Sun, 04 Oct 2026, 13:32 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By Reporter |
MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 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 7 Chad Green
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 6.985 159.64 0.106 7.353 133.98
Qualified: #11 3.945 327.35 #6 3.906 329.99
Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.19
inches,
adjusted altitude 1,025 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.Chad Green has four round wins in his 10 races since his win in Chicago. Spencer Hyde is 6-10 in Round 1 this year.
Hyde with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit. Hyde is up in smoke right at the hit and pedaled it around seven times and got it to hook up enough for the win.
Green was up in smoke right at the hit and he was off and
on the
throttle, but couldn't get it to hook up.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 1 Austin Prock E1 0.063 3.937 322.11 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.872 334.90 Qualified: #13 3.994 327.35 #4 3.882 330.23Austin Prock's 119 round wins in FC are tied with D. Pulde for the 29th-most in class history. Prock set Low E.T. here last year with a 3.845. Ron Capps' last six round losses, and eight of his last nine, have all come against current or former FC World Champions.
Prock is 8 - 2 against Capps in prior events.
Prock with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win.
Capps with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 14 Matt Hagan E1 0.096 6.341 117.77 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.935 331.12 Qualified: #14 4.028 315.19 #3 3.882 331.85At Rockingham, Matt Hagan became the first FC driver this year to make all eight runs - qualifying and eliminations - in the 3-second zone. Terry Haddock is one of 19 racers who have never beaten Hagan.
Hagan is 9 - 0 against Haddock in prior events.
Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Haddock is up in smoke and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 302 Dale Creasy Jr. 3 Jack Beckman E1 0.066 4.221 261.37 ****WINNER**** 0.069 3.864 332.84 Qualified: #16 4.234 238.17 #1 3.866 332.59Jack Beckman wins 78% of his Round 1 races when he has lane choice, including 91% when starting No. 1. The No. 16 FC qualifier has never won a round at this event.
Beckman is 7 - 0 against Creasy Jr. in prior events.
Creasy with a slight starting line advantage, but Beckman has the lead as they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win. He make the quickest pass of the event for the win.
Creasy
with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 3095 Bobby Bode 771 Alexis DeJoria E1 0.084 4.667 175.27 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.874 329.91 Qualified: #15 4.047 319.90 #2 3.882 334.65Alexis DeJoria is 17-3 in Round 1 when qualified No. 2. Bobby Bode is making his 50th career start.
DeJoria is 5 - 1 against Bode in prior events.
DeJoria with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She makes her quickest pass this weekend for the win.
Bode started mixing up
cylinders
around half track, then the engine let go with a huge boomer.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 256 Blake Alexander 373 J.R. Todd E1 0.058 11.458 80.33 ****WINNER**** 0.067 4.345 205.04 Qualified: #12 3.958 327.66 #5 3.898 336.07J.R. Todd is 127-73 in Round 1 in his FC career. Blake Alexander is 1-12 against Todd in Round 1.
Todd is 14 - 2 against Alexander in prior events.
Alexander with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Todd with a good pass early and then started to spin the
tires, but
held on for the win. He will give up lane choice to Prock in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 24 Jordan Vandergriff E1 0.047 6.921 96.42 ****WINNER**** 0.094 3.896 324.51 Qualified: #10 3.928 321.27 #7 3.906 328.94Jordan Vandergriff wins 94% of his Round 1 races when he has lane choice. Cruz Pedregon is 16-36 in Round 1 when starting No. 10.
This is the first time Pedregon and Vandergriff have faced each other in eliminations.
Pedregon with the starting line advantage, but started to spin the tires right at the hit and clicked it off.
Vandergriff with a good pass early, but the pipes got hot on the top end, but he
gets the
win. He will give up lane choice to DeJoria in next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 139 Dave Richards 5 Daniel Wilkerson E1 0.104 4.753 168.75 ****WINNER**** 0.045 4.006 315.93 Qualified: #9 3.923 333.74 #8 3.921 325.22The No. 8 FC qualifier is 11-3 in Round 1 at this event. This is the only Round 1 pairing between two drivers who have not won a race.
Wilkerson is 4 - 0 against Richards in prior events.
Wilkerson with the starting line advantage, but dropped a cylinder early. He stayed with it to get the win.
Richards
is up in
smoke early and clicked it off early.
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