LAS VEGAS (Oct. 31, 2026) – Jack Beckman and the PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car team earned the No. 1 qualifying spot for the third consecutive event and fifth time this season at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals while their John Force Racing teammates all qualified in the top four for Sunday’s first round of eliminations at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The PEAK SQUAD’S Q2 run Friday night of 3.836 seconds at 335.32 mph set low elapsed time in qualifying to earn Beckman his 38th career No. 1 Qualifier award. They earned the top spot earlier this season at Chicago and Maryland and then the previous two races at St. Louis and Dallas.
Beckman, who won his first NHRA Funny Car event at Las Vegas in 2006, will face No. 16 qualifier Jeff Diehl (3.968 seconds at 317.94 mph) in Round 1 of the first all 3-second Funny Car field in NHRA history.
Jordan Vandergriff and the Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car team qualified third with their Q3 run Saturday of 3.868 seconds at 327.74 mph. They will face No. 14 qualifier Julie Nataas (3.938 seconds at 322.50 mph) in Round 1.
Josh Hart and the Speedmaster Top Fuel team qualified third with their Q2 run Friday night of 3.688 seconds at 325.61 mph. They’ll face No 14 qualifier Shawn Reed (3.777 seconds at 328.94 mph) in Round 1.
Alexis DeJoria and the Bandero Premium Tequila Chevrolet SS Funny Car team qualified fourth with their Q1 run Friday of 3.874 seconds at 333.33 mph, which earned her low E.T. of the session. The two-time Las Vegas Funny Car winner (Spring 2014, Spring 2016) will face No. 13 qualifier Hunter Green (3.921 seconds at 324.75 mph) in Round 1.
Final eliminations are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. PT on Sunday, Nov. 1.
Quote from Jack Beckman, PEAK Chevrolet SS Funny Car:
“First all-three-second field, Jack Beckman to Jeff Diehl. It’s neat to be a footnote to history. I geek out on that stuff. Running the table in qualifying is 20 points. We got 19, and we missed that extra point by a thousandth of a second on Q1. Our PEAK Chevy’s just been amazing; this is three in a row that we’ve been No. 1. It’s just an absolute pleasure to drive this car, and it almost spoils you.
“You always have to be on your toes and say, ‘It’s still a nitro Funny Car.’ You’ve got to be ready to catch it if something goes wrong, but when our car is running the way it’s been running lately, and it did this last year for a period of time, our tune-up window is so big that even if we miss it, we still haul butt.”
Quote from Jordan Vandergriff, Cornwell Tools Chevrolet SS Funny Car:
“It was a strong Saturday for this Cornwell Quality Tools team. We went all the way up to No. 2 behind our teammate (Beckman) with a 3.868-second run in Q3. I was like, ‘okay, we’ve got a race car this weekend.’ We tested some things in Q4 and went 3.90 so we’re really pleased with what things looks like for Sunday. We were trying to work some bugs out with that run and to run 3.90 showed that we did. We get to go tomorrow from the number 3 spot and hope to be No. 1 at the end of the day tomorrow.”
Quote from Josh Hart, Speedmaster Top Fuel Dragster:
“The Speedmaster dragster pushed harder than ever today but we didn’t get the results that we were after. We put up some strong numbers Friday so we know we will be ready tomorrow to go rounds.”
Quote from Alexis DeJoria, Bandero Premium Tequila Chevrolet SS Funny Car:
“We made some great runs in qualifying today and yesterday so the Bandero team is ready for the weekend. We earned three bonus points Friday and today we ran another really good number with that 3.88 in Q3. Tomorrow’s weather conditions should be cool for the first round so we’re just going to keep going fast and hopefully turn on those win lights.”
TV Schedule
Television coverage includes qualifying action on FS1 at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 1, followed by eliminations at 5 p.m. ET.
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