Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 15:22 PM
Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing
Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7867 Dean Hall 404M Florentino Martin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.931 199.88 0.018 6.353 223.02
TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.34 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #13 6.927 199.52 #2 6.335 223.28
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.00
inches, adjusted altitude 2,539 feet.Hall with a near perfect light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6455 Mike Lucas 634 Dan Lafferty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.405 184.88 0.026 6.808 196.04
TS Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.005 TS Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.002
Qualified: #20 7.401 184.60 #9 6.811 200.35
Lucas with the starting line advantage and ran dead-on with a five for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
757 Jeff Gillette 7134 Bryan Warr
E1 0.009 6.847 199.52 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.757 201.61
TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.017 TS Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #11 6.840 200.41 #22 13.022 64.19
Gillette with a great light, but Warr runs dead-on with a seven for the win in a close one.
Bryan Warr's MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6324 Gerald Bucklin 7038 Pat Warr
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.184 190.43 0.028 6.705 206.51
TS Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.065
Qualified: #18 7.192 194.91 #7 6.742 206.39
Bucklin with a great light and runs dead-on with a four for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4338 Mark Buehring 73 Richard Okerman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.745 195.14 0.017 7.152 190.81
TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 7.13 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #6 6.728 204.45 #17 7.126 191.81
Buehring with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Randy Balough 61 Will Yakimetz
E1 0.010 6.975 196.16 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.547 198.41
TS Dial: 6.96 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #15 6.962 196.47 #4 6.518 216.93
Yakimetz with a perfect light for the win. Will Yakimetz's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 3
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
714 Larry Giese 789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington
E1 -0.002 6.898 173.99 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.584 208.20
TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.098 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #16 6.976 208.94 #5 6.563 210.64
Giese goes red to give Snyder-Ellington the win. She will face Bryan Warr in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 699B Aaron Steinkey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.165 230.41
TS Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #1 6.162 230.29
Steinkey with the bye run...he will face Bucklin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
664 Ken Ratzloff A710 David Beckwith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.970 183.12 0.014 7.904 138.09
TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.050 TS Dial: 7.49 (+/-): 0.414
Qualified: #12 6.918 199.52 #23 14.382 56.67
Ratzloff with a great light for the win. He will face Buehring in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7974 William Mizia 720 Rob Mendenhall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.811 170.36 0.013 6.859 200.20
TS Dial: 7.81 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.029
Qualified: #21 7.816 170.23 #10 6.826 201.58
Mendenhall with the starting line advantage, but Mizia runs dead-on with a one for the win. He
will face Yakimetz in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Ed Olpin 5049 Michael Chitty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.945 198.55 -0.015 6.555 214.55
TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 0.055
Qualified: #14 6.930 198.67 #3 6.505 214.38
Chitty goes red to give Olpin the win. He will face Lucas in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 Ted Kellner 3 David Cook
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.356 187.13 0.005 6.786 204.26
TS Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.026 TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.056
Qualified: #19 7.327 187.00 #8 6.743 203.92
Cook with a great light, but Kellner holds on for the win.
Kellner will face Hall in the next round.Darian Boesch wins the Top sportsman National
Championship with Cook losing.
Timing data courtesy of
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