Sat, 08 Nov 2025, 20:28 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4338 Mark Buehring                         717 Randy Balough                
E2                   0.065  6.822 201.61     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.042 193.65
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-): -0.008              TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Lucas     ) 0.011  6.853  0.003      (W Yakimetz  ) 0.010  7.080  0.010
 Qualified:            #16  6.840 201.19                       #26  7.053 193.74

5:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,328 feet.

Balough gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win with a .021 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  634 Dan Lafferty                         7598 Chris Newman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.944 180.21                    -0.002  6.760 178.17
          TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.100
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Giese     ) 0.037  6.975  0.035      (C Riley     ) 0.032  6.693  0.013
 Qualified:            #18  6.908 197.22                        #9  6.661 209.65

Newman misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Lafferty.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7134 Bryan Warr                           5049 Michael Chitty               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.780 203.43                     0.018  6.596 210.93
          TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Williams  ) 0.039  6.792 -0.018      (E Olpin     ) 0.001  6.631  0.031
 Qualified:            #13  6.798 203.65                        #4  6.606 211.99

No advantage off of the line for either driver, Chitty takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Warr.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 791R Frank Rodrigues                            Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.949 196.79     
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.049    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.013  6.935 -0.015   
 Qualified:            #20  6.954 196.99                     Bye

Rodrigues with the bye.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  664 Kenneth Ratzloff                        8 Ted Kellner                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.003  7.032 196.16                    -0.013  7.909 138.68
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-): -0.008              TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.469
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Snyder-Ell) 0.050  7.062  0.002      (D Cook      ) 0.015  7.463  0.003
 Qualified:            #25  7.045 196.62                       #34  7.443 185.13

Kellner is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Ratzloff.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7158 Joe Stannard                         A710 David Beckwith               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.022  8.689 115.54                     0.020  7.592 178.33
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  1.559              TS  Dial: 7.61 (+/-): -0.018
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Johnson   ) 0.013  7.153  0.013      (R Martin    ) 0.000  7.628  0.018
 Qualified:            #27  7.121 193.82                       #36  7.616 178.19

Stannard leaves the line and starts drifting to the right. he gets close to the centerline about 400 feet out and has to back off of the throttle. Beckwith stays on the throttle and runs a little too quick, breaking out and giving Stannard the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7450 Donald Meziere                        749 Justin Linares               
E2                  -0.009  7.152 152.19     ****WINNER****  0.097  6.232 215.03
          TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.422              TS  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Okerman   ) 0.009  6.765  0.005      (Y Blaylock  ) 0.357  6.275  0.065
 Qualified:            #11  6.741 205.66                        #2  6.214 232.11

Meziere leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Linares.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4396 Sammy Gonzales                       7155 Jeff Connelly                
E2                   0.020  7.246 188.86     ****WINNER****  0.000  6.515 198.99
          TS  Dial: 7.25 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.025
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Land      ) 0.038  7.285 -0.015      (M Doushgouni) 0.153  6.546  0.056
 Qualified:            #31  7.279 188.83                        #3  6.495 221.02

Connelly gets a perfect light and takes the win with a .025 package. Gonzales takes a little too much stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6324 Gerald Bucklin                        720 Rob Mendenhall               
E2                   0.042  7.210 186.46     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.921 197.86
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-): -0.020              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Harper    ) 0.048  7.241 -0.019      (J Tattersall) 0.033  6.996  0.036
 Qualified:            #29  7.209 193.32                       #19  6.943 197.91

Mendenhall gets the advantage off of the line and takes the double breakout win. Bucklin drifted close to the center line late in the run but stayed on the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                          7867 Dean Hall                    
E2                  -0.026  9.419  95.11     ****WINNER****  0.389  7.020 196.76
          TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  2.609              TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.000
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Radford   ) 0.061  6.821 -0.019      (P Warr      ) 0.036  7.070  0.020
 Qualified:            #14  6.813 204.60                       #24  7.043 196.56

Green is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Hall.

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