Mon, 26 Oct 2026, 19:53 PM California Funny Cars Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in California Funny Cars at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Good Vibrations Motorsports:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7401 Rick Alvarado                         800 Joacim Joe Ljungberg         
E1   ****WINNER****  0.074  7.111 182.92                     0.108  6.240 227.56
         CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.011             CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.860
 Qualified:             #6  7.194  0.094                        #9  7.459  0.359

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7641 Tony Trimp                           630X Rick Nicholas                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  7.233 163.33                     0.204  7.314 183.93
         CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.133             CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.214
 Qualified:             #3  7.158  0.058                        #7  7.324  0.224

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 James Maher                           770 Ken Breneisan                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  7.216 177.13                     0.144  7.136 188.12
         CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.116             CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:             #1  7.112  0.012                        #5  7.165  0.065

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7885 Kevin Sarginson                      7740 Christian Marshall           
E1   ****WINNER****  0.119  7.166 175.74                     0.181  7.016 197.58
         CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-):  0.066             CFC Index: 7.10 (+/-): -0.084
 Qualified:             #4  7.164  0.064                        #8  7.336  0.236

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink