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Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 15:59 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 8.238/91.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.894/331.53, Was #1
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 9.514/116.12, Now #20; Best prior run: 17.749/35.29, Was #22

12:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,052 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Capps comes out with a Snake tribute car while Lee is in the Mongoose English Leather livery.

Capps gets about 100 feet out, goes up in smoke and clicks it off. Lee goes up in smoke at the hit and has to give up on the run.

Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 10.422/96.34, Now #21; Best prior run: 11.513/83.21, Was #21

Green goes up in smoke at the hit and is off of the throttle quickly.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.904/329.50, Now #2; Best prior run: 8.279/85.79, Was #19

DeJoria was moving around a little all the way through the run but she stays on the throttle and makes a good pass. She improves and moves up to the second spot.

Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.884 sec., 330ft-2.253, 660ft-3.168/283.13 mph.

Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 8.304/76.38, Now #20; Best prior run: 8.055/79.43, Was #19
Right Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 4.230/228.34, Now #13; Best prior run: 15.343/65.17, Was #22

Richards shakes the tires at the hit and gives up on the run about 100 feet out. Vandergriff gets about 600 feet out, hazes the tires and has to back off of the throttle early. He improves and gets in the field in the 13th spot for now.

Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 8.889/76.88, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.693/78.08, Was #19
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 5.882/154.17, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.147/95.58, Was #17

Bode loses traction at the hit and is off of the throttle before he gets 200 feet out. Alexander loses traction, pedals several times before finally giving up on the run. He improves and gets in the field in the 15th spot for now.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.431/233.96, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.618/88.21, Was #18
Right Lane: Cory Lee Runs 9.249/78.15, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.852/103.88, Was #17

Green was on a decent pass but loses traction about 500 feet out, pedals once, then gives up on the run. Lee lost traction pretty quickly and backed off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.236/295.59, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.885/125.56, Was #17
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 4.424/200.11, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.145/227.61, Was #11

Beckman gets about 400 feet out and loses traction. He pedals and is able to get the slicks to bite. he improves and moves up to the 15th spot. Prock gets about 500 feet out, strikes the tires and gives up on the run.

Right Lane: Terry Haddock No Time, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.092/287.29, Was #10

Diehl was at the water box but pulled away and did not make a pass. They said that with the track conditions they didn't think they could improve.

Haddock leaves the line, gets about 100 feet out, fire and fuel starts coming from the rear of the car. He crosses over the centerline and takes out a couple of timing blocks, drives it back over into his lane, then comes to a stop in the shutdown area. It looked like a fuel line may have come loose.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.067/267.80, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.220/218.97, Was #12
Right Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 4.370/213.81, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.055/290.19, Was #8

Hagan was on a good pass but lost traction late in the run. he improves and moves up to the ninth spot. Rupert lost traction early and backed off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.190/243.94, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.068/300.26, Was #10
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 4.946/156.72, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.011/303.50, Was #7

Campbell hazed the tires late in the run, drifted to the right, then backed off of the throttle. nataas went up in smoke about 400 feet out and gave up on the run.

Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.473/197.86, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.973/310.77, Was #5
Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 3.969/326.08, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.976/325.22, Was #6

Arend gets about 700 feet out and loses traction. Wilkerson is able to stay on the throttle all the way through the run, the second quickest of the round, and he moves up a spot to fifth.

Daniel Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.296, 660ft-3.226/280.78 mph.

Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.910/334.32, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.911/327.90, Was #3
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.807/163.24, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.931/318.02, Was #4

Todd goes down the groove with the second quickest run of the session but he doesn't improve enough to move up in the order. Pedregon gets about 600 feet out and goes up in smoke.

J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.177/282.48 mph.

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