Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 13:49 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Chase Copeland Runs 5.652/253.66, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.829/241.66, Was #14
Right Lane: Bob McCosh Runs 9.042/97.17, Now #16; No Prior Run

12:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.39 inches, adjusted altitude 706 feet.

Copeland goes down the roove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 11th spot for now.

McCosh rattles the tire at the hit, makes a move toward the centerline, then backs off of the throttle.

Chase Copeland's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.577, 660ft-3.765/210.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.776.

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Left Lane: Robert Kanenwisher Runs 5.645/251.05, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.765/247.80, Was #14
Right Lane: Christine Foster Runs 5.511/264.86, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.828/136.35, Was #15

Kanenwisher makes a career best run and he moves up to the 12th spot for now. Foster goes down the groove with a good pass and takes the top spot for now.

Robert Kanenwisher's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.707/204.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.751.

Christine Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.482, 660ft-3.655/211.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.660.

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Left Lane: Christopher Menapace Runs 5.474/268.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.624/263.79, Was #10
Right Lane: Max Yaremko Runs 8.844/99.92, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.660/251.88, Was #15

Yaremko rattles the tires at the hit, makes a move toward the wall, then clicks it off about 200 feet out.

Menapace goes down the groove with an impressive pass, a career best, and he takes the top spot for now.

Christopher Menapace's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.472, 660ft-3.638/212.48 mph, 1,000ft-4.633.

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Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.427/267.14, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.572/261.51, Was #9
Right Lane: Mark Billington No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.655/258.99, Was #14

Bellemeur goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekends and he moves into the top spot.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.443, 660ft-3.596/214.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.585.

Billington got out of the groove, made a move to the right, then scraped the wall about 800 feet out.

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Left Lane: Phil Esz Runs 5.430/262.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.561/259.41, Was #9
Right Lane: Tobin Gasparrelli Runs 8.265/108.09, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.639/261.01, Was #11

Esz goes down the groove with a good pass and gets in the second spot for now.

Phil Esz's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.574/213.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.575.

Gasparrelli rattles the tires off of the line, makes a move to the left, then gives up on the run early.

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Left Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.429/269.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.551/264.24, Was #8
Right Lane: Bryan Brown Runs 5.604/251.41, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.598/249.94, Was #10

Westerfield makes a clean, straight pass and he gets in the second spot.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.443, 660ft-3.602/214.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.591.

Brown was moving around early in the run but was able to make a full pass.

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Left Lane: Kyle Smith Runs 5.529/229.51, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.545/258.61, Was #8
Right Lane: Chris Foster Runs 5.428/268.42, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.559/262.91, Was #9

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs.

Smith improves but stays in the eighth spot. Foster runs a career best and moves up to the second spot.

Kyle Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.417, 660ft-3.594/210.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.606.

Chris Foster's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.434, 660ft-3.596/213.99 mph, 1,000ft-4.587.

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Left Lane: Mick Steele Runs 5.433/265.71, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.543/251.79, Was #9
Right Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.462/246.81, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.522/264.01, Was #7

Another good side-by-side, both improve. Steele picks up a little over a tenth and moves up to the fifth spot. Gordon improves and moves up to the sixth spot.

Mick Steele's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.631/221.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.597.
Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.602/213.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.594.




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