Sat, 11 Oct 2025, 18:49 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 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
   46 Bengt Blomberg                       4911 Darian Boesch                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.620 217.31                     0.014  6.255 213.68
          TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-): -0.010              TS  Dial: 6.27 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bills     ) 0.031  6.454 -0.076      (G Wright    ) 0.004  6.224  0.014
 Qualified:            #11  6.572 219.06                        #3  6.218 229.74

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,928 feet.

Boesch with a couple ticks on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Blomberg the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4204 Scooter Hampton                      7468 John Baker                   
E2                   0.071  6.336 222.39     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.281 199.98
          TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-): -0.014              TS  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.131
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Secrest   ) 0.144  8.426  2.076      (P (Jackie) R) 0.027  6.133 -0.017
 Qualified:             #9  6.375 219.58                        #1  6.185 210.97

Baker with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Bradley Johnson                      2231 Frank Altilio                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.615 212.55                     0.008  7.384 175.60
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 7.35 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lisenby   ) 0.015  6.591 -0.019      (J Hefler    ) 0.020 64.999 57.739
 Qualified:            #12  6.625 212.15                       #33  7.332 186.11

Altilio with a great light, but Johnson chased him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4760 Chris Gulitti                          48 Chris Arnold                 
E2                  -0.008  7.020 195.24     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.897 199.72
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-): -0.020              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Arnold    ) 0.034  6.931 -0.019      (T Leach     ) 0.002  6.853  0.023
 Qualified:            #29  6.994 195.74                       #21  6.773 198.05

Gulitti goes red to give Arnold the win. He will face Baker in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  423 Jeff Hefler                          699B Aaron Steinkey               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.937 193.95                     0.016  6.244 215.32
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Haynes    ) 0.016  6.892  0.032      (C Fredrich  ) 0.012  6.179 -0.021
 Qualified:            #26  6.945 198.88                        #2  6.213 230.63

Steinkey with the starting line advantage, but Hefler runs dead-on with a seven for the win in a close one. Jeff Hefler's MOV: 0.0018 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         578M Mike Secrest                 
E2                   0.041  6.394 205.22     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.200 191.34
          TS  Dial: 6.38 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B King      ) 0.000  6.319  0.009      (N on File   ) 0.012  7.141  0.021
 Qualified:             #8  6.343 223.25                       #32  7.172 192.85

Secrest with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Johnson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1620 Frank Volpe Jr                        263 Doug Crumlich                
E2                   0.021  6.909 186.17     ****WINNER****  0.068  6.652 212.35
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.031              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.007  6.860  0.020      (C Higgins   ) 0.012  6.673  0.063
 Qualified:            #23  6.874 199.90                       #15  6.665 210.09

Volpe Jr. with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Crumlich the win. He will face volpe in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5137 David Scutt                          4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.095 191.37                     0.039  6.329 222.19
          TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.005              TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D (Danny) Le) 0.002  7.089  0.029      (F Volpe     ) 0.005  6.798  0.528
 Qualified:            #30  7.090 194.35                        #6  6.332 224.35

Scutt with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Hefler in the next round.




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