Sun, 04 Oct 2026, 14:30 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel 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
   14 Tony Stewart                          200 Will Smith                   
E2                   0.054  3.762 333.82     ****WINNER****  0.076  3.721 331.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.054  5.322 229.24      (M Gordon    ) 0.056  3.722 333.00
 Qualified:            #11  3.733 337.50                       #14  3.742 332.75

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,507 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Will Smith is 1 - 3 in Rd. 2.

Stewart is 1 - 0 against Smith in prior events.

Stewart with the starting line advantage, but Smith chased him down around half track and never trailed from there on for the win.

Stewart with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  123 Antron Brown                            8 Shawn Reed                   
E2                   0.053  7.850  81.93     ****WINNER****  0.041  3.758 332.10
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.061  3.735 336.15      (D Kalitta   ) 0.092  3.706 336.15
 Qualified:             #2  3.704 334.90                        #7  3.721 331.69

Brown is 7 - 2 against Reed in prior events.

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pruett                             2 Shawn Langdon                
E2                   0.054  3.770 332.59     ****WINNER****  0.037  3.714 337.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wurtzel   ) 0.077  3.735 328.30      (T Schumacher) 0.065  3.680 341.68
 Qualified:             #8  3.722 327.35                        #1  3.679 339.87

Shawn Langdon has now made 10 runs over 340 mph.

That was the 14th holeshot win for Leah Pruett.

Langdon is 20 - 10 against Pruett in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes the quickest pass of the round.

Pruett with a good pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Justin Ashley                         616 Jasmine Salinas              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  3.764 332.75                     0.094  9.618  83.33
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Torrence  ) 0.035  3.766 332.02      (S Massey    ) 0.082  3.716 337.92
 Qualified:            #12  3.737 331.36                       #13  3.741 327.11

This is the rerun from earlier when the tree malfunctioned.

That was the 24th holeshot win for Justin Ashley This is the 2nd consecutive year that the #12, 13 & 14 TF qualifiers all advanced to Rd. 2 at this event.

This is the first time Ashley and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.

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

Salinas is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

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