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Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 13:01 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Bradley Johnson                      4071 David Bills                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  6.591 212.88                     0.007  6.848 200.50
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): -0.062
 Qualified:            #12  6.625 212.15                       #28  6.963 200.85
Bills gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   46 Bengt Blomberg                         62 Bill King                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.454 222.35                    -0.002  6.911 199.95
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-): -0.076              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.011
 Qualified:            #11  6.572 219.06                       #27  6.945 198.89
King just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Blomberg.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         132X Michael Daniele Jr.          
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.319 224.90                     0.013  6.854 200.24
          TS  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:             #8  6.343 223.25                       #24  6.883 200.83
Wright gets a perfect light and runs dead on with a nine to take the win with a .009 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5049 Michael Chitty                       4911 Darian Boesch                
E1                   0.009  6.750 204.78     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.224 219.54
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.014
 Qualified:            #19  6.761 204.26                        #3  6.218 229.74
Boesch gets a great light and takes the stripe for the win.

Darian Boesch's MOV: 0.0007 seconds (approximately 2 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1620 Frank Volpe Jr                       4059 Jim Thorp                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.860 198.82                     0.008  6.288 211.49
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.31 (+/-): -0.022
 Qualified:            #23  6.874 199.90                        #7  6.341 225.81
A coin flip off of the line, Thorp takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Thorp.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4289 Danny Leibham                        4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1                   0.058 12.904  65.75     ****WINNER****  0.005  6.798 151.84
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  6.164              TS  Dial: 6.27 (+/-):  0.528
 Qualified:            #22  6.836 203.36                        #6  6.332 224.35
Lewis with the advantage off of the line and the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    5 Curt Fredrich                        5137 David Scutt                  
E1                   0.033  6.606 211.12     ****WINNER****  0.002  7.089 194.65
          TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.014              TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.029
 Qualified:            #14  6.660 209.95                       #30  7.090 194.35
Scott gets a great light;Fredrich breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2965 Jackie Robison                       699B Aaron Steinkey               
E1                   0.044  6.706 204.75     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.179 216.03
          TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.024              TS  Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.021
 Qualified:            #18  6.751 203.84                        #2  6.213 230.63
Steinkey gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400C Casey Higgins                        7468 John Baker                   
E1                  -0.013  6.643 207.89     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.133 203.99
          TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.037              TS  Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #17  6.705 205.37                        #1  6.185 210.97
Higgins leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Baker.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 400H Travis Leach                          263 Doug Crumlich                
E1                   0.021  7.249 173.91     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.673 197.52
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.129              TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.063
 Qualified:            #31  7.169 194.92                       #15  6.665 210.09
Crumlich with the advantage off of the line and he goes around Leach for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   36 Dennis Dawson                          48 Chris Arnold                 
E1                  -0.011  6.190 229.99     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.853 199.97
          TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:             #5  6.233 227.93                       #21  6.773 198.05
Dawson is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Arnold.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4760 Chris Gulitti                        4713 Roy Haynes                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.034  6.931 197.65                     0.032  6.551 204.18
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.039
 Qualified:            #29  6.994 195.74                       #13  6.647 216.58
A close one off of the line, Gulitti takes the double breakout win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  423 Jeff Hefler                             1 Allen Firestone              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.892 192.83                     0.030  6.412 213.61
          TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:            #26  6.945 198.88                       #10  6.436 214.80
Hefler gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

Jeff Hefler's MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 10 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4338 Mark Buehring                        2231 Frank Altilio                
E1                  -0.007  8.678 105.24     ****WINNER****  0.020 64.999   NS  
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  1.958              TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): 57.739
 Qualified:            #20  6.761 204.22                       #33  7.332 186.11
Buehring leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Altilio.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 578M Mike Secrest                           43 Henry Kindle                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.141 194.03                     0.033  6.599 210.91
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.051
 Qualified:            #32  7.172 192.85                       #16  6.702 211.44
Secrest gets the holeshot;Kindle breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4300 Lance Abbott                         4204 Scooter Hampton              
E1                   0.052  6.874 190.33     ****WINNER****  0.144  8.426 166.63
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.016              TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  2.076
 Qualified:            #25  6.920 197.59                        #9  6.375 219.58
Abbott gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Hampton.




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