2026 NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Results to Date
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 7: defeated Chad Green and Matt Hagan; lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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Winner
Qualified No. 5; defeated Spencer, Hyde, Alexis DeJoria, Ron Capps and Matt Hagan.
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Second Round
Qualified No. 5; defeated Blake Alexander; lost to Austin Prock.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 5; defeated Spencer Hyde and Daniel Wilkerson; lost to Matt Hagan.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 5; defeated Dave Richards and Terry Haddock; lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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First Round
Qualified No. 10; lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 5; defeated Spencer Hyde and Bobby Bode; lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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Winner
Qualified No. 1; defeated Jeff Arend, Jordan Vandergriff, Matt Hagan and Austin Prock.
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First Round
Qualified No. 9; lost to Matt Hagan.
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Second Round
Qualified No. 6: defeated Jordan Vandergriff; lost to Ron Capps.
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First Round
Qualified No. 9; lost to Tim Wilkerson.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 3; defeated Spencer Hyde and Blake Alexander; lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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Runner Up
Qualified No. 8; defeated Blake Alexander, lost to Jack Beckman.
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Second Round
Qualified No. 6; defeated Daniel Wilkerson, lost to Austin Prock.
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Runner Up
Qualified No. 1; defeated Daniel Wilkerson, Bye and Alexis DeJoria, lost to Jordan Vandergriff.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 4; defeated Hunter Green and Jeff Arend; defeated Chad Green and Alexis DeJoria; lost to Ron Capps, Jack Beckman and Matt Hagan.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 1; defeated Blake Alexander, Jack Beckman; lost to Matt Hagan.
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Second Round
Qualified No. 8; defeated Austin Prock; lost to Spencer Hyde.
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Semi Finalist
Qualified No. 2; defeated Dave Richards, Dan Wilkerson; lost to Alexis DeJoria.
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About J.R.
J.R. Todd: Driver of the DHL Toyota GR Supra Funny Car 2018 NHRA Funny Car Champion
J.R. Todd has tasted championship success, and he’s hungry for more in 2026. The 2018 NHRA Funny Car champion has his sights set on the top of the class, and some serious talent joins him in the effort. Leading the charge for the DHL Funny Car team is four-time NHRA Funny Car championship crew chief Dickie Venables, and at his side, Team Kalitta veteran co-crew chief Todd Smith. That brain trust, along with a cohesive crew and the highly talented Todd at the wheel just might be the recipe the team needs to perform at the high level it seeks.
Among the highlights of the 2025 season were Todd’s mid-season victory in New Hampshire and two wins in the Mission Foods #2Fast2Tasty NHRA Challenge – a rematch of the semifinals and final from the previous race .
Prior to his Funny Car career, Todd was a Top Fuel driver. When he earned his first-career NHRA Top Fuel victory at the 2006 Mopar Mile-High Nationals in Denver, he became the first African American driver to win in NHRA’s Top Fuel division. His fire suit from that win is on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He added additional wins at Sonoma, Calif., and Reading, Pa., and was named NHRA Rookie of the Year.
Todd began his career in the NHRA Jr. Drag Racing League at the age of 10 where he competed against some of the toughest young drag racing talent in the country. Before Junior Dragsters, he rode four-wheelers and dirt bikes following in the tire tracks of his father, Mario.
He eventually moved up to compete in Super Comp and earned his Top Fuel license in 2000 at the age of 18, one week after graduating from high school. Before he began his professional driving career, Todd worked as a crew member on Bob Gilbertson’s Funny Car team from 2003-‘05.
For the next eight seasons, the Jupiter, Fla., resident won a handful of events but did not sustain a consistent presence on the NHRA tour until 2014 when he was tapped by drag racing legend Connie Kalitta to pilot one of his Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel dragsters. Todd won three races in Top Fuel before switching to Funny Car prior to the 2017 season.
He was successful in Funny Car from the start, but in 2018, Todd was a repeat winner at the U.S. Nationals – one of his six wins that season. He raced to five final rounds in the six-race Countdown to the Championship NHRA Playoffs on his way to the 2018 NHRA Funny Car Championship.
Todd has 22 national event wins including nine Top Fuel victories and 13 Funny Car wins as well as 14 No. 1 qualifiers in his career. In his spare time, he enjoys watching his beloved Cincinnati Bengals or dirt track races, mountain bike riding and paddleboarding.
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