Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 12:00 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, 25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Moe Trujillo                            8 Thomas Bayer                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.437 210.05                    -0.002  6.482 166.74
         T/D  Dial: 6.42 (+/-):  0.017             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.382
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D London    ) 0.061  6.459  0.049      (C Casteel   ) 0.038  6.171  0.071
 Qualified:            #20  6.435 210.57                       #12  6.272 186.92

8:46 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,502 feet.

Bayer is a little too quick out of the gate and goes red giving the win to Trujillo.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7498 Steve Casner                         6108 Ty Gaynor                    
E2                   0.005  6.211 231.60     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.830 197.28
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.071             T/D  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Dahlberg  ) 0.031  6.302  0.182      (T Wiens     ) 0.013  6.886  0.046
 Qualified:             #7  6.182 227.27                       #31  6.845 197.45

A coin flip off of the line, Gaynor holds off Casner and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7160 Andy Spiegel                           74 Mallory Reis                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.390 211.99                     0.014  6.495 209.72
         T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  0.000             T/D  Dial: 6.51 (+/-): -0.015
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Nash      ) 0.008  6.417  0.017      (D Hough     ) 0.012  6.525  0.015
 Qualified:            #17  6.403 216.03                       #25  6.520 210.08

No advantage off of the line, Spiegel runs dead on and takes the win with a .013 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7237 Steve Will                           7796 John Richardson              
E2                  -0.005  6.105 233.12     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.074 219.47
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.026
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.010  6.153  0.053      (D Naylor    ) 0.005  6.135  0.035
 Qualified:            #10  6.224 195.73                        #2  6.104 203.49

Will is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Richardson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 503A Jeff Koron                           4891 Fred Jaramillo               
E2                   0.031  6.078 215.86     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.277 211.93
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.067
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Wright    ) 0.017  6.090 -0.010      (J Eastburn  ) 0.041  6.315  0.085
 Qualified:             #3  6.114 229.90                       #11  6.255 220.12

Jaramillo gets the holeshot;Koron breaks out.

Jaramillo will take on Gaynor in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Michael Kile                         7852 Matt Woodard                 
E2                  -0.002  6.982 161.85     ****WINNER****  0.002  6.402 162.20
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.882             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.292
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Wiens     ) 0.024  6.273  0.143      (T White     ) 0.011  6.656  0.426
 Qualified:             #5  6.139 222.18                       #13  6.302 223.84

Kile just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Woodard.

Woodard will take on Spiegel in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizier                        550 Ed Olpin                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.489 202.39                     0.037  6.792 198.00
         T/D  Dial: 6.48 (+/-):  0.009             T/D  Dial: 6.80 (+/-): -0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Cauffield ) 0.033  6.495  0.015      (R Taylor    ) 0.065  6.824  0.004
 Qualified:            #22  6.465 210.44                       #30  6.840 197.16

Plaizier gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win with a .023 package.

Plaizier will take on Richardson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7851 Robert Naber                         7145 Jennifer Wiens               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.856 189.39                     0.035  6.133 219.01
         T/D  Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Webber    ) 0.016  6.881  0.001      (K Burnett   ) 0.004  6.218  0.048
 Qualified:            #32  6.877 194.02                        #8  6.187 225.15

Naber gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.

Naber will take on Trujillo in the next round.

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