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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 10:22 AM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Chris Osborn                            1 Darian Boesch                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.621 206.67                     0.027  6.262 220.12
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.25 (+/-):  0.012
 Qualified:            #18  6.673 206.20                        #2  6.276 226.35
Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 78 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,235 feet.

Osborn with the starting line advantage for the win. Chris Osborn's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 3 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2339 Scott Underwood                      5167 Curt Fredrich                
E1                   0.022  7.061 195.82     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.561 209.01
          TS  Dial: 7.08 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #32  7.141 194.94                       #16  6.642 208.71
Fredrich with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a one for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3738 Bryan Richardson                     3190 Glenn Butcher                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.647 216.62                     0.065  6.137 221.82
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.087              TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #17  6.643 214.31                        #1  6.179 228.58
richardson with a great light for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Rob Mendenhall                       344A Stephen Brinegar             
E1                  -0.025  6.996 194.86     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.571 207.43
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.054              TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #31  7.126 192.93                       #15  6.622 207.94
Mendenhall goes red to give Brinegar the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 311E Chris Wheatcraft                     382J Jonathan Smiddy              
E1                   0.061  6.543 203.03     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.027 189.20
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-): -0.007              TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.027
 Qualified:            #13  6.611 208.75                       #29  7.109 195.65
Smiddy with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  344 BJ Sexton                            3195 Blake Peavler                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052  7.551 163.87                    -0.018  7.737 124.72
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.431              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  1.267
 Qualified:            #35  7.406 186.98                       #12  6.584 214.86
Peavler goes red to give Sexton the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 316K Brandon Baxter                       4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.584 210.28                     0.008  6.240 213.81
          TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #19  6.697 207.75                        #3  6.321 220.98
Lewis with a great light, but Baxter held on for the win in a close one. Brandon Baxter's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                              8 James Hinkle                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.561 211.26                    -0.010  7.072 191.67
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.028
 Qualified:            #14  6.619 210.97                       #30  7.124 191.10
Hinkle goes red to give Yates the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 308V Jeremy Jensen                          26 Jackie Robison               
E1                   0.002  7.180 163.99     ****WINNER****  0.069  6.905 193.71
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-): -0.050              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.055
 Qualified:            #34  7.175 190.70                       #25  7.013 191.62
Jensen with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Robison the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5137 David Scutt                          4396 Sammy Gonzales               
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.034  6.965 196.44                    -0.011  7.100 192.25
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.040
 Qualified:            #26  7.018 196.70                       #33  7.173 190.70
Gonzales goes red to give scutt the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                            384M Dean McIlvain                
E1                   0.030  6.241 225.15     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.647 205.07
          TS  Dial: 6.27 (+/-): -0.029              TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:             #4  6.335 222.95                       #20  6.739 206.70
Thorp with a couple tick advantage on the tree, but took too much stripe to give McIlvain the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4720 Mike Morehead                         451 Bob Gulitti                  
E1                   0.028  6.699 205.32     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.251 224.14
          TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-): -0.031              TS  Dial: 6.25 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #21  6.787 204.05                        #5  6.353 222.40
Gulitti with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a one for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2904 Doug Gbur                            4695 Allen Firestone              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  6.911 200.08                    -0.004 10.938  91.28
          TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.001              TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  4.598
 Qualified:            #24  7.011 198.76                        #8  6.380 219.29
Firestone goes red to give Gbur the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  406 Glenn Wright                         3346 Mike Trauth                  
E1                   0.020  6.278 225.67     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.891 199.94
          TS  Dial: 6.32 (+/-): -0.042              TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:             #6  6.364 220.73                       #22  6.916 199.17
Wright with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Trauth the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   28 Scotty Lyons                         2020 Chris Roe                    
E1                   0.007  8.291 165.38     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.172 199.29
          TS  Dial: 7.24 (+/-):  1.051              TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.072
 Qualified:            #37  8.503 167.05                        #7  6.378 215.62
A couple great lights, with roe getting the advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    4 Doug Crumlich                        231T Michael Scott                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.649 211.03                     0.030  7.037 193.52
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.039              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-): -0.013
 Qualified:            #11  6.582 213.23                       #27  7.039 193.63
Crumlich with the starting line advantage for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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