Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 22:44 PM Legends Nitro Funny Car presented by Extreme Steel Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Legends Nitro Funny Car presented by Extreme Steel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  708 Derrick Moreira                         2 Nathan Sitko                 
E1                   0.148  4.812 233.92     ****WINNER****  0.097  4.734 240.38
 Qualified:             #5  4.813 234.37                        #4  4.792 238.81

5:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 3,647 feet.

Sitko gets out of the gate first and extends his lead all the way through the run with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  666 Tim Boychuk                           795 Ryan Horan                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.092  4.722 240.25                     0.119  4.893 231.48
 Qualified:             #3  4.743 240.94                        #6  4.832 236.80

Boychuk gets out of the gate first and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 744W Shane Westerfield                    7111 Bill Windham                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.116  4.691 245.32                     0.113  5.173 220.01
 Qualified:             #1  4.691 246.08                        #8  5.055 223.99

A coin flip off of the line, Westerfield starts pulling away quickly and makes the quickest pass of the round to take the win.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.988 sec., 330ft-2.521, 660ft-3.695/211.43 mph.

Westerfield will have lane choice over Sitko in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7787 Geoff Monise                          709 James Day                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.097  4.716 241.54                     0.086  4.829 234.21
 Qualified:             #2  4.699 241.54                        #7  4.836 228.58

Day gets the advantage off of the line but Monise reels him in quickly and pulls away for the win.

Geoff Monise's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.071). MOV: 0.1021 seconds (approximately 35 feet).

Monise will have lane choice over Boychuk in the next round.

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