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Mon, 07 Sep 2026, 16:05 PM

Top Sportsman Final, Round 5 Eliminations
By Rick Green





INDIANAPOLIS - Results of final, round 5 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
 316K Brandon Baxter                       2904 Doug Gbur                    
E5   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.698 179.68                     0.085 No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.098              TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 93.069
 Prior rounds:
E4    (B Richardson) 0.028  6.600  0.000      (D Scutt     ) 0.028  6.941  0.031
E3    (C Roe       ) 0.015  6.577  0.017      (D McIlvain  ) 0.002  6.911  0.021
E2    (D Crumlich  ) 0.002  6.590  0.000      (C Fredrich  ) 0.010  6.916  0.006
E1    (J Lewis     ) 0.023  6.584  0.014      (A Firestone ) 0.033  6.911  0.001
 Qualified:            #19  6.697 207.75                       #24  7.011 198.76
Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,855 feet.

Baxter with the starting line advantage for the win. He wins his first National event Wally in his second final round.

Gbur blew up an engine early and pulled the car out of the groove.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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