Sun, 04 Oct 2026, 13:26 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Spencer Hyde                           14 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.096 11.170  81.32     ****WINNER****  0.077  3.925 331.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Green     ) 0.095  6.985 159.64      (T Haddock   ) 0.072  3.935 331.12
 Qualified:            #11  3.945 327.35                        #3  3.882 331.85

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,610 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Matt Hagan 175 - 106 (62%) in Rd. 2 overall and 10 - 4 (71%) this year.

Hyde is 2 - 1 against Hagan in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Hyde is up in smoke right at the hit.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                               1 Austin Prock                 
E2                   0.017 10.691  80.44     ****WINNER****  0.062  3.872 333.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.067  4.345 205.04      (R Capps     ) 0.057  3.872 334.90
 Qualified:             #5  3.898 336.07                        #4  3.882 330.23

Austin Prock is 3 - 1 against Todd in Rd. 2 races.

In their 12 rounds Todd has "left first" 8 times.

Prock is 8 - 4 against Todd in prior events.

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

Prock is straight down the groove with another good looking pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Daniel Wilkerson                        3 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.059 10.720  81.43     ****WINNER****  0.076  3.870 331.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.045  4.006 315.93      (D Creasy Jr ) 0.069  3.864 332.84
 Qualified:             #8  3.921 325.22                        #1  3.866 332.59

Daniel Wilkerson is 4 - 1 against Beckman this year (1 - 1 in Rd. 2).

In their 15 meetings Daniel has "left first" 9 times.

Beckman is 9 - 6 against Wilkerson in prior events.

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

Beckman kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make a good pass for the win. He makes the quickest pass of the round and will have lane choice over Prock in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   24 Jordan Vandergriff                    771 Alexis DeJoria               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  3.952 327.59                    -0.036 16.295  67.62
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.094  3.896 324.51      (B Bode      ) 0.071  3.874 329.91
 Qualified:             #7  3.906 328.94                        #2  3.882 334.65

Alexis is 59 - 73 in Rd. 2.

Vandergriff is 3 - 0 against DeJoria.

Vandergriff is 3 - 0 against DeJoria in prior events.

DeJoria goes red and double steps it.

Vandergriff kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win. He will give up lane choice to Hagan in the semifinal.

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