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TOP FUEL WINNER: Shawn Langdon, Kalitta Air Careers Dragster
Finals Broadcast Replay (eastern time): 9-11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 on FS1
Qualifying: Langdon made his best run of the weekend in the first qualifying attempt Friday evening when the Kalitta Air Careers team made a 3.679-second pass...
J.R. Todd, DHL Funny Car
Finals Broadcast Replay (eastern time): 9-11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 on FS1
Qualifying: J.R. Todd was the No. 5 qualifier at the NAPA NHRA Midwest Nationals. His best qualifying attempt came in the second session Friday night when the DHL GR Supra made a 3.898-second...
Doug Kalitta, Gerber Collision & Glass Top Fuel Dragster
Finals Broadcast Replay (eastern time): 9-11 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 on FS1
Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 10 qualifier at the NAPA NHRA Midwest Nationals. His best qualifying attempt came in the Friday evening session when the...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 4, 2026) – Ron Capps and the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car team battled through a challenging weekend at the NAPA AUTO PARTS NHRA Midwest Nationals, overcoming three consecutive traction-plagued qualifying attempts to make the field before falling to Austin Prock in the opening...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 4, 2026) – NHRA Rookie of the Year contender Maddi Gordon delivered an impressive qualifying performance at the NAPA AUTO PARTS NHRA Midwest Nationals, posting a new personal-best mile-per-hour while temporarily resetting the World Wide Technology Raceway speed record when...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 4, 2026) – Jordan Vandergriff and John Force Racing’s Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team earned its sixth final-round appearance of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season in the NHRA Midwest Nationals but fell just short of notching their fourth win as...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 4, 2026) – Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Café Chevrolet SS Funny Car team turned in one of their strongest qualifying performances of the season at the NAPA AUTO PARTS NHRA Midwest Nationals. The John Force Racing driver qualified No. 2 and collected bonus points in three...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 3, 2026) – Jack Beckman was third after Friday’s qualifying runs but the PEAK SQUAD found a little bit extra in Saturday’s first run to move the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car to the No. 1 qualifying position for the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway...
MAFDISON, Ill. (Oct. 3, 2026) – – Top Fuel points leader Shawn Langdon is the No. 1 qualifier for tomorrow’s NAPA NHRA Midwest Nationals at Worldwide Technology Raceway in Madison, Ill. Sunday’s race broadcast is scheduled for either 2-4 p.m. or 4:30-6:30 p.m. eastern time on FOX. The broadcast...
MADISON, Ill. (October 2, 2026) – Alexis DeJoria and the John Force Racing Bandero Café Funny Car team kicked off the third race of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship by rocketing straight to the top of the qualifying sheets on Friday at the NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals at World...
MADISON, Ill. (Oct. 2, 2026) – Alexis DeJoria made her quickest run of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season in Friday’s first qualifying session to earn the provisional No. 1 spot in Funny Car for the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway.
The Bandero Café...
Ron Capps returns to St. Louis chasing a win and points in the Countdown. Maddi Gordon debuts a historic NAPA Auto Parts Top Fuel scheme.
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CGM found clutch issues behind its recent Funny Car traction problems. The team heads to St. Louis ready to pick up another win.
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Jim Dunn has been burning nitro for over 70 years. Dunn has been selected to join the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports HOF.
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RON CAPPS
Driver of the NAPA Auto Care Funny Car
Countdown to the Championship Ranking: 3rd (-106 points)
NHRA Midwest Nationals Event Highlights:
Four-time event champion (1997, 2005, 2007, 2017)
Four-time runner-up (2009, 2022, 2023, 2024)
2009 No. 1 qualifier
2025 NHRA Midwest Nationals...
MADDI GORDON
Driver of the NAPA Auto Parts Top Fuel Dragster
Last Event (Rockingham):
Qualified ninth; Quarterfinal finish (defeated Justin Ashley in E1; defeated by Doug Kalitta in E2)
2026/Career Statistics:
16 races: one win, one runner-up finish
Career-best E.T.: 3.695 seconds (Brainerd...
Matt Hagan brings the Funny Car points lead to St. Louis. Leah Pruett debuts the Pellera dragster at World Wide Technology Raceway.
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Shawn Langdon, Doug Kalitta, and J.R. Todd are ready to go rounds in St. Louis. The Kalitta teams could double up this weekend in St. Louis.
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John Force Racing drivers are fighting to advance in the Countdown points. Here's a look at how the team is approaching St. Louis.
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MADISON, Ill. (Sept. 30, 2026) — In Funny Car, Hagan enters the NHRA Midwest Nationals not only with significant wind in his sails after capturing a crucial victory at Rockingham Dragway, but as the defending event champion. His win last weekend was his fourth of the season, 59th of his career...