The NHRA Breakfast returns to the 2026 SEMA Show on Wednesday, November 4, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Westgate Las Vegas, Ballrooms A and B, spotlighting the Funny Car title fight.

The panel features Matt Hagan, Ron Capps, J.R. Todd, and Jordan Vandergriff. Hagan leads the standings. Capps and Todd carry eight titles combined. Rookie Vandergriff has three wins for John Force Racing.

The session, themed “The 2026 NHRA Funny Car Brawl – Legends, Champions, and a Rookie,” frames a season defined by parity. The quartet has combined for 11 wins and 18 final-round appearances.

Capps led much of the regular season, yet Hagan surged during the Countdown. Vandergriff holds second in points, with Todd’s consistency cementing a year-long top-five presence.

The battle places a premium on execution. Reaction times, lane choice, and clutch setup will likely prove decisive with the tour heading toward Pomona and its demanding surface.

NHRA on FOX voice Brian Lohnes will moderate. Expect a focus on racecraft under pressure, crew-chief decision making, and how teams balance aggression with reliability late in the season.

The discussion will also contextualize momentum swings, including recent form such as Capps’ semifinal run in Texas. It underscores how quickly the competitive order can tighten.

Depth across the class has raised the bar throughout 2026, with contenders and emerging names, including Chris King, shaping an unforgiving eliminations ladder.

Attendees can expect behind-the-scenes insight and anecdotes that add nuance to a title fight decided by marginal gains and playoff composure.

A trivia session will close the breakfast, with NHRA prize packages and tickets to the In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals at Pomona Dragstrip, scheduled for November 12–15.

Fans can meet the drivers at 10 a.m. the same day during an autograph session at the NHRA booth (#22331) on the show floor.

The SEMA Show runs November 3–6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, uniting the industry to explore products, trends, and high-value networking opportunities.

For NHRA fans and industry insiders, the breakfast offers a timely, detailed look at a championship battle reaching its decisive stretch.

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Nicholas Rivera

Nicholas Rivera delivers NHRA Top Fuel and Funny Car news, including eliminator-round results and reaction-time stats. He brings track-side interviews, contender profiles, and championship-point breakdowns straight from drag-racing’s biggest national events.