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After two days and four rounds of qualifying, the fields are set for The New England National’s Sunday eliminations.
Photo: Ted Batkin/Myracenews
In Top Fuel, Shawn Langdon showed his strength early. Langdon jumped to the top in Q1 before improving to a 3.709-second pass at 334.98 mph in Q2, a run that held through the remainder of qualifying. Leah Pruett remained close behind with a 3.712 at 335.73 mph, while Josh Hart secured the third position after recording the fastest speed of the category at 337.92 mph.
In Funny Car, there was a lot of movement early before Jordan Vandergriff claimed the top spot in Q4 with a 3.913-second run at 323.58 mph. Alexis DeJoria had the lead through much of qualifying with her 3.929-second pass in Q2, which landed her in second. Jack Beckman climbed into 3rd with a 3.921 at 327.35 mph in Q4, to set the top 3 for Raceday.
Over in Pro Stock, Greg Anderson continued his dominant season by sweeping all four qualifying sessions at New England Dragway. His quickest run was 6.508 seconds at 210.67 mph, securing the No. 1 qualifying position. Matt Latino impressed with 6.525 seconds to take the second spot, while Eric Latino completed the family sweep of the top three with a 6.534-second run.
With qualifying complete in Epping NH, attention now turns to elimination Sunday, and which drivers will be taking home the prestigious Wallys.
Eliminations start at 11:00am with Nitro eliminations followed by Pro Stock eliminations until winners are crowned later this afternoon.
Catch all the action on the NHRA streaming app https://www.nhra.tv/
You can also follow along with live timing and scoring https://www.nhra.com/results/2026/nhra-mission-foods-drag-racing-series/73878
