Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 13:54 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Chris Foster                         3295 Jake Slater                  
E2                   0.095  5.540 263.31     ****WINNER****  0.081  5.452 291.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B McCosh    ) 0.006  5.507 264.65                     0.140  5.581 273.72
 Qualified:             #8  5.537 263.56                        #1  5.458 279.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 2,494 feet.

Slater with the starting line advantage, but foster has the lead as they go by the Christmas tree. Slater chased her back down by 800 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He make the fastest pass in the history of Top Alcohol Funny Car.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5087 Jim Whiteley                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  5.514 266.16     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Marie Whit) 0.025  5.555 264.29   
 Qualified:            #13  5.598 260.91                     Bye

Jim Whiteley qualified #13, this will be the 1st time the #13 TAFC qualifier has ever advanced past Rd. 2 at this event.

Whiteley kept it hooked u and makes his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7524 Doug Gordon                           521 Christine Foster             
E2                   0.027  8.426  87.71     ****WINNER****  0.030  5.666 258.17
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Smith     ) 0.024  5.469 266.53      (S Macklyn   ) -0.071  5.517 264.34
 Qualified:             #5  5.523 264.34                        #4  5.515 264.49

Gordon is 1 - 0 against Foster in prior events.

Gordon with a slight starting line advantage, but the car goes silent. Foster has the lead by half track and never trails from there on for the win. She will give up lane choice to Slater in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  404 Stan Sipos                            744 Shane Westerfield            
E2                   0.044  5.495 265.48     ****WINNER****  0.018  5.502 265.38
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Clark     ) 0.048  5.473 258.22      (S Bellemeur ) 0.014  5.505 265.85
 Qualified:             #3  5.514 264.80                        #9  5.543 265.43

This is the first time Sipos and Westerfield have faced each other in eliminations.

Shane Westerfield qualified #9, the #9 TAFC qualifier is 8 - 5 in Rd. 2 at this event

Westerfield with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. He will have lane choice over Jim Whiteley in the semifinal.

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