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Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 15:57 PM

JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chris Foster                         5087 Jim Whiteley                 
E1                   0.103  5.542 266.21     ****WINNER****  0.072  5.571 263.95
 Qualified:             #7  5.563 229.03                        #2  5.452 265.52

2:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 2,495 feet.
Chris Foster is representing North Central Region. This is his 10th Jegs All-Star. He has one runner-up, it was last season. He won the regional event in Norwalk.
Jim Whiteley is representing East Region. This is his fourth Jegs All-Star, he has two wins. He won the regional event at the Texas Motorplex this season.
Whiteley gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Foster was moving around early in the run but stayed on the throttle. He gains ground on Whiteley but runs out of racetrack. Whiteley takes the holeshot win.

Jim Whiteley's incremental margins: 60ft(0.040), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.020), 1,000ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0029 seconds (approximately 13 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bob McCosh                              5 Phil Esz                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  5.529 266.30                     0.047  5.567 262.87
 Qualified:             #3  5.474 267.89                        #6  5.520 263.42

Bob McCosh is representing Central Region. This is his fourth Jegs All-Star.
Phil Esz is representing East Region. This is his second Jegs All-Star.
McCosh gets the advantage off of the line, drifts a little to the right, but stays on the throttle and holds off Esz for the win.
Bob McCosh's incremental margins: 60ft(0.001), 330 ft(0.019), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.0520 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

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


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                         10 Christine Foster             
E1                   0.042  7.595 163.51     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.311 135.72
 Qualified:             #1  5.412 270.87                        #8  5.795 254.83

Sean Bellemeur is representing North Central Region. This is his third Jegs All-Star, he has two wins.
Christine Foster is representing Central Region. This is her second Jegs All-Star. She won the regional event in Brainerd.
Foster gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Bellemeur has traction problems early and backs off of the throttle. Foster gets about 700 feet out, bangs the blower and the chutes deploy. Bellemeur gets back on the throttle but Foster was too far ahead..

Christine Foster's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.222), 660ft(1.037), 1,000ft(1.418). MOV: 1.3160 seconds (more than 100 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Hough                             2 Madison Gordon               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052  5.530 264.88                     0.021  8.884 100.37
 Qualified:             #4  5.474 265.13                        #5  5.506 268.74

Brian Hough is representing West Region. This is his fourth Jegs All-Star. He has one win. He's coming off back-to-back national event wins in Reading and Charlotte.
Maddi Gordon is representing West Region. She is making her first appearance in the Jegs All-Star. She has won a pair of regional events wins this season and a national event title in Seattle.
Gordon leaves the line and starts rattling the tires. the car makes a move toward the wall and she backs off of the throttle. Hough drives around Gordon just past the sixty foot mark and pulls away for the win.
Brian Hough's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.015), 330 ft(0.137), 660ft(0.910), 1,000ft(2.045). MOV: 3.3230 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Hough will have lane choice over Foster in the next round.