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Fri, 09 Oct 2026, 15:05 PM

VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green





MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, event at World Wide Technology Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Rob Mendenhall                       5167 Curtis Fredrich              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  6.986 183.54                     0.048  6.578 211.13
          TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #24  7.005  0.905                       #10  6.574  0.474
NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 384M Dean McIlvain                        3728 Alex Miller                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.679 209.43                     0.033  7.688 172.14
          TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  0.059              TS  Dial: 7.69 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #15  6.635  0.535                       #29  7.730  1.630


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3195 Blake Peavler                        382J Jonathan Smiddy              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.679 208.65                     0.004  6.765 204.26
          TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.219              TS  Dial: 6.79 (+/-): -0.025
 Qualified:             #6  6.512  0.412                       #20  6.793  0.693


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 318K Timothy Kirman                       5864 Gregory Maaninga             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.736 162.88                     0.209  7.214 190.73
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.206              TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.284
 Qualified:             #9  6.566  0.466                       #23  6.963  0.863


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3218 Belva Brinegar                       3986 Jon Steldt                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  6.527 212.19                     0.019  6.756 203.25
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.024
 Qualified:             #7  6.522  0.422                       #21  6.836  0.736


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3798 Justin Sowders                       5285 John Gosh                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.615 179.09                     0.020 10.991  82.77
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.085              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  4.021
 Qualified:             #8  6.544  0.444                       #22  6.957  0.857


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 310P Patrick Debottis                     5189 Rob Meservier                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.025 194.80                     0.070  7.027 157.21
          TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.497
 Qualified:            #25  7.031  0.931                       #11  6.584  0.484


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   34 Dennis Dowson                          53 Joshua Vandeventer           
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.630 212.43                    -0.001  6.712 211.63
          TS  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.400              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.122
 Qualified:             #3  6.259  0.159                       #17  6.643  0.543


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   52 Dan Schei                              35 Mark McDonald                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  7.134 195.65                     0.030  6.566 192.93
          TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #26  7.160  1.060                       #12  6.594  0.494


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Chris Osborn                            1 Darian Boesch                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.619 208.59                     0.030  6.230 221.82
          TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.25 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:            #16  6.636  0.536                        #2  6.258  0.158


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7155 Jeff Connelly                        5464 Jeremiah Heber               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.055  6.471 213.81                     0.024  6.810 203.52
          TS  Dial: 6.45 (+/-):  0.021              TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.070
 Qualified:             #5  6.501  0.401                       #19  6.790  0.690


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3529 Andrew Johnson                       3015 Bill Yates                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  7.206 185.77                     0.028  6.613 211.13
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.053
 Qualified:            #27  7.199  1.099                       #13  6.595  0.495


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 316K Brandon Baxter                       491C Mario Boesch                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.573 212.79                     0.033  7.176 193.93
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 7.18 (+/-): -0.004
 Qualified:            #14  6.598  0.498                       #28  7.228  1.128


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  319 Rick Sojka                           371L Gary Kintz                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.415 219.29                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): 93.599
 Qualified:             #4  6.339  0.239                       #18  6.676  0.576


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3190 Glenn Butcher                              Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.090 232.79     
          TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.010    
 Qualified:             #1  6.147  0.047                     Bye

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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