Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 07:05 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Tobin Gasparrelli Runs 5.600/236.71, Now #4; Best prior run: 18.411/43.56, Was #10
Right Lane: Shane Westerfield Runs 5.521/264.44, Now #2; Best prior run: 12.319/70.97, Was #8

3:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,858 feet.

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with clean, straight passes. Gasparrelli improves but was putting out a lot of smoke as he went through the lights. Westerfield improves and moves up to the seconde spot.

Tobin Gasparrelli's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.478, 660ft-3.666/207.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.692.

Shane Westerfield's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.483, 660ft-3.665/209.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.670.

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Left Lane: Doug Gordon Runs 5.530/263.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 14.253/72.10, Was #10
Right Lane: Max Yaremko Runs 5.748/235.39, Now #6; Best prior run: 9.805/81.43, Was #8

Gordon is able to get the slicks to bite on this pass and improves over his earlier attempt to get in the third spot for now. Yaremko has problems late in the run and is off of the throttle a little early.

Doug Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.669/209.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.677.

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Left Lane: Sean Bellemeur Runs 5.480/264.96, Now #1; Best prior run: 9.978/87.65, Was #10
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.585/263.51, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.867/130.78, Was #9

Bellemeur goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the day and he moves up to the top spot for now. Whiteley makes a full pass and he moves up to the sixth spot.

Sean Bellemeur's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.457, 660ft-3.632/211.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.632.

Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.525, 660ft-3.718/208.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.731.

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Left Lane: Will Martin Runs 5.559/284.09, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.706/152.23, Was #10

Martin goes down the groove with an impressive mile an hour and he moves up to the fifth spot for now.

Will Martin's incremental times: 60ft-1.014 sec., 330ft-2.621, 660ft-3.804/214.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.767.

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Left Lane: Bret Williamson Runs 5.629/253.71, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.764/250.64, Was #10
Right Lane: Annie Whiteley Runs 8.087/108.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.506/265.69, Was #2

Williamson goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the day and he gets in the ninth spot. Whiteley has problems late in the run and is off of the throttle early.

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