PEAK Motorsports Update- March 31, 2025

NHRA: Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals- Pomona, CA

Monday, March 31, 2025: 

Jack Beckman gave John Force Racing its 300th Funny Car victory Sunday, driving his PEAK Antifreeze and Coolant Chevrolet SS past the Ford of Dan Wilkerson in the final round of the 65th annual Lucas Oil Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.

Racing on his home track, the one on which he was the Winternationals Super Comp winner 27 years ago, “Fast Jack” drove the PEAK Chevy to a signature victory, one that propelled him into the Mission Foods point lead three races into the season.

Beckman beat Jeff Diehl, Chad Green and Matt Hagan in convincing fashion Sunday, stopping the timers in 3.847, 3.859 and 3.860 seconds. In the final, his 12,000-horsepower hot rod suffered its only hiccup of the entire weekend, briefly losing traction before he corralled it and got it to the line in 4.015 seconds, easily covering Wilkerson’s up-in-smoke 8.292.

Although he qualified only fourth behind teammate, reigning series champion and track record holder Austin Prock, Beckman’s Chevy, prepared by a “PEAK Squad” led by Dan Hood, Chris Cunningham and Tim Fabrisi, undeniably was the best car on the property, earning points in all four qualifying sessions and posting the quickest time in all four rounds of racing.

While Beckman was streaking to his fourth win in his last four appearances at the In-N-Out Dragstrip, Prock continued to struggle with consistency in his always potent Cornwell Tools Chevy. After qualifying No. 1 with an event record 3.816 seconds, he had traction problems in the very first round that slowed him to 4.415 seconds, not quite enough to get past Blake Alexander.

As for Brittany Force, who qualified her Monster Energy Dragster No. 1 for the fifth time in her last six appearances in the Winternationals, it was a fourth straight semifinal exit, this time at the hands of eventual race winner Clay Millican. 

The JFR Team endures as The NHRA Mission Foods tour continues April 11-13^th at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.