Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 20:03 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 2 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
382J Jonathan Smiddy 451 Bob Gulitti
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.006 195.11 0.002 No Time
TS Dial: 7.01 (+/-): -0.004 TS Dial: 6.26 (+/-): 93.739
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Wheatcraft) 0.018 7.027 0.027 (M Morehead ) 0.016 6.251 0.001
Qualified: #29 7.109 195.65 #5 6.353 222.40
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.99
inches, adjusted altitude 2,711 feet.Gulitti with a near perfect light, but the car made a quick
move toward the centerline. He collected the 330-foot timing block and also the 660-foot block. So
Smiddy gets the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
26 Jackie Robison 3738 Bryan Richardson
E2 0.079 9.011 113.62 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.838 190.54
TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 2.111 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.278
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Jensen ) 0.069 6.905 0.055 (G Butcher ) 0.004 6.647 0.087
Qualified: #25 7.013 191.62 #17 6.643 214.31
Richardson with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Smiddy in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3377 Chris Osborn 5137 David Scutt
E2 0.002 6.601 201.64 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.968 196.39
TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.019 TS Dial: 6.97 (+/-): -0.002
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Boesch ) 0.010 6.621 0.021 (S Gonzales ) -0.034 6.965 0.005
Qualified: #18 6.673 206.20 #26 7.018 196.70
Osborn with a near perfect light, but took too much stripe to give scutt the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
316K Brandon Baxter 4 Doug Crumlich
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.002 6.590 210.14 -0.006 21.035 34.64
TS Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 0.000 TS Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 14.445
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Lewis ) 0.023 6.584 0.014 (M Scott ) 0.024 6.649 0.039
Qualified: #19 6.697 207.75 #11 6.582 213.23
Crumlich goes red to give Baxter the win, who has near perfect light and runs dead-on with a
zero.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2904 Doug Gbur 5167 Curt Fredrich
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.916 199.88 0.026 6.573 209.59
TS Dial: 6.91 (+/-): 0.006 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.013
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Firestone ) 0.033 6.911 0.001 (S Underwood ) 0.013 6.561 0.001
Qualified: #24 7.011 198.76 #16 6.642 208.71
Gbur with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
3015 Bill Yates 3346 Mike Trauth
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.007 7.138 203.12 0.009 6.802 193.10
TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.578 TS Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.078
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Hinkle ) 0.017 6.561 0.011 (G Wright ) 0.027 6.891 0.041
Qualified: #14 6.619 210.97 #22 6.916 199.17
A couple great lights with Yates getting the slight advantage and the win, when Trauth took too
much stripe.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2020 Chris Roe 344A Stephen Brinegar
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.023 6.448 172.14 0.056 9.663 98.52
TS Dial: 6.15 (+/-): 0.298 TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): 3.113
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Lyons ) 0.004 6.172 0.072 (R Mendenhall) 0.030 6.571 -0.009
Qualified: #7 6.378 215.62 #15 6.622 207.94
Roe with the starting line advantage for the win. Roe will face Baxter in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
344 BJ Sexton 384M Dean McIlvain
E2 0.748 14.697 96.39 ****WINNER**** 0.041 6.733 178.45
TS Dial: 7.12 (+/-): 7.577 TS Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.093
Prior rounds:
E1 (B Peavler ) 0.052 7.551 0.431 (J Thorp ) 0.032 6.647 -0.003
Qualified: #35 7.406 186.98 #20 6.739 206.70
McIlvain with the starting line advantage for the win. Sexton with problems right off the line.
Sexton will face Gbur in the next round.
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