PEAK Motorsports Update- November 2, 2026

NHRA: MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals

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Las Vegas, NV

Monday, November 2, 2026: 

Jordan Vandergriff had been fighting some sort of physical bug all week but woke up Sunday morning knowing he had a job to do to keep his championship hopes alive at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals and he did just that with a dominating final round victory at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

The day for Jack Beckman and Josh Hart ended in Round 2 while Alexis DeJoria bowed out in the first round.

Vandergriff saved his quickest performance of the day for the final round when the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car beat Ron Capps to the finish line with a run of 3.873 seconds at 331.68 mph to Capps’ 3.921 seconds at 335.15 mph. The win was the fourth of Vandergriff’s Funny Car rookie season in seven final round appearances and pulls the Cornwell Tools team to within 39 markers of point leader Matt Hagan, who exited in the second round, with just the Oct. 13-15 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at Pomona remaining.

Vandergriff defeated No. 14 qualifier Julie Nataas in their first-round matchup, with Vandergriff running 3.876 seconds at 324.28 mph to Nataas’ 3.985 seconds at 323.50 mph. In Round 2, the Cornwell Tools Chevy ran 3.912 seconds at 324.20 mph to Spencer Hyde’s tire-smoking run of 6.502 seconds at 103.54 mph. In the semifinal round against J.R. Todd, Vandergriff left the starting line by one hundredth of a second and took the win with a run of 3.911 seconds at 327.90 mph to Todd’s tire-spinning 4.525 seconds at 251.77 mph.

Beckman defeated No. 16 qualifier Jeff Diehl in Round 1, posting a time of 3.851 seconds (low E.T. of the round) at 329.69 mph to Diehl whose run was disqualified for hitting timing blocks. The second-round matchup against Capps found both cars leaving the starting line almost identically (.071 for Beckman and .067 for Capps) and the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car leading most of the way before dropping cylinders and spinning the tires just before the finish line. Capps took the win with a run of 3.874 seconds at 336.82 mph to Beckman’s 3.893 seconds at 317.42 mph.

Hart defeated No. 14 qualifier Shawn Reed in the first round, running 3.719 seconds at 338.77 mph to Reed’s 3.785 seconds at 316.38 mph. In Round 2 against Leah Pruett, the Speedmaster Top Fuel dragster ran 3.681 seconds at 339.45 mph while Pruett ran 3.687 seconds at 333.58 mph but her quicker reaction time at the starting gave her the win.

DeJoria had lane choice in her Round 1 matchup against Hunter Green and seemed headed toward victory when the Bandero Premium Tequila Chevrolet SS Funny Car dropped cylinders nearing the finish line which allowed Green to take the win. DeJoria ran 3.931 seconds at 289.88 mph to Green’s 3.923 seconds at 321.73 mph.

NHRA Mission Foods Points Standings after 19 of 20 races

TOP FUEL
1. Shawn Langdon, 2,630
2. Doug Kalitta, 2,523
3. Antron Brown, 2,394
4. Leah Pruett, 2,379
5. Tony Stewart, 2,359
6. (tie) Maddi Gordon, 2,293
Will Smith, 2,293
8. Justin Ashley, 2,278
9. Josh Hart, 2,254
10. Billy Torrence, 2,250

 
FUNNY CAR
1. Matt Hagan, 2,563
2. Jordan Vandergriff, 2,524
3. J.R. Todd, 2,459
4. Austin Prock, 2,422
5. Jack Beckman, 2,412
6. Ron Capps, 2,408
7. Alexis DeJoria, 2,314
8. Daniel Wilkerson, 2,239
9. Spencer Hyde, 2,204
10. Chad Green, 2,187

The 20th of 20 races on the 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series schedule is the Nov. 13-15 In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip in Pomona, California.