Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 20:41 PM JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in JEGS Allstars Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Phil Esz                                9 Chris Foster                 
E2                   0.052  6.600 108.05     ****WINNER****  0.020  5.522 266.21
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gasparrell) 0.062  5.470 260.69      (S Westerfiel) 0.059  5.442 266.57
 Qualified:             #4  5.430 262.39                        #1  5.427 268.42

7:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 30.38 inches, adjusted altitude 552 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Foster gets out of the gate first but Esz goes around him before they reach the 330 foot mark. Esz has problems soon after that, Foster goes back around him and takes the win.

Chris Foster's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(-0.030), 660ft(-0.013), 1,000ft(0.262). MOV: 1.1100 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Foster is going to his second All Star final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Sean Bellemeur                        744 Shane Westerfield            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  5.390 270.73                     0.043  5.449 268.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Foster    ) 0.070  5.388 271.15      (S Cowie     ) 0.007  5.504 264.92
 Qualified:             #2  5.427 267.14                        #3  5.429 269.64

Bellemeur gets the holeshot and starts pulling away. Westerfield goes down the groove with a good pass but was falling behind at every marker.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental margins: 60ft(0.032), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.060), 1,000ft(0.073). MOV: 0.0810 seconds (approximately 32 feet).

Bellemeur is going to his third All Star final round and will have lane choice over Foster.