Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 20:47 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                 744 Shane Westerfield            
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.021  5.473 265.06
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.474 265.90

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,164 feet.

Westerfield with a great light and is straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend. Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.452, 660ft-3.625/211.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.624.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brian Hough                            10 Christine Foster             
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  4.266 No Time      
 Qualified:            #11 No Time                              #2  5.515 263.56

Hough broke on the burnout. It then started to rain, but just a brief shower. Foster refired the car and took the green for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Annie Whiteley                          7 Ray Martin                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  5.478 266.58                     0.082 11.793  69.51
 Qualified:             #3  5.515 255.19                       #10 13.281  85.61

Martin is 4 - 3 against Whiteley in prior events.

Whiteley with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She makes her quickest pass of the day.

Martin with severe tire shake and was out of the groove over by the centerline before he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  404 Stan Sipos                              8 Chris Foster                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.099  5.522 264.80
 Qualified:             #8  6.064 162.16                        #5  5.614 262.54

Sipos is 1 - 0 against Foster in prior events.

Sipos with problems getting the car to fire and is pulled off the starting line.

Foster is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane choice over his wife in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                       7735 Steve Gasparrelli            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  5.434 267.00                     0.064  5.683 236.59
 Qualified:             #9  6.282 164.93                        #4  5.602 256.21

Bellemeur is 4 - 0 against Gasparrelli in prior events.

Bellemeur with a great light and launched hard. He kept it hooked up to run low E.T. of the event for the win and lane choice over Whiteley in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7238 Bret Williamson                         2 Madison Gordon               
E1                   0.126  5.641 256.75     ****WINNER****  0.030  5.495 264.70
 Qualified:             #6  5.653 255.05                        #7  5.772 256.31

Gordon is 1 - 0 against Williamson in prior events.

Gordon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Gordon with her quickest pass of the day for the win. She will give up lane choice to Westerfield in the next round.

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