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Sat, 11 Oct 2025, 12:21 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in 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
    4 Bob McCosh                              5 Phil Esz                     
E1                   0.079  5.466 268.03     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.473 264.07
 Qualified:             #5  5.474 267.89                        #8  5.520 263.42

11:02 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,166 feet.
Esz is 2 - 1 against McCosh in prior events.
Bob McCosh beat Phil Esz in Rd. 1 in Reading.
Esz gets out of the gate first and goes straight down the roove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the holeshot win.
McCosh makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the los.
Bob McCosh's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.623/211.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.622.
Phil Esz's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.430, 660ft-3.610/209.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.619.

Phil Esz's incremental margins: 60ft(0.063), 330 ft(0.059), 660ft(0.048), 1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0280 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5087 Jim Whiteley                         2606 Mark Billington              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.454 264.44                     0.081 12.287 120.74
 Qualified:             #3  5.452 265.52                       #10  5.563 264.26

This is the first time Whiteley and Billington have faced each other in eliminations.
Billington hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Whiteley goes down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.428, 660ft-3.597/212.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.602.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                         10 Christine Foster             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  5.440 268.91                     0.108  5.600 262.77
 Qualified:             #2  5.412 270.87                       #11  5.795 254.83

This is the first time Bellemeur and Foster have faced each other in eliminations.
Sean Bellemeur is 106 - 36 (75%) in Rd. 1.
Bellemeur gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Foster moved to the left at the hit but got it back in the groove. Foster makes her quickest pass of the weekend but she can't reel in Bellemeur.

Bellemeur will have lane choice over Esz in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Shane Westerfield                       8 Chris Foster                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  5.510 264.91                     0.051  5.840 180.96
 Qualified:             #4  5.455 267.51                        #9  5.542 266.21

Foster is 2 - 0 against Westerfield in prior events.
Shane Westerfield is 10 -3 in Rd. 1 in the last 2 years.
Westerfield gets the holeshot and goes down the groove with a good pass to pull away from Foster. Foster was on a decent run but the chutes deployed a little past half track, not sure why.

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
  404 Stan Sipos                             11 Chip Beverett                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.416 270.45                     0.039  5.525 263.36
 Qualified:             #1  5.398 271.62                       #12  8.190 108.80

This is the first time Sipos and Beverett have faced each other in eliminations.
Stan Sipos' 5.398 - 271.62 are both career bests.
Beverett gets the advantage off of the line but Sipos reels him in before they reach the 60 foot mark. Sipos starts pulling away at that point and makes the quickest pass of the round to take the win. Beverett makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the loss.
Stan Sipos' incremental margins: 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.047), 1,000ft(0.075). MOV: 0.0990 seconds (approximately 38 feet).

Stan Sipos' incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.599/214.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.583.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Hough                             2 Madison Gordon               
E1                   0.051  5.563 264.08     ****WINNER****  0.010  5.450 269.24
 Qualified:             #6  5.474 265.13                        #7  5.506 268.74

Hough and Gordon have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.
Brian Hough beat Madison Gordon in Rd. 1 at Indy this year.
Gordon gets the holeshot and then makes her quickest pass of the weekend to pull away from Hough.
Madison Gordon's incremental margins: 60ft(0.038), 330 ft(0.098), 660ft(0.121), 1,000ft(0.138). MOV: 0.1540 seconds (approximately 60 feet).
Madison Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.453, 660ft-3.618/213.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.612.

Sipos will have lane choice over Gordon in the next round.