Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 20:14 PM Summit Pro ET Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Summit Pro ET at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1393 Pat Bonifferro                       717L David Myhre                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080 10.636 125.02                    -0.015  9.784 138.81
         PRO  Dial: 10.59 (+/-):  0.046          PROET  Dial: 9.78 (+/-):  0.004
 Qualified:             #4 13                                  #13 4            

4:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,452 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Myhre leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Boniferro.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 H592 Justin Hamel                         J742 Jeffery Ford                 
E1                  -0.039  9.611 140.65     ****WINNER****  0.039 11.645 114.11
         PRO  Dial: 9.62 (+/-): -0.009           PROET  Dial: 11.65 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:             #1 16                                  #16 1            

Hamel is too quick off of the line and goes red giving Ford the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 Y606 Chris Stone                          K168 Jared Kinson                 
E1                   0.045 10.574 120.50     ****WINNER****  0.002  9.262 133.51
         PRO  Dial: 10.54 (+/-):  0.034            PRO  Dial: 9.24 (+/-):  0.022
 Qualified:             #2 15                                  #15 2            

This is Stone's third appearance at this event.

Kinson is almost perfect off of the line and he takes the stripe for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 X628 Jason Mercer                         570H Cory Heckenlaible            
E1                  -0.033 10.329 130.87     ****WINNER****  0.052  9.140 146.53
         PRO  Dial: 10.25 (+/-):  0.079          PROET  Dial: 9.16 (+/-): -0.020
 Qualified:             #6 11                                  #99 100          

Mercer goes red giving Heckenlaible the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 C277 Rob Reynolds                          339 CJ Yaeger                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.617 124.87                    -0.025 16.370  58.81
         PRO  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.587            PRO  Dial: 11.81 (+/-):  4.560
 Qualified:             #7 10                                  #10 7            

Yaeger turns on the red light giving Reynolds the win.

Reynolds will take on Kinson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  103 Nick Bowman                          V120 Paul Northrop                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038 10.617 124.87                    -0.025 16.370  58.81
       PROET  Dial: 10.63 (+/-): -0.013          PROET  Dial: 10.43 (+/-):  5.940
 Qualified:             #8 9                                    #9 8            

Northrop is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Bowman.

Bowman will take on Ford in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4392 Jake Howard                          292B Beau Sims                    
E1                   0.024 10.062 135.43     ****WINNER****  0.022 10.306 127.29
       PROET  Dial: 10.05 (+/-):  0.012            PRO  Dial: 10.30 (+/-):  0.006
 Qualified:             #5 12                                  #12 5            

This is Howard's fifth appearance at this event.

A coin flip off of the line, Sims takes the stripe and the win.

Beau Sims' MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 21 inches).

Sims will take on Boniferro in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4094 Aaron Jordan                         W213 Dennis Coffey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.002 11.145 121.02                           No Time      
       PROET  Dial: 11.12 (+/-):  0.025            PRO  Dial: 11.12 (+/-): 88.879
 Qualified:             #3 14                                  #14 3            

Coffey is a no-show.

Jordan will take on Heckenlaible in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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