Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 15:06 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.699/253.52, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.971/191.57, Was #15
Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.517/263.56, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.320/177.18, Was #16

10:35 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 3,126 feet.

Williamson goes down the groove with his first full pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 15th spot. Foster Makes a full pass and gets off of the bump and into the top half of the field.

Bret Williamson's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.534, 660ft-3.752/201.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.809.

Chris Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.660/210.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.666.

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Left Lane: Kirk Kuhns Runs 5.816/251.34, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.777/241.58, Was #15
Right Lane: Robert Kanenwisher Runs 5.729/246.26, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.807/239.53, Was #16

Kuhns car stumbled a little off of the line and he slows from his earlier attempt. Kanenwisher goes down the groove with a career best pass and moves up a spot to 15th.

Kirk Kuhns' incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.597, 660ft-3.850/198.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.919.

Robert Kanenwisher's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.525, 660ft-3.760/200.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.820.

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Left Lane: Stan Sipos Runs 5.492/267.27, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.633/259.96, Was #12
Right Lane: Steve Gasparrelli Runs 5.609/256.21, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.653/256.41, Was #13

Sipos goes down the roove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves all the way up to the third spot for now. Gasparrelli makes his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays in the 13th spot.

Stan Sipos' incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.474, 660ft-3.649/211.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.647.

Steve Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.516, 660ft-3.719/205.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.742.

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Left Lane: Christine Foster Runs 5.502/265.01, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.551/262.64, Was #9
Right Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.546/258.12, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.590/257.28, Was #12

Foster makes her quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the fifth spot. Martin makes a clean, straight pass and moves up to the tenth spot.

Christine Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.472, 660ft-3.646/210.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.652.

Ray Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.651/206.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.676.

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Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 5.483/266.58, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.531/265.12, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Macklyn Runs 5.556/255.00, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.589/253.90, Was #12

Whiteley goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and she moves up to the third spot. Macklyn makes a decent run and moves up a spot to 11th.

Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.640/210.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.638.

Steve Macklyn's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.446, 660ft-3.643/205.72 mph, 1,000ft-4.676.

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Left Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 9.375/99.68, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.504/263.72, Was #8
Right Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.478/265.17, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.564/262.69, Was #12

McCosh rattles the tires off of the line, makes a move to the right, then backs off of the throttle. Hough goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and moves up to the second spot.

Brian Hough's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.448, 660ft-3.628/209.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.630.

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Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.459/265.12, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.504/264.29, Was #8
Right Lane: Madison Gordon Runs 5.450/265.27, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.494/264.34, Was #6

Westerfield goes down the groove with a good pass and moves up to the third spot. Gordon goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the top spot.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.432, 660ft-3.608/211.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.609.

Madison Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.436, 660ft-3.605/211.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.602.

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Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.435/267.11, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.456/265.74, Was #2
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 10.149/85.35, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.481/262.33, Was #5

Bellemeur goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend and re-takes the top spot. Whiteley rattled the tires at the hit, makes a move toward the wall and clicks it off.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.596/212.09 mph, 1,000ft-4.591.

This is Bellemeur's 44th start from the number one position and the fifth this season.

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