Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 22:36 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman 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
 H660 Mark Austin                           550 Ed Olpin                     
E3                   0.021  7.110 187.91     ****WINNER****  0.061  7.061 183.44
          TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.260              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Menholt   ) 0.011  6.866  0.026                     0.016  7.005  0.025
E1    (K Lanz      ) 0.005  6.841  0.041      (F Rodrigues ) 0.030  7.031  0.051
 Qualified:            #17  6.831 200.98                       #21  6.974 196.56

7:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,261 feet.

Austin gets the advantage off of the line but he slows and can't reel in Olpin.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  757 Jeffrey Gillette                     G661 Graham Foster                
E3                   0.019  6.977 194.44     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.407 185.26
          TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 7.39 (+/-):  0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Okerman   ) 0.020  6.971  0.031      (C Bullock   ) 0.006  7.397  0.007
E1    (K Harper    ) 0.030  6.955  0.015      (J Tattersall) 0.037  7.559  0.179
 Qualified:            #20  6.953 196.42                       #32  7.386 186.02

Foster gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off Gillette for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7038 Pat Warr                                7 Bryan Warr                   
E3                   0.128  6.719 203.83     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.867 195.56
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-): -0.021              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Yakimetz  ) 0.055  6.754  0.014      (L Abbott    ) 0.017  6.840  0.010
E1    (J Radford   ) 0.058  6.893  0.123      (D Williams  ) 0.015  6.855  0.045
 Qualified:            #11  6.778 203.77                       #15  6.802 201.82

Bryan gets the advantage off of the line and he holds off Pat to take the win.

Bryan Warr will take on Olpin in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                          699B Aaron Steinkey               
E3                   0.099  6.810 201.16     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.212 213.33
          TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.030              TS  Dial: 6.20 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Ratzloff  ) 0.031  6.817  0.017                     0.007  6.187  0.027
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.111  6.964  0.184      (M Buehring  ) 0.020  6.176  0.006
 Qualified:            #14  6.793 202.36                        #2  6.193 230.92

Steinkey gets a great light and goes around Green for the win.

Steinkey will take on Foster in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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