Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 21:55 PM Legacy Nitro Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Legacy Nitro Funny Car 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
  666 Tim Boychuk                           708 Derrick Moreira              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.151  4.722 243.90                     0.056  6.260 219.79
 Qualified:             #5  4.753 242.93                        #4  4.706 243.15

6:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,719 feet.

Moreira loses traction and has to pedal. Boychuk makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 744W Shane Westerfield                     702 Jon Capps                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.084  4.715 243.81                     0.048 13.936  59.69
 Qualified:             #3  4.706 244.65                        #6  4.763 230.65

Capps gets the holeshot but goes up in smoke. Westerfield makes a good run and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Nathan Sitko                          795 Ryan Horan                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027 26.420   NS                      -0.042  4.928 234.17
 Qualified:             #1  4.670 244.43                        #8  4.863 232.55

Horan leaves too quickly and goes red giving the win to Sitko. Sitko loses traction at the hit and has to back off of the throttle.

Boychuk will have lane choice over Sitko in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  202 Todd Plate                           750E Bobby Cotrell                
E1                   0.110  5.112 214.25     ****WINNER****  0.045  4.948 218.51
 Qualified:             #2  4.694 232.95                        #7  4.824 235.64

Cotrell gets the advantage off of the line. Plate makes up ground but was driving towards the centerline and had to back off of the throttle. Cotrell goes on through and takes the stripe for the win.

Bobby Cotrell's incremental margins: 60ft(0.010), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.199). MOV: 0.2299 seconds (approximately 72 feet).

Westerfield will have lane choice over Cotrell in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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