Fri, 18 Sep 2026, 18:24 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Great Lakes Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Michael Chitty                         77 Rob Mendenhall               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  6.526 212.77                     0.019  6.950 196.51
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.050
 Qualified:            #22  8.539 169.11                       #10  6.890 197.54

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 1,846 feet.

Mendenhall withn the starting line advantage, but Chitty runs dead-on with a six for the win in a close one. Michael Chitty's MOV: 0.0020 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3728 Alex Miller                            35 Mark McDonald                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.947 172.15                     0.255  6.917 198.59
          TS  Dial: 7.76 (+/-):  0.187              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #21  8.381 174.49                        #9  6.885 200.53

Miller with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1393 Gerard Milette                       388G Jeff Gabel                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.361  7.490 171.10                     0.022 27.086  23.87
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.570              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 20.256
 Qualified:            #12  6.929 200.36                       #24 No Time      

Gabel with the starting line advantage, but had problems at the hit to give Milette the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Chris Osborn                         3417 Mike Badia                   
E1                  -0.004  6.586 208.14     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.908 176.61
          TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-):  0.208
 Qualified:            #18  7.510 203.07                        #6  6.730 199.03

Osborn goes red to give Badia the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 310P Patrick DeBottis                     107B David Burchell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.950 196.16                     0.048  6.394 204.64
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #11  6.926 197.28                       #23 13.678  54.69

DeBotis with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3477 Scott Wasko                          3015 Bill Yates                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.128  6.549 171.17                     0.062  6.849 185.34
          TS  Dial: 6.37 (+/-):  0.179              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.309
 Qualified:             #2  6.360 215.00                       #14  6.974 200.00

Yates with the starting line advantage, but Wasko chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                        5167 Curt Fredrich                
E1                   0.049  6.113 229.24     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.556 210.48
          TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:             #8  6.842 193.88                       #20  7.936 154.75

Fredrich with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7862 David Coapstick                      3738 Bryan Richardson             
E1                   0.024  7.341 184.20     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.468 216.45
          TS  Dial: 7.30 (+/-):  0.041              TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:            #16  7.298 185.57                        #4  6.438 220.26

Richardson with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  393 Kayden Wicke                         323F Bob Mandell III              
E1                   0.012  6.819 200.89     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.284 220.26
          TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  0.024
 Qualified:            #13  6.965 165.32                        #1  6.261 224.55

Mandell III with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 384M Dean McIlvain                        3662 Ken Langlois                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.626 204.27                     0.005  6.829 178.22
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.049
 Qualified:            #19  7.837 203.90                        #7  6.797 201.88

Langlois with a great light, but McIlvan chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  316 Keith Castle                         3531 Jacob Elrod                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.570 187.97                     0.020  6.881 178.36
          TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.110              TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.281
 Qualified:             #5  6.461 210.77                       #17  7.488 190.36

Castle with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3233 Bob Mandell Jr.                      1736 Ron Riegel                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.001  6.838 201.61
          TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999              TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-):  6.838
 Qualified:             #3  6.399 209.50                       #15  7.086 198.15

Mandell is a no-show to give Riegel the win.




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