PEAK Motorsports Update- April 13, 2026

NHRA: Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals  - Pomona, CA

Monday, April 13, 2026: 

Jordan Vandergriff was introduced as a kid to the sport of drag racing at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, his hometown track. He hoped to earn his first Funny Car win there in the NHRA’s 1,000th Funny Car race, but the semifinals finish he and his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team were able to achieve in the NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals was still an experience he’ll always treasure.
 
John Force Racing teammates Josh Hart, Alexis DeJoria and Jack Beckman all ran strong in their first-round matchups before bowing out in the second round of the oil-down and rain-delayed third race of the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series season.

In the semifinal matchup, Vandergriff grabbed the holeshot from three-time NHRA Funny Car Champion Ron Capps, 0.069 to 0.077, and ran his personal event-best elapsed time of 3.889 seconds at 334.15 mph but it wasn’t enough for Capps’ overall event-best elapsed time of 3.863 seconds at 330.31 mph.
  
Vandergriff defeated Daniel Wilkerson in Round 1 with a run of 3.894 seconds at 334.57 mph and outlasted Chad Green in the second round with a run of 3.914 seconds at 330.63 mph to Green’s 3.970 seconds at 325.22 mph.

Hart ended up making a single run in Round 1 when Cameron Ferre was forced to shut off after completing the burnout, running his event-best elapsed time and speed of 3.698 seconds at 336.91 mph. The 2026 NHRA Gatornationals champion faced Tony Stewart in Round 2, cut a 0.065 light to Stewart’s 0.058, and was running nearly side by side to halfway before the Hart slowed to a run of 3.968 seconds at 236.46 mph while Stewart ran 3.715 at 337.92.

DeJoria defeated Dave Richards in Round 1, running 3.906 seconds at 330.07 mph to Richards’ 6.818 at 105.00. In Round 2, the SoCal native got the holeshot against three-time Funny Car Champion Ron Capps, but the Bandero Café Chevy lost traction shortly after. DeJoria pedaled the throttle, but Capps streaked to a run of 3.884 seconds at 323.34 mph while DeJoria clicked the lights in 6.941 seconds at 95.41 mph.

Beckman and the PEAKsquad won their first round of eliminations, defeating Jim Campbell with a run of 3.890 seconds at 332.75 mph. Despite the team’s best run of the event, they lost lane choice by one-thousandth-of-a-second to JR Todd. In the Round 2 matchup, the PEAK Chevy lost traction early and, despite Beckman pedaling the throttle, Todd streaked to the win with a run of 3.914 seconds at 334.65 mph to Beckman’s 4.760 seconds at 193.05 mph.

The fourth of 20 events on the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series calendar is the April 24-26 4-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina.