Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 23:32 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7038 Tobin Gasparrelli                     744 Shane Westerfield            
E2                   0.018  5.591 259.46     ****WINNER****  0.043  5.530 261.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R McCosh    ) 0.009  5.614 260.21      (R Martin    ) 0.033  5.541 262.18
 Qualified:            #10  5.619 260.16                        #4  5.505 264.18

8:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,319 feet.

Gasparrelli gets the advantage off of the line but Bellemeur reels him in about 300 feet out and pulls away for the win.

Shane Westerfield's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.013), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.020), 1,000ft(0.030). MOV: 0.0362 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  711 Will Martin                             5 Annie Whiteley               
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.054  5.522 263.20
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Macklyn   ) 0.232 10.576  95.58      (J Whiteley  ) 0.028  5.525 264.39
 Qualified:             #5  5.560 269.03                        #2  5.495 264.70

This is the first time Martin and Whiteley have faced each other in eliminations.

Martin does the burnout, starts to stage, but has problems and has to click it off.

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

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7524 Doug Gordon                             1 Sean Bellemeur               
E2                   0.058  5.539 260.06     ****WINNER****  0.038  5.496 261.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Williamson) 0.059  5.573 258.57      (D Schneider ) 0.081  5.499 262.23
 Qualified:             #6  5.574 258.47                        #1  5.484 264.39

Bellemeur is 16 - 11 against Gordon in prior events.

Bellemeur gets the advantage off of the line and extends his lead all the way through the run.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.445, 660ft-3.630/208.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.639.

Bellemeur will have a bye run into the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]

Nov 01- LAS VEGAS - Super Stock Round 5 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Super Gas Round 6 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Super Comp Round 6 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Stock Eliminator Round 5 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Top Sportsman Round 4 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Competition Eliminator Round 4 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Saturday Video
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations
Oct 31- LAS VEGAS - Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations