BROWNSBURG, Ind. (Nov. 11, 2026) – Jack Beckman reveres the history of NHRA championship drag racing at Pomona Dragstrip and knows he and his John Force Racing PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team have an opportunity to continue his unique winning streak there at the Nov. 13-15 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals.
The 39-time NHRA Funny Car event winner and United States Air Force veteran has won at Pomona in each of the past four years in which he’s competed. He won the Finals in 2019 and the Winternationals in 2020. His racing career was sidelined until midway through the 2024 season when he took over for the injured John Force. Beckman has since won the 2024 Finals and the 2025 Winternationals.
The consecutive Pomona event win streak was sidetracked when the 2025 Finals was cancelled because of rain and then, at the 2026 Winternationals earlier this year, Beckman was eliminated in the second round. That said, the yearly streak is still viable.
Beckman is currently fifth in the point standings, 10 points behind Austin Prock for fourth and 47 behind J.R. Todd in third. Ron Capps is four points behind in sixth.
The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings after 19 of 20 races are: 1. Matt Hagan, 2,563; 2. Jordan Vandergriff, 2,524; 3. J.R. Todd, 2,459; 4. Austin Prock, 2,422; 5. Jack Beckman, 2,412; 6. Ron Capps, 2,408; 7. Alexis DeJoria, 2,314; 8. Daniel Wilkerson, 2,239; 9. Spencer Hyde, 2,204; 10. Chad Green, 2,187.
Quotes
Talk about the opportunity to extend your career streak of four consecutive years of winning at Pomona Dragway (2019 Finals, 2020 Winters, 2024 Finals, 2025 Winters).
“Well, I had a pretty good consecutive event streak going but then the Finals got cancelled and I lost at the 2026 Winternationals. At the Finals last year, we all towed out there but never even unloaded our car because of the rain. Having been born and raised in Southern California and know the number of dry days we have, only to watch the race get completely rained out, it was a very bitter end to the 2025 season. So, hopefully, we can close out 2026 by keeping that Pomona streak alive.”
You’re 47 points out of third place heading into the Finals and the PEAK Chevy has been one of the strongest Funny Cars all season so what are your expectations heading into the Finals?
“I thought at this point we’d have won five races. I think the stats show the PEAK Chevy being the best car out there. With the number of low ET runs we’ve run. I don’t think anybody comes close to us in qualifying and elimination rounds. It’s just those things that bite us throughout the year. Sometimes my right foot needed to be a little quicker, or we drop a cylinder or smoke the tires and not really understanding why it happened. We just have to eliminate all that stuff and, when we do, we have weekends like we had an Indy where we were just dominant. We need one of those weekends in Pomona and, frankly, the points take care of themselves whether we’re going to finish fifth, fourth, or third. I just would like to close with a win at Pomona.”
What are your memories of the 2012 Finals when you won the NHRA Funny Car championship?
“It was a weird deal. We were in the semifinals, two points ahead of Ron Capps. Capps lost in the pair in front of us so we locked up the championship, right? No, because if we had lost and oiled down the track, the policy at the time would’ve taken points away and Capps would’ve been the world champion. I guess the smart thing would’ve been to back the car off the starting line, take it back to the pits and celebrate but I said ‘Let’s not celebrate yet, guys. We still have a race to win’ and we barely lost a squeaker to Cruz Pedregon. So, the elation of winning a championship is hard to put into words but the way you win also counts. But making that turn off the racetrack and seeing that stage set up and getting handed the jacket and the trophy was something I’ll never forget. It’s something that I dreamed of since I started racing when I was 19 and certainly since I started driving Funny Cars in 2006. It was just a culmination of a wild year, with a crew chief change midway through the season, and then battling back and winning the championship. We were absolutely the Cinderella story that year.”
What’s your historical perspective on the Finals at Pomona Dragstrip?
It’s odd because the last year of my first 14-year career, we didn’t run the Finals at Pomona because of COVID. I came back in 2024, filling in for John, and we won the Finals at Pomona but I was earning points for John. Then, last year, I got to run the whole season but the Finals because of the rain so it’s been a bit of a roller coaster. I don’t think there’s a racer who has spent more time at the starting line of Pomona than I have because of all my years working at the Frank Hawley school there. I love the history of Pomona Dragstrip so much because it’s the longest continually operated drag strip in the world. It’s also home for me and it’s two races that I can sleep in my own bed at night. And, starting next year, the NHRA season will once again start and end at Pomona.”
Track Schedule
In Pomona, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will feature two qualifying rounds at 12 and 2:30 p.m. PT on Friday, Nov. 13, and the final two rounds of qualifying on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Final eliminations are scheduled for 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, Nov. 15.
TV Schedule
Television coverage includes qualifying action on FS1 at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, followed by eliminations coverage at 5 p.m. ET.
Race Results
Wins: 2 (2019 & 2024)
No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2006, 2016 & 2017)
Event Record: 25-14
2026 Results
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The 39-time NHRA Funny Car event winner and United States Air Force veteran has won at Pomona in each of the past four years in which he’s competed. He won the Finals in 2019 and the Winternationals in 2020. His racing career was sidelined until midway through the 2024 season when he took over for the injured John Force. Beckman has since won the 2024 Finals and the 2025 Winternationals.
The consecutive Pomona event win streak was sidetracked when the 2025 Finals was cancelled because of rain and then, at the 2026 Winternationals earlier this year, Beckman was eliminated in the second round. That said, the yearly streak is still viable.
Beckman is currently fifth in the point standings, 10 points behind Austin Prock for fourth and 47 behind J.R. Todd in third. Ron Capps is four points behind in sixth.
The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings after 19 of 20 races are: 1. Matt Hagan, 2,563; 2. Jordan Vandergriff, 2,524; 3. J.R. Todd, 2,459; 4. Austin Prock, 2,422; 5. Jack Beckman, 2,412; 6. Ron Capps, 2,408; 7. Alexis DeJoria, 2,314; 8. Daniel Wilkerson, 2,239; 9. Spencer Hyde, 2,204; 10. Chad Green, 2,187.
Quotes
Talk about the opportunity to extend your career streak of four consecutive years of winning at Pomona Dragway (2019 Finals, 2020 Winters, 2024 Finals, 2025 Winters).
“Well, I had a pretty good consecutive event streak going but then the Finals got cancelled and I lost at the 2026 Winternationals. At the Finals last year, we all towed out there but never even unloaded our car because of the rain. Having been born and raised in Southern California and know the number of dry days we have, only to watch the race get completely rained out, it was a very bitter end to the 2025 season. So, hopefully, we can close out 2026 by keeping that Pomona streak alive.”
You’re 47 points out of third place heading into the Finals and the PEAK Chevy has been one of the strongest Funny Cars all season so what are your expectations heading into the Finals?
“I thought at this point we’d have won five races. I think the stats show the PEAK Chevy being the best car out there. With the number of low ET runs we’ve run. I don’t think anybody comes close to us in qualifying and elimination rounds. It’s just those things that bite us throughout the year. Sometimes my right foot needed to be a little quicker, or we drop a cylinder or smoke the tires and not really understanding why it happened. We just have to eliminate all that stuff and, when we do, we have weekends like we had an Indy where we were just dominant. We need one of those weekends in Pomona and, frankly, the points take care of themselves whether we’re going to finish fifth, fourth, or third. I just would like to close with a win at Pomona.”
What are your memories of the 2012 Finals when you won the NHRA Funny Car championship?
“It was a weird deal. We were in the semifinals, two points ahead of Ron Capps. Capps lost in the pair in front of us so we locked up the championship, right? No, because if we had lost and oiled down the track, the policy at the time would’ve taken points away and Capps would’ve been the world champion. I guess the smart thing would’ve been to back the car off the starting line, take it back to the pits and celebrate but I said ‘Let’s not celebrate yet, guys. We still have a race to win’ and we barely lost a squeaker to Cruz Pedregon. So, the elation of winning a championship is hard to put into words but the way you win also counts. But making that turn off the racetrack and seeing that stage set up and getting handed the jacket and the trophy was something I’ll never forget. It’s something that I dreamed of since I started racing when I was 19 and certainly since I started driving Funny Cars in 2006. It was just a culmination of a wild year, with a crew chief change midway through the season, and then battling back and winning the championship. We were absolutely the Cinderella story that year.”
What’s your historical perspective on the Finals at Pomona Dragstrip?
It’s odd because the last year of my first 14-year career, we didn’t run the Finals at Pomona because of COVID. I came back in 2024, filling in for John, and we won the Finals at Pomona but I was earning points for John. Then, last year, I got to run the whole season but the Finals because of the rain so it’s been a bit of a roller coaster. I don’t think there’s a racer who has spent more time at the starting line of Pomona than I have because of all my years working at the Frank Hawley school there. I love the history of Pomona Dragstrip so much because it’s the longest continually operated drag strip in the world. It’s also home for me and it’s two races that I can sleep in my own bed at night. And, starting next year, the NHRA season will once again start and end at Pomona.”
Track Schedule
In Pomona, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series will feature two qualifying rounds at 12 and 2:30 p.m. PT on Friday, Nov. 13, and the final two rounds of qualifying on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Final eliminations are scheduled for 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, Nov. 15.
TV Schedule
Television coverage includes qualifying action on FS1 at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, followed by eliminations coverage at 5 p.m. ET.
Race Results
| Pomona 2 | Race Result | Round by Round Results | Qualified | Event Record |
| 2005 (TF) | 1st round | Lost to Dennis Baca | 14th | 0-1 |
| 2006 (FC) | Runner-up | Beat Scott Kalitta, Tony Pedregon, Pete Burkart; lost to John Force | 1st | 3-2 |
| 2007 (FC) | 2nd round | Beat Gary Densham; lost to Mike Ashley | 2nd | 4-3 |
| 2008 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat Gary Scelzi, Melanie Troxel; lost to Ron Capps | 10th | 6-4 |
| 2009 (FC) | 1st round | Lost to Tim Wilkerson | 11th | 6-5 |
| 2010 (FC) | 1st round | Lost to Bob Bode | 7th | 6-6 |
| 2011 (FC) | 2nd round | Beat Tim Wilkerson; lost to Matt Hagan | 8th | 7-7 |
| 2012 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat Alexis DeJoria, Jeff Arend; lost to Cruz Pedregon | 3rd | 9-8 |
| 2013 (FC) | 1st round | Lost to Cruz Pedregon | 11th | 9-9 |
| 2014 (FC) | 1st round | Lost to Del Worsham | 7th | 9-10 |
| 2015 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat Chad Head; Cruz Pedregon; lost to Del Worsham | 2nd | 11-11 |
| 2016 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat John Bojec, Tim Wilkerson; lost to John Force | 1st | 13-12 |
| 2017 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat Jeff Arend, John Force; lost to Tommy Johnson Jr. | 1st | 15-13 |
| 2018 (FC) | Semi-finals | Beat Jeff Arend, Beat John Force; lost to Tommy Johnson Jr. | 2nd | 17-14 |
| 2019 (FC) | Winner | Beat John Hale, J.R. Todd, Blake Alexander, Robert Hight | 2nd | 21-14 |
| 2020 (FC) | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2021 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 (FC) | Winner | Beat Terry Haddock, Blake Alexander, Ron Capps, Austin Prock | 3rd | 25-14 |
| 2025 (FC) | Event Cancelled | N/A | N/A | 25-14 |
Wins: 2 (2019 & 2024)
No. 1 Qualifiers: 3 (2006, 2016 & 2017)
Event Record: 25-14
2026 Results
| Event | Qualify | Round by Round | Round Record | Points Position |
| Gainesville | 9 | Lost to Jordan Vandergriff | 0-1 | 11 |
| Phoenix | 2 | Lost to Daniel Wilkerson | 0-2 | 10 |
| Pomona1 | 8 | Beat Jim Campbell; lost to J.R. Todd | 1-3 | 10 |
| Charlotte | 6 | Advanced Rounds 1 & 2; runner-up to Ron Capps | 3-4 | 8 |
| Valdosta | 11 | Lost to Matt Hagan | 3-5 | 8 |
| Chicago | 1 | Beat Chris King; lost to Matt Hagan | 4-6 | 8 |
| Maryland | 1 | Beat Joe Morrison, J.R. Todd, Jordan Vandergriff; lost to Austin Prock | 7-7 | 7 |
| Epping | 2 | Beat Phil Burkart Jr., Matt Hagan, Ron Capps, Jordán Vandergriff | 11-7 | 5 |
| Bristol | 3 | Beat Jeff Arend; lost to Daniel Wilkerson | 12-8 | 5 |
| Norwalk | 4 | Beat Spencer Hyde, Daniel Wilkerson, Austin Prock; lost to Ron Capps | 15-9 | 4 |
| Sonoma | 2 | Beat Jeff Arend, Cruz Pedregon; lost to Daniel Wilkerson | 17-10 | 3 |
| Seattle | 2 | Beat Tim Gibbons, Cruz Pedregon; lost to Austin Prock | 19-11 | 2 |
| Brainerd | 6 | Lost (DQ) to Chad Green | 19-12 | 5 |
| Indianapolis | 3 | Beat Jeff Arend, Alexis DeJoria, Austin Prock, Matt Hagan | 23-12 | 3 |
| Martin | 2 | Beat Jeff Diehl, Ron Capps; lost to Matt Hagan | 25-13 | 3 |
| Rockingham | 4 | Lost to Daniel Wilkerson | 25-14 | 5 |
| St. Louis | 1 | Beat Dale Creasy Jr., Daniel Wilkerson; lost to Austin Prock | 27-15 | 4 |
| Ennis | 1 | Beat Terry Haddock; lost to Ron Capps | 28-16 | 5 |
| Las Vegas | 1 | Beat Jeff Diehl; lost to Ron Capps | 29-17 | 5 |
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