J.R. Todd, DHL GR Supra Funny Car​


2025 Texas NHRA FallNationals Recap: Qualified No. 10; lost to Cruz Pedregon.

J.R. Todd Career Stats: 354 events, 23 wins, 28 runners-up, 390 round wins, 17 No. 1 qualifiers.

Current Points Position: 5

Pre-Race Notes:

  • J.R. Todd enters the Texas NHRA FallNationals in fifth place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings. He trails fourth-place Jack Beckman by nine points and leads sixth-place Ron Capps by 39 points. He trails points leader Matt Hagan by 132 points with three races remaining in the season, but the drivers ranked second through fifth in the standings are separated by only 60 points.
  • At each of the first three Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs races, Todd qualified fifth. He was the No. 5 qualifier at four of the last five races.
  • Todd has one win in three Texas Motorplex final rounds along with two No. 1 qualifiers.
  • Todd advanced to at least the semifinals 10 times this season. He has one win, one runner-up finish and eight semifinal showings in addition to three No. 1 qualifiers.
  • Todd is the 2018 NHRA Funny Car Champion and has 23 race wins in his career.

Pre-Race Quotes:

“We need the points leaders to go out early so we can gain some ground on them, but there’s still a lot of racing left. I feel like second or at least third through sixth have been going back-and-forth every week so, outside the points leader, there’s still ground to be made up. We definitely need to win, but we’re definitely still in it. I don’t think we have to win out to have a shot, but winning out is the goal.

“We obviously want to be at the top of the points like everyone else, but (Matt) Hagan started off the Countdown in the points lead and hasn’t really faltered since then. It can be frustrating, but it’s not over – we’re only halfway through the Countdown. My DHL guys don’t need pep talks or anything like that; they take the same approach week in and week out. They know we’re capable of winning every time we show up.

“I definitely like the combination we have – strong, aggressive-minded crew chiefs. They come up with a plan of what the car’s gonna run, and it’s spot on with what they said. It’s awesome to have that confidence in the crew chiefs and the guys putting the thing together. It’s pretty much in my hands to do my job and get this thing off the starting line on time all the time and get this DHL GR Supra to the finish line first. We just need to pick up another hundredth (of a second) or so, and we’ll be where we need to be.”

Todd Photo Courtesy: Kalitta Motorsports

For J.R. Todd’s 2026 race-by-race results, please click here.

TV Schedule (All times eastern):

  • Qualifying Show: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 on FS1
  • Finals: 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18 on FS1

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