BROWNSBURG, Ind. (APRIL 8, 2026) – With the cancellation of last November’s NHRA Finals, Jack Beckman’s incredibly successful albeit circuitous winning streak is still intact for he and the John Force Racing PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team heading into the April 8-10 NHRA Winternationals at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip.
Beckman has won his last four starts at Pomona (2019 Finals, 2020 Winternationals, 2024 Finals, 2025 Winternationals) and is 19-1 in his last five appearances at the track. The more than three years’ gap is the result of his fulltime return to his job as an elevator repairman after his previous team shuttered at the end of the 2020 season. In addition, his two NHRA Super Comp national event wins happened at the Winternationals in 1998 and 2003.
Beckman is currently 10th in the 2026 Funny Car standings after Round 1 losses at Gainesville (to JFR teammate Jordan Vandergriff) and Phoenix (to Daniel Wilkerson).
Overall, John Force Racing drivers have won 32 times in three events at In-N-Out Pomona Dragstrip (17 times in the Winternationals, 14 times in the Finals plus Force’s win in the 50th Anniversary NHRA Nationals in 2001).
The 2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car point standings are: 1. Chad Green, 174; 2. Spencer Hyde, 156; 3. Ron Capps, 151; 4. J.R. Todd, 140; 5. Matt Hagan, 135; 6. Alexis DeJoria, 126; 7. Jordan Vandergriff, 125; 8. Paul Lee, 111; 9. Daniel Wilkerson, 107; 10. Jack Beckman, 64.
Quotes
What would it mean for you to win NHRA’s 1000th Funny Car race?
“Not only am I a drag racing historian, I am also part of the history. NHRA is hosting a panel discussion at the museum on race weekend with the milestone winners, and numbers 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, are all alive and as far as I know will all be there. I’m number 600. I had forgotten the fact that I’m part of the fabric of the milestone race wins that got us to 1,000. There’s never any extra incentive to win a race, because you just want to win a race, and they’re the same size trophies at every race … except for this year being NHRA’s 75th anniversary. NHRA stepped up the appearance of the winners’ trophies this year, and tracks have lately been giving an additional trophy, kind of the flavor of the event there, and so I’m sure this one for the 1000th is going to be incredible.”
I just I didn’t think I’d be a part of this. I mean, I’ve done 30 races for John Force Racing, so 31 races ago I wasn’t racing. The fact that I’m back in the cockpit to have a chance to win the 1,000th Funny Car race is the greatest news.”
“Pomona happens to be my home track, just happens to be the 1,000th Funny Car race, and I happen to be the defending race champion. I’m hoping that the planets are going to line up. I’ve won the Winternationals the last two times I’ve been there. One of them was 2020 and the other one was 2025 so, for me, I’d love this to be a three-peat there. I’ve actually won at Pomona the last four times I’ve raced there so I’d like to make it five in a row. There’s just a three-and-a-half-year gap in between. It’s kind of a nice feeling to be a part of this history. Maybe I haven’t thought about this too much but I’m a historian that’s also getting to put my thumbprint on some of the history. That’s pretty cool.”
Stats
| Pomona1 | Race Result | Round Wins | Round Loss | Qualified | Event Record |
| 2005 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 (FC) | 1st round | Loss to J. Arend | 6th | 0-1 | |
| 2008 (FC) | 2nd round | Def. J. Toliver | Loss to C. Pedregon | 15th | 1-2 |
| 2009 (FC) | 2nd round | Def. C. Pedregon | Loss to R. Hight | 8th | 2-3 |
| 2010 (FC) | Semi-finals | Def. T. Pedregon Def. D. Worsham | Loss to J. Force | 7th | 4-4 |
| 2011 (FC) | 1st round | Loss to R. Capps | 9th | 4-5 | |
| 2012 (FC) | 2nd round | Def. Bob Bode | Loss to G. Densham | 2nd | 5-6 |
| 2013 (FC) | 1st round | Loss to T. Lesenko | 2nd | 5-7 | |
| 2014 (FC) | 1st round | Loss to T. Johnson Jr | 8th | 5-8 | |
| 2015 (FC) | DNQ | N/A | N/A | 18th | 5-8 |
| 2016 (FC) | 2nd round | Def. J. Hale | Loss to J. Force | 1st | 6-9 |
| 2017 (FC) | 2nd round | Def. C. Pedregon | Loss to M. Hagan | 8th | 7-10 |
| 2018 (FC) | Semi-finals | Def. B. Tasca Def. T. Wilkerson | Loss to R. Hight | 3rd | 9-11 |
| 2019 (FC) | Runner-up | Def. P. Burkart Def. C. Pedregon Def. T. Johnson Jr | Loss to R. Hight | 2nd | 12-12 |
| 2020 (FC) ***60th Winternationals | Winner | Def. S. Densham, R. Capps, A. DeJoria, J. Force | 2nd | 16-12 | |
| 2021 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2024 | Did Not Compete | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2025 (FC) | Winner ***300th FC Win for John Force Racing | Def. J. Diehl, C. Green, M. Hagan, D. Wilkerson | 4th | 20-12 |
Starts: 14
Wins: 2 (2020 & 2025)
No. 1 Qualifiers: 1 (2016)
Event Round Record: 20-12
Track & TV Schedules
NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series qualifying features qualifying at 1:30 and 4 p.m. PT on Friday, April 10, and the final two rounds on Saturday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Final eliminations are scheduled for 11 a.m. PT on Sunday, April 12.
Television coverage on Sunday, April 12, 2026, includes a qualifying show from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. ET on FS1 and eliminations from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
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