Fri, 07 Nov 2025, 15:06 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Tobin Gasparelli Runs 14.072/56.42, Now #2
Right Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 6.020/189.92, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,645 feet.

tobin is making his NHRA top alcohol Funny Car debut. the car makes a quick move toward the wall and he clicks it off.

williamson clicked it off early on the top end.

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Left Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.597/257.19, Now #2
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.494/250.13, Now #1

Martin is straight down the groove with a clean pass.

Whiteley kept it hooked up, but has a big cloud of smoke right in the lights. the word from the top end is the track is clean.

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Left Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 10.771/110.72, Now #5
Right Lane: Madison Gordon Runs 5.484/265.17, Now #1

Whiteley with severe tire shake right at the hit nd clicked it off.

Gordon kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Madison Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.457, 660ft-3.635/211.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.636.

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Left Lane: Brian Hough Runs 5.531/260.31, Now #3
Right Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 10.420/80.73, Now #6

Hough is chasing the West Region Championship, the battle is with Annie Whiteley. He is straight down the groove with a clean pass.

Bellemeur shook and clicked it off.

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