Sun, 15 Nov 2026, 16:57 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
  373 J.R. Todd                            3095 Bobby Bode                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.930 333.08                     0.048  3.940 323.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Nataas    ) 0.071  3.956 331.28      (J Beckman   ) 0.065  4.047 315.42
 Qualified:             #3  3.910 334.32                       #11  3.974 321.04

1:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,259 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Todd is 3 - 1 against Bode in prior events.

Bode with the advantage off of the line and he stays in front for the first 60 feet. They swap the lead again, then Todd is able to get by at the end of the run to take the win.

J.R. Todd's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(-0.008). MOV: 0.0023 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Austin Prock                           71 Cruz Pedregon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.908 333.74                     0.066  3.983 291.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.066  3.893 334.82      (J Rupert    ) 0.071  3.934 313.88
 Qualified:             #4  3.914 324.59                        #5  3.931 318.02

Prock is 7 - 1 against Pedregon in prior events.

A coin flip off of the line, Prock gets the early lead. Pedregon was falling back, then it looks like he may have lost a cylinder late in the run. Prock goes down the groove with a good pass for the conditions and takes the win.

Austin Prock's incremental margins: 60ft(0.035), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.036). MOV: 0.0781 seconds (approximately 33 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         24 Jordan Vandergriff           
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.887 332.67                     0.074  3.959 329.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.096  3.888 331.77      (J Arend     ) 0.086  3.938 331.61
 Qualified:             #2  3.904 329.50                        #7  3.943 327.66

Vandergriff is 4 - 0 against DeJoria in prior events.

DeJoria gets the advantage off of the line and extends her lead all the way through the run. She makes the quickest pass of the event to take the win. With the loss, Vandergriff loses his chance to win the championship.

Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins: 60ft(0.030), 330 ft(0.052), 660ft(0.069). MOV: 0.0787 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

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

Hagan still has the lead in the points but Todd has a chance to pull ahead if he can win the race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Daniel Wilkerson                      703 Jim Campbell                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  3.962 325.45                     0.127  4.733 171.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.068  3.946 325.92      (R Capps     ) 0.085  4.030 304.80
 Qualified:             #8  3.969 326.08                       #16  4.068 300.26

This is the first time Wilkerson and Campbell have faced each other in eliminations.

Wilkerson gets the holeshot and extends his lead all the way through the run. Campbell had problems near the end of the run and was off of the throttle early.

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

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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