Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 10:22 AM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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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.
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