Sat, 07 Nov 2026, 16:24 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  744 Shane Westerfield                       5 Annie Whiteley               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.295 242.32                     0.013  7.985 120.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Whiteley  ) 0.052  5.481 264.86      (R Martin    ) 0.092  5.471 266.95
 Qualified:             #3  5.468 264.03                        #2  5.468 267.06

1:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,412 feet.

Whiteley gets out of the gate first but starts shaking the tires. Westerfield leaves the line, rattles the tires, then pedals a couple of times before recovering. Whiteley pedals a couple of times, then she backs off of the throttle.

Shane Westerfield's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.009), 330 ft(-0.014), 660ft(0.242), 1,000ft(0.853). MOV: 1.6728 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.625, 660ft-4.170/166.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.352.

Annie Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.629, 660ft-4.430/127.20 mph, 1,000ft-6.223.

Westerfield is going to his 23rd final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7524 Doug Gordon                             1 Sean Bellemeur               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.058  6.080 250.41                     0.025  6.363 235.76
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gasparrell) 0.042  5.512 262.64      (S Macklyn   ) 0.496  5.449 265.90
 Qualified:             #4  5.499 262.79                        #1  5.456 265.85

Bellemeur gets the advantage off of the line but started shaking the tires. Gordon leaves the line and shakes the tires. Both pedal a couple of times, Gordon is able to recover, and he goes on to taker the win.

Gordon is going to his 69th career final round.

Gordon will have lane choice over Westerfield in the final round.

This will be the ninth final round these two drivers have faced each other with Gordon holding a 6-2 advantage.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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