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: 355 events, 24 wins, 28 runners-up, 394 round wins, 17 No. 1 qualifiers.

Current Points Position: 3

Pre-Race Notes:

  • J.R. Todd enters the Mopar NHRA Las Vegas Nationals in third place in the NHRA Funny Car point standings. He trails second-place Jordan Vandergriff by 21 points and leads fourth-place Austin Prock by 36 points. He trails points leader Matt Hagan by 119 points with two races remaining in the season. The drivers ranked second through fifth in the standings are separated by only 62 points.
  • Todd captured his second win of the season two weeks ago at the Texas NHRA FallNationals in Ennis, Texas. It was his second win at Texas Motorplex, and it moved him from fifth to third in points, but more importantly, within reach of the points lead.
  • The 2026 season has been one for the Kalitta Motorsports record book. The team has 14 race wins this year (Langdon 8, Kalitta 4 and Todd 2), more than any other season in team history.
  • Todd has two wins, one runner-up finish and eight semifinal showings in addition to three No. 1 qualifiers in 2026. He advanced to at least the semifinals 11 times this season.
  • At each of the first four Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs races, Todd qualified fifth. He was the No. 5 qualifier at five of the last six races.
  • Todd has three wins in six final round appearances on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He also has two No. 1 qualifiers.
  • Todd is the 2018 NHRA Funny Car Champion and has 24 race wins in his career.

Pre-Race Quotes:

“We’re still in the (Championship) conversation, so we’re not going to quit fighting until someone says we’re done. I don’t want to say it’s a long shot because anything can happen in Las Vegas, and you have points and a half in Pomona. All you can ask for as a driver or a team is to have a shot.

“I think, ideally, if we can get it (the points lead) to around 60, that’s a good number going into Pomona, but man, I want all of it. I’d like to go to Pomona with it being around 30 something so we can rack up some qualifying points and get it within a round, but I think if you can go into Pomona and you’re within two rounds, that’s doable for sure.

“We can only control what we can control. We just got to do our part and qualify the best we can. We need to start racking up those qualifying points where we can. We’ve been getting them here and there all season long, just not consistently during qualifying. It’d be nice to focus in on getting those; you can’t count on those guys going out early, and we’re not going to line ourselves up in qualifying or anything like that. We just gotta qualify at the top, race hard, try and win the race and let the points shake out where they may.

“I’ve been in this position before. We’ll keep battling until it’s over, and it’s definitely a team effort; there’s no ‘I’ in team so it’s a group effort. I couldn’t do it without the DHL guys behind me. We have our work cut out for us, but like I said, we’re still in the conversation.”

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: 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 on FS1
  • Finals: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 on FS1

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