Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 14:23 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  342 Mitch Kalitta                         732 Chris Demke                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  5.315 271.84                     0.065  5.277 272.89
 Qualified:             #8  5.273 270.70                        #9  5.276 267.75

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,874 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Kalitta is 1 - 0 against Demke in prior events.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Mitch Kalitta's MOV: 0.0091 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jackie Fricke                         613 Joey Severance               
E1                   0.071 14.958  64.48     ****WINNER****  0.027  5.430 269.51
 Qualified:             #7  5.264 271.79                       #10  5.293 269.94

Fricke and Severance have each won 4 times against the other in prior events.

Severance with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Fricke was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7402 Randy Eakins                            6 Jamie Noonan                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  5.271 271.68                     0.038  5.296 273.39
 Qualified:             #6  5.257 268.17                       #11  5.321 270.75

This is the first time Eakins and Noonan have faced each other in eliminations.

Noonan with the starting line advantage, but Eakins has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Randy Eakins' MOV: 0.0092 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 E737 Mark Whynaught                        450 Kirk Wolf                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  7.207 221.60                     0.082  8.168 109.02
 Qualified:            #12  5.330 271.08                        #5  5.252 271.62

Whynaught with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right at the hit. Wolf with problems and car went silent. He is coasting, and Whynaught saw he was having problems and pedaled it. It didn't hook up and he was on and off the throttle at least three times. He got it to hook up enough to get the win. He wins his first round of eliminations in his first round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7044 Braiden Chesleigh                    487M Mikel McQueen                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.054  5.282 272.61                     0.036  5.356 269.56
 Qualified:             #4  5.249 272.01                       #13  5.338 268.12

This is the first time Chesleigh and McQueen have faced each other in eliminations.

McQueen with the starting line advantage, but Chesleigh had the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Whynaught in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  611 Garrett Bateman                        10 Melanie Johnson              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 13.289  70.55                    -0.058 12.572  80.95
 Qualified:            #14  5.359 273.72                        #3  5.239 274.89

This is the first time Bateman and Johnson have faced each other in eliminations.

Johnson goes red to give Bateman the win. Bateman was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off for the win. He will give up lane choice to Eakins in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 8690 Cheyne Phillips                      358R Richie Crampton              
E1                   0.027  5.355 269.78     ****WINNER****  0.043  5.334 272.23
 Qualified:            #15  5.361 271.19                        #2  5.235 272.72

This is the first time Phillips and Crampton have faced each other in eliminations.

Phillips with the starting line advantage but started to lose traction right before half track and made a quick pedal job. He got it to hook up, but Crampton chased him down in the lights for the win. Richie Crampton's MOV: 0.0055 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will have lane choice over Severance in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  491 Angelle Sampey                          1 Shawn Cowie                  
E1                   0.060 18.498  37.17     ****WINNER****  0.106  5.504 266.58
 Qualified:            #16  5.378 264.96                        #1  5.170 277.66

Sampey is 2 - 1 against Cowie in prior events.

Sampey with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Cowie slowed on the top end, but gets the win. He will give up lane choice to Kalitta in the next round.

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