Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 16:57 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
550 Ed Olpin 6455 Mike Lucas
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.989 190.43 0.035 7.456 182.03
TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.049 TS Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.056
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Chitty ) 0.027 6.945 0.015 (D Lafferty ) 0.019 7.405 0.005
Qualified: #14 6.930 198.67 #20 7.401 184.60
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.99
inches, adjusted altitude 2,554 feet. Olpin with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7867 Dean Hall 8 Ted Kellner
E2 0.030 6.934 197.13 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.375 186.00
TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 7.36 (+/-): 0.015
Prior rounds:
E1 (F Martin ) 0.001 6.931 0.001 (D Cook ) 0.017 7.356 0.026
Qualified: #13 6.927 199.52 #19 7.327 187.00
Kellner with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Ted Kellner's MOV: 0.0024
seconds (approximately 8 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4338 Mark Buehring 664 Ken Ratzloff
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.067 6.745 203.52 -0.014 6.952 196.59
TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.032
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Okerman ) 0.011 6.745 0.015 (D Beckwith ) 0.006 6.970 0.050
Qualified: #6 6.728 204.45 #12 6.918 199.52
Ratzloff goes red to give Buehring the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7974 William Mizia 61 Will Yakimetz
E2 -0.007 7.825 169.76 ****WINNER**** 0.065 7.590 169.47
TS Dial: 7.81 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 1.050
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Mendenhall) 0.021 7.811 0.001 (R Balough ) 0.000 6.547 0.017
Qualified: #21 7.816 170.23 #4 6.518 216.93
Mizia goes red to give Yakimetz the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7134 Bryan Warr 789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.703 206.23 -0.004 6.683 179.09
TS Dial: 6.75 (+/-): -0.047 TS Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.103
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Gillette ) 0.016 6.757 0.007 (L Giese ) 0.025 6.584 0.024
Qualified: #22 13.022 64.19 #5 6.563 210.64
Snyder-Ellington goes red to give Warr the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6324 Gerald Bucklin 699B Aaron Steinkey
E2 0.003 7.109 191.57 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.186 226.73
TS Dial: 7.17 (+/-): -0.061 TS Dial: 6.18 (+/-): 0.006
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Warr ) 0.004 7.184 0.004 0.047 6.165 -0.005
Qualified: #18 7.192 194.91 #1 6.162 230.29
Bucklin with a geat light, but took too much stripe to give Steinkey the win. He will face
Yakimetz in the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink


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