Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 19:52 PM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster 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
   41 Kevin Thorp                          5615 Dan Narusiewicz              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.415 164.19                     0.043 24.109  52.82
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.315             T/D  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 17.199
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Arpin     ) 0.019  6.120  0.020      (J Thorp     ) 0.051  6.931 -0.009
 Qualified:             #2  6.125 225.26                       #26  6.985 194.04

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,462 feet.

Thorp with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 585J Josh Buer                               9 Rusty Baxter                 
E2                   0.022  6.752 200.35     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.121 213.13
         T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.022             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dean      ) 0.020  6.742 -0.038      (T Bruce     ) 0.044  6.512  0.412
 Qualified:            #20  6.793 199.82                       #12  6.195 210.34

Baxter with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5168 Trevor Jelinski                      5135 Grant Pederson               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  7.278 174.73                     0.023  6.120 209.52
         T/D  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.128             T/D  Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Nemitz    ) 0.098  7.174  0.014      (A Fischer   ) 0.044  6.453  0.323
 Qualified:            #31  7.189 184.25                        #7  6.160 224.02

Jelinski with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 423K Kendra Larson                        5932 Mike Kritzky                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.005  6.932 190.22                     0.057  6.403 218.02
         T/D  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.032             T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Feist     ) 0.031  6.902  0.012      (S Murray    ) 0.021  6.412 -0.058
 Qualified:            #25  6.948 192.19                       #17  6.475 215.31

Larson with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5502 Randy Dahlberg                       459D J.R. Baxter                  
E2                  -0.005  6.754 194.35     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.108 203.37
         T/D  Dial: 6.75 (+/-):  0.004             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.008
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Laris     ) 0.010  6.768  0.018      (N Gilbertson) 0.018  6.307  0.197
 Qualified:            #21  6.797 193.38                       #13  6.200 194.86

Dahlberg goes red to give Baxter the win, who runs dead-on with an eight. He will face Larson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  529 Donna Patterson                        53 Matthew Kreft                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.097 231.12                     0.013  6.052 216.51
         T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.013             T/D  Dial: 6.11 (+/-): -0.058
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Isenhower ) 0.066  6.126 -0.014      (M Grame     ) 1.484  6.117  0.007
 Qualified:            #11  6.186 228.23                        #3  6.128 222.33

Kreft with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Patterson the win. She will face Jelinski in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5484 Bob Fischer                          5092 Jason Hop                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.809 194.88                     0.029  7.162 186.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.79 (+/-):  0.019             T/D  Dial: 7.13 (+/-):  0.032
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Rang      ) 0.029  6.815  0.005      (S Cusey     ) 0.033  7.159  0.039
 Qualified:            #22  6.842 195.19                       #30  7.159 187.05

Fischer with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Thorp in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   38 Sean Parker                          5820 Isaac Wilde                  
E2                   0.019  6.908 187.00     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.381 214.25
         T/D  Dial: 6.88 (+/-):  0.028             T/D  Dial: 6.36 (+/-):  0.021
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Laris     ) 0.013  6.902  0.012      (B Franck    ) 0.016  6.398  0.008
 Qualified:            #24  6.944 190.81                       #16  6.411 214.28

Parker with the starting line advantage, but Wilde chased him down for the win in a dead heat. Isaac Wilde's MOV: 0.0001 seconds. He will face Rusty Baxter in the next round.

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