Sun, 02 Nov 2025, 18:50 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5087 Jim Whiteley                          404 Stan Sipos                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.052  5.493 261.78                     0.065  5.502 263.87
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R McCosh    ) 0.043  5.500 261.37      (R Martin    ) 0.067  5.511 263.51
E2    (S Gasparrell) 0.067  5.480 261.02      (M Gordon    ) 0.068  5.472 264.70
E1    (S Macklyn   ) 0.028  5.516 261.02      (C Foster    ) 0.042  5.517 263.87
 Qualified:             #5  5.481 262.33                        #7  5.492 267.27

Sipos is 1 - 0 against Whiteley in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Whiteley gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Sipos starts making up ground past the 330 foot mark but runs out of room.

Whiteley takes the win, the 24th of his career and the first this year.

Jim Whiteley's incremental margins: 60ft(0.022), 330 ft(0.041), 660ft(0.038), 1,000ft(0.029). MOV: 0.0229 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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