PEAK Motorsports Update- September 29, 2025

NHRA: NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals - Madison, IL

Monday, September 29, 2025: 

Jack Beckman and the PEAK SQUAD made it to the final round of Funny Car competition in the NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway for the second consecutive year, but came up just short of the repeat victory to Matt Hagan.

Reigning NHRA Funny Car Champion and current points leader Austin Prock bowed out in his second-round matchup against Beckman, while two-time NHRA Top Fuel Championship Brittany Force wasn’t able to get past fellow championship contender Justin Ashley in Round 1.

Beckman qualified ninth and defeated Spencer Hyde in the opening round which set up the battle of JFR teammates in Round two. Prock chose the left lane and then left on Beckman (0.071 to 0.082) but his rear tires lost traction 300 feet into the run. Prock did a great job pedaling his Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car, but the time it took to do so was all Fast Jack needed to move into the semifinals.

In the semifinals, Chad Green smoked the tires at the halfway mark, giving Beckman a trip to the finals for the second year in a row.

Beckman and his PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS Funny Car made a run of 4.032 seconds at 314.83 mph in the final round, putting a cylinder out late in the run, to Hagan’s 3.979 at 329.34. In last year’s final, the 2012 Funny Car Champion defeated Ron Capps in the final round for his first event win for John Force Racing after taking over for the injured team owner at Brainerd.

The Top 10 in Funny Car after the third of six races in the 2025 NHRA Countdown to the Championship are: 1. Austin Prock, 2,361; 2. Matt Hagan, 2,341; 3. Jack Beckman, 2,296; 4. Ron Capps, 2,236; 5. Daniel Wilkerson, 2,224; 6. Paul Lee, 2,203; 7. Cruz Pedregon, 2,199; 8. Spencer Hyde, 2,165; 9. Alexis Dejoria, 2,161; 10. Chad Green, 2,159.

Brittany Force qualified fifth with Friday’s Q1 run of 3.709 seconds at a track record 340.47 mph, the first 340-mph run at World Wide Technology Raceway and Force’s 11^th such pass this season. She had lane choice against Ashley and had a solid 0.059 reaction time, but the HendrickCars.com Top Fuel Dragster lost traction shortly after launch. Ashley ran 3.772 seconds at 336.82 mph for the win to Force’s 5.328 seconds at 137.90.

Force remained in sixth place in the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Top Fuel point standings after the third of six rounds in the Countdown to the Championship. The Top 10 are: 1. Doug Kalitta, 2,409; 2. Justin Ashley, 2,323; 3. Shawn Langdon, 2,282; 4. Tony Stewart, 2,256; 5. Clay Millican, 2,227; 6. Brittany Force, 2,216; 7. Antron Brown, 2,207; 8. Steve Torrence, 2,203; 9. Shawn Reed, 2,194; 10. Josh Hart, 2,117.

Round 18 of 20 of the 2025 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series is October 10-12^th with the NHRA Fall Nationals at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis, Texas.