.09      (A DeJoria   ) 0.039  3.885 330.40
E1    (A Prock     ) 0.022 10.105  80.78      (J Haas      ) 0.057  4.287 303.85
 Qualified:            #16  8.429  77.59                        #3  3.886 330.88

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,331 feet.

Hagan is 2 - 1 against Vandergriff in prior events and Hagan is 1 - 0 against Vandergriff in prior final rounds.

This is the first #3 (Hagan) vs. #16 (Vandergriff) met in the FC final round since Memphis, 1999 M. (Dunn vs. Hoover)

Hagan with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Vandergriff is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He wins his third Wally, all this season