Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 20:26 PM Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                               4 Doug Crumlich                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.139 229.96                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.16 (+/-): -0.021              TS  Dial: 6.48 (+/-): 93.519
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Warr      ) 0.003  6.269  0.109      (J Heber     ) 0.041  7.178  0.708
 Qualified:             #5  6.285 227.79                       #13  6.542 213.51

7:04 p.m. Crumlich did not make a pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4695 Allen Firestone                      4880 Jimmy Lewis                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  7.989 121.62                    -0.009  7.232 130.81
          TS  Dial: 6.34 (+/-):  1.649              TS  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  1.132
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Haynes    ) 0.020  6.381  0.051      (C Arnold    ) 0.015  6.162  0.062
 Qualified:             #9  6.356 216.47                        #1  6.205 226.63

Lewis is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Firestone.

Firestone will take on thorp in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4300 Lance Abbott                            7 Bryan Warr                   
E2                   0.031  6.825 200.20     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.667 202.02
          TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.025              TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Kindle    ) 0.018  7.040  0.160      (C Roe       ) 0.036  6.647  0.037
 Qualified:            #31  6.929 197.33                       #23  6.745 204.89

Warr gets the advantage off of the line and runs dead on to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   44 Bengt Blomberg                          6 Michael Chitty               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.441 186.14                     0.013  7.751 129.11
          TS  Dial: 6.40 (+/-):  0.041              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  1.191
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Bills     ) 0.021  7.582  1.212      (B Gulitti   ) 0.034  6.944  0.314
 Qualified:            #11  6.497 216.87                       #19  6.663 209.88

Chitty gets the holeshot but gets out of the groove and makes a move toward the centerline and has to back off of the throttle.

Blomberg will take on Warr in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Mark Buehring                        4204 Scooter Hampton              
E2                   0.066  6.688 205.06     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.450 214.40
          TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-): -0.002              TS  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.270
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Gordon    ) 0.034  6.735  0.025      (T Wells     ) 0.036  7.262  1.052
 Qualified:            #26  6.818 202.94                        #2  6.253 224.36

Hampton gets the advantage off of the line;Buehring breaks out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Chanse Bullock                       4720 Mike Morehead                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.482 211.98                    -0.004  6.538 211.70
          TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.018                  Dial: 6.60 (+/-): -0.062
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Mcdonough ) 0.013  6.893  0.393      (G Wright    ) 0.010  6.685  0.115
 Qualified:            #14  6.554 211.02                       #22  6.698 207.91

Morehead leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Bullock.

Bullock will take on Hampton in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  468 Kelly Land                            504 Ryan Julius                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  6.626 206.53                    -0.018  9.619  92.44
          TS  Dial: 6.67 (+/-): -0.044              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  3.059
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.019 13.797  7.157      (D Scutt     ) 0.033  6.682  0.162
 Qualified:            #24  6.764 202.43                       #16  6.568 217.22

Julius leaves too soon, gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the centerline, then has to give up on the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 578M Mike Secrest                         400C Casey Higgins                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.768 196.62                     0.022  6.639 208.03
          TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.038              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.089
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Peavler   ) 0.004  6.775  0.085      (D Dowson    ) 0.058  6.736  0.196
 Qualified:            #28  6.837 201.37                       #20  6.669 208.11

Secrest gets the holeshot and holds off Higgins for the win.

Secrest will take on Land in the next round.




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