Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 18:28 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5087 Jim Whiteley                            1 Doug Gordon                  
E4                   0.057  6.226 163.75     ****WINNER****  0.037  5.414 271.12
 Prior rounds:
E3    (K Smith     ) 0.010  5.439 265.78      (C Foster    ) 0.048  5.937 188.75
E2    (B McCosh    ) 0.063  5.442 266.46      (M Gill      ) 0.072  5.408 269.40
E1    (C Marshall  ) 0.045  5.418 267.86      (H Jones     ) 3.215  5.444 270.79
 Qualified:             #3  5.456 265.35                        #4  5.462 268.95

5:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,106 feet.

Gordon gets out of the gate first but Whiteley reels him in and goes around him just past the sixty foot mark. Whiteley continues to pull away, then has traction problems and Gordon gets back around him and pulls away for the win.

Gordon takes his seventh win this year and the 26th of his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink