Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:42 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5524 Glenn Gleisner                       5381 Wade Kiefer                  
E1                   0.032  7.859 172.52     ****WINNER****  0.010  6.751 209.98
          TS  Dial: 7.57 (+/-):  0.289              TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.059
 Qualified:            #21  7.987 170.88                       #11  6.859 205.57

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 2,574 feet.

Kiefer with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 568X Darren Butler                           6 Michael Chitty               
E1                  -0.024  7.046 194.38     ****WINNER****  0.019  6.473 215.55
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 6.49 (+/-): -0.017
 Qualified:            #14  7.085 192.52                        #4  6.507 214.72

Butler goes red to give Chitty the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5418 Scott Schleicher                     5764 Brian Antony                 
E1                   0.091  7.699 174.48     ****WINNER****  0.080  6.672 207.15
          TS  Dial: 7.74 (+/-): -0.041              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.042
 Qualified:            #20  7.764 177.98                       #10  6.672 207.78

Antony with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Christopher Roe                      5285 John Gosh                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.647 203.28                     0.070  7.308 168.58
          TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  0.307              TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.418
 Qualified:             #2  6.367 216.17                       #12  6.933 198.88

Roe with a near perfect light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Dan Schei                            5189 Rob Meservier                
E1                   0.054  7.206 191.95     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.460 219.47
          TS  Dial: 7.22 (+/-): -0.014              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #16  7.251 191.19                        #6  6.528 217.28

Meservier with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 231T Michael Scott                        5167 Curt Fredrich                
E1                   0.051  7.509 170.60     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.586 198.67
          TS  Dial: 7.50 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.016
 Qualified:            #18  7.550 181.47                        #8  6.602 209.92

Fredrich with the starting line advantage for the win. Curt Fredrich's MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5486 Chris Bishop                          789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson       
E1                  -0.025  7.220 190.75     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.550 210.67
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #17  7.261 196.16                        #7  6.600 209.20

Bishop goes red to give Snyder-ellingson the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5578 Rich Smith                           5137 David Scutt                  
E1                   0.001 10.011  97.81     ****WINNER****  0.079  7.411 135.61
          TS  Dial: 6.44 (+/-):  3.571              TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.461
 Qualified:             #3  6.488 213.54                       #13  6.972 197.45

Smith with a near perfect light, but has problems and Scutt with the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5020 Alan Hiebert                         5864 Gregory Maaninga             
E1                   0.030  6.408 221.13     ****WINNER****  0.134  7.388 184.70
          TS  Dial: 6.43 (+/-): -0.022              TS  Dial: 7.09 (+/-):  0.298
 Qualified:             #5  6.526 217.88                       #15  7.176 196.16

Hiebert with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Maaninga the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   21 Thomas Schmidt                       5554 Michael Freischel            
E1                   0.153  6.561 213.06     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.528 182.03
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 7.54 (+/-): -0.012
 Qualified:             #9  6.603 212.09                       #19  7.554 181.11

Freischel with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                                  Bye
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.017  6.608 163.93     
          TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.378    
 Qualified:             #1  6.259 227.57                     Bye

Thorp with the bye run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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