Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 22:10 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
 6108 Ty Gaynor                            4891 Fred Jaramillo               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.852 196.50                    -0.004  6.329 217.88
         T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.002             T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-):  0.069
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Casner    ) 0.007  6.830  0.000      (J Koron     ) 0.010  6.277  0.067
E1    (T Wiens     ) 0.013  6.886  0.046      (J Eastburn  ) 0.041  6.315  0.085
 Qualified:            #31  6.845 197.45                       #11  6.255 220.12

7:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,383 feet.

Jaramillo misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Gaynor.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6241 Casey Plaizier                       7796 John Richardson              
E3                   0.041  6.496 206.76     ****WINNER****  0.049  6.105 213.37
         T/D  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Olpin     ) 0.014  6.489  0.009      (S Will      ) 0.000  6.074 -0.026
E1    (V Cauffield ) 0.033  6.495  0.015      (D Naylor    ) 0.005  6.135  0.035
 Qualified:            #22  6.465 210.44                        #2  6.104 203.49

Plaizier gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Richardson.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Moe Trujillo                         7851 Robert Naber                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.489 193.65                     0.055  6.886 193.29
         T/D  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.039             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.016
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bayer     ) 0.042  6.437  0.017      (J Wiens     ) 0.009  6.856 -0.004
E1    (D London    ) 0.061  6.459  0.049      (C Webber    ) 0.016  6.881  0.001
 Qualified:            #20  6.435 210.57                       #32  6.877 194.02

Trujillo gets the advantage off of the line and goes around naber for the win.

Moe Trujillo's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 10 inches).

Trujillo will take on Richardson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7160 Andy Spiegel                         7852 Matt Woodard                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.379 215.62                    -0.005  6.106 229.04
         T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.021             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Reis      ) 0.013  6.390  0.000      (M Kile      ) 0.002  6.402  0.292
E1    (G Nash      ) 0.008  6.417  0.017      (T White     ) 0.011  6.656  0.426
 Qualified:            #17  6.403 216.03                       #13  6.302 223.84

Woodard leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Spiegel.

Spiegel will take on Gaynor in the next round.

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