Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 12:02 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Casey Plaizier                         74 Mallory Reis                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.179 179.33                     0.024  6.697 202.61
         T/D  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Webber    ) 0.010  7.194  0.024      (T Bayer     ) 0.051  6.688  0.028
 Qualified:            #27  7.166 184.80                       #20  6.688 204.26

8:49 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,131 feet.

A close one off of the line, Plaizier runs dead on "with a nine" and takes the win with a .030 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Don London                                 Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.123 227.77     
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.023    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Richardson) 0.009  6.206  0.096   
 Qualified:             #2  6.113 228.34                     Bye

London with the bye and he will take on Plaizier in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7237 Steven Will                             7 Dylan Hough                  
E2                   0.021  6.155 232.51     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.311 213.16
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.045             T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Spiegel   ) 0.011  6.109 -0.011      (R Naber     ) 0.024  6.292 -0.008
 Qualified:             #3  6.118 234.33                       #10  6.307 217.60

Another close one off of the line, Hough holds off Will and takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                          713K Keith Winters                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.549 193.43                     0.019  6.717 202.48
         T/D  Dial: 6.29 (+/-):  0.259             T/D  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.367
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.007  6.277  0.007      (K Jo Bootsma) 0.020  6.390  0.040
 Qualified:             #7  6.231 223.02                       #14  6.370 213.57

A coin flip out of the gate, Plourd gets out in front and takes the win.

Plourd will take on Hough in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  551 Rick Milinazzo                       377C Chad Axford                  
E2                   0.028  6.811 183.84     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.500 163.16
         T/D  Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.009             T/D  Dial: 7.45 (+/-):  0.050
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Nash      ) 0.009  6.788 -0.022      (T Wiens     ) 0.024  7.471  0.031
 Qualified:            #22  6.804 198.03                       #29  7.441 177.58

Axford gets the advantage off of the line;Milinazzo takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3896 Steve Hamilton                       7091 Reed Taylor                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  7.110 189.58                     0.010  6.250 219.33
         T/D  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.000             T/D  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.060
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Casner    ) 0.054  7.156  0.046      (S Moeller   ) 0.044  6.238  0.048
 Qualified:            #26  7.115 189.47                        #5  6.217 228.96

Taylor gets the holeshot but he can't run down Hamilton.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6591 Moe Trujillo                         633J Jordan Dooley                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.516 207.62                    -0.028  6.256 212.39
         T/D  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.026             T/D  Dial: 6.28 (+/-): -0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Kenny     ) 0.045  6.524  0.054      (B Wiens     ) 0.016  6.290  0.010
 Qualified:            #18  6.494 209.30                       #11  6.311 221.85

Dooley leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Trujillo.

Trujillo will take on Axford in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 699B Aaron Steinkey                       503A Jeff Koron                   
E2                  -0.003  6.098 213.50     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.933 193.90
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.011  6.072 -0.028      (K Wright    ) 0.036  6.954 -0.006
 Qualified:             #1  6.109 227.96                       #23  6.955 193.54

Steinkey just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Koron.

Koron will take on Hamilton in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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