Sun, 15 Nov 2026, 15:21 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jack Beckman                         3095 Bobby Bode                   
E1                   0.071  9.387  79.93     ****WINNER****  0.065  4.047 315.42
 Qualified:             #6  3.934 321.42                       #11  3.974 321.04

11:46 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,974 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Jack Beckman has set Low E/T 45 times (9 this year) and that is the 6th most in FC history.

This is the 6th race this year for Bobby Bode.

Beckman is 1 - 0 against Bode in prior events.

Beckman hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. The car makes a wild move to the left, then swings back to the right, then he gives up on the run. Bode had a cylinder out for most of the run but takes the win and moves on to the second round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Austin Prock                            6 Paul Lee                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  3.893 334.82                     0.078  3.952 327.51
 Qualified:             #4  3.914 324.59                       #13  4.011 324.75

Austin Prock wins 77% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.

Paul Lee is 1 -1 against Prock in Rd. 1 races.

Prock is 6 - 2 against Lee in prior events.

Prock gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. He extends his lead at every marker and makes his quickest run of the weekend for the win. Lee goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend in the loss.

Austin Prock's incremental margins: 60ft(0.025), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.055). MOV: 0.0717 seconds (approximately 34 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                            8002 Julie Nataas                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.956 331.28                     0.100  4.289 221.23
 Qualified:             #3  3.910 334.32                       #14  4.011 303.50

J.R. Todd has set Top speed 11 times this year. His previous high for a single season was 3.

Julie Nataas is making her 7th start.

This is the first time Todd and Nataas have faced each other in eliminations.

Todd gets the holeshot, nataas stars making up ground, then she loses traction about 500 feet out and the car goes silent. Todd goes down the groove with a clean pass to take the win.

J.R. Todd's incremental margins: 60ft(0.059), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.098). MOV: 0.3624 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Todd will have lane choice over Bode in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                             703 Jim Campbell                 
E1                   0.072  6.191 111.73     ****WINNER****  0.085  4.030 304.80
 Qualified:             #1  3.894 331.53                       #16  4.068 300.26

Ron Capps is 38 - 3 in Rd. 1 when starting #1.

Since 2000 the #16 FC qualifier has won once in Rd. 1 at this event.

Capps is 18 - 0 against Campbell in prior events.

Capps gets the advantage off of the line, gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. Campbell got out of the groove, drifted toward the centerline, but was able to keep it in the lane and take the win with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                        139 Dave Richards                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  3.888 331.77                     0.136  3.989 320.51
 Qualified:             #2  3.904 329.50                       #15  4.029 329.75

Alexis DeJoria is 10 - 4 in Rd. 1 this year when starting from the top half of the field.

In the last 20 years the #15 FC qualifier has won once in Rd. 1 at this event (2017).

DeJoria is 6 - 4 against Richards in prior events.

DeJoria gets the holeshot and goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend to pull away from Richards for the win. Richards goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but was falling behind at every marker.

Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins: 60ft(0.063), 330 ft(0.088), 660ft(0.112). MOV: 0.1412 seconds (approximately 66 feet).

Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.155/286.25 mph.

Dave Richards' incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.293, 660ft-3.227/274.83 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                         766 Jason Rupert                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.934 313.88                     0.097  3.931 332.34
 Qualified:             #5  3.931 318.02                       #12  3.980 324.12

Cruz Pedregon is 0 - 7 since Seattle.

Jason Rupert is making his 19th start.

Pedregon is 1 - 0 against Rupert in prior events.

Pedregon gets the advantage off of the line but Rupert makes up a little ground early almost pulling even at the 330 foot mark. Pedregon starts pulling away again and holds off Rupert for the holeshot win. Rupert makes his quickest run of the year and a career best speed in the loss.

Cruz Pedregon's incremental margins: 60ft(0.012), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(0.021). MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Prock will have lane choice over Pedregon in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   24 Jordan Vandergriff                    170 Jeff Arend                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.086  3.938 331.61                     0.058  4.034 312.35
 Qualified:             #7  3.943 327.66                       #10  3.973 310.77

Jordan Vandergriff wins 95% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.

Jeff Arend is 5 - 9 in Rd. 1 at this event.

Vandergriff is 2 - 0 against Arend in prior events.

Vandergriff is second in the points chase and will have to go two rounds further than Hagan to pass him.

Arend gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the 330 foot mark, then Vandergriff pulls even and starts pulling away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend.

Jordan Vandergriff's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.011), 330 ft(0.000), 660ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0681 seconds (approximately 31 feet).

DeJoria will have lane choice over Vandergriff in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Daniel Wilkerson                       14 Matt Hagan                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.946 325.92                     0.054  3.988 328.06
 Qualified:             #8  3.969 326.08                        #9  3.969 325.22

Daniel Wilkerson is 36 - 36 in Rd. 1 races.

Matt Hagan is 11 - 14 in Rd. 1 when qualified 9th. He has never won a race from the #9 spot.

Hagan is 9 - 3 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hagan is the points leader and needs to keep going rounds to lock out Vandergriff and Todd for the championship.

Hagan gets the advantage off of the line, stays in front for the first 300 feet, then Wilkerson is able to go around him and pull away for the win.

Daniel Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

With Hagan's loss, Vandergriff needs to win next round to take over the points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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