Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 17:24 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of final, round 4 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
  744 Shane Westerfield                     521 Christine Foster             
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.523 264.49                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Whiteley  ) 0.042  5.489 265.17      (J Slater    ) 0.044  5.669 221.52
E2    (S Sipos     ) 0.018  5.502 265.38      (D Gordon    ) 0.030  5.666 258.17
E1    (S Bellemeur ) 0.014  5.505 265.85      (S Macklyn   ) -0.071  5.517 264.34
 Qualified:             #9  5.543 265.43                        #4  5.515 264.49

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,860 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Foster can't make the call after the big fire in the semifinal, so Westerfield with the single.

He launched hard and was straight down the groove for the win. He wins his 19th Wally and the third in Brainerd.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink