Sat, 08 Nov 2025, 17:18 PM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations
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By Dave Rowe

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LAS VEGAS -
Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division,
event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
78 Moe Trujillo 6465 Cooper Chun
E1 -0.002 6.470 208.49 ****WINNER**** 0.009 7.423 178.57
T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.030 T/D Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #24 6.458 210.11 #48 7.372 181.23
1:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 29.96
inches, adjusted altitude 3,809 feet.Trujillo is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the
win to Chun.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7160 Andy Spiegel 53 Trevor Larson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.033 6.429 214.28 -0.002 7.262 175.66
T/D Dial: 6.44 (+/-): -0.011 T/D Dial: 7.24 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #23 6.401 216.55 #47 7.202 186.20
Larson just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Spiegel.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4891 Fred Jaramillo 3896 Steven Hamilton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.483 201.01 0.032 7.150 188.25
T/D Dial: 6.46 (+/-): 0.023 T/D Dial: 7.13 (+/-): 0.020
Qualified: #22 6.384 219.47 #46 7.092 190.97
Jaramillo gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Hamilton for the win.Fred Jaramillo's MOV:
0.0034 seconds (approximately 11 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5502 Randy Dahlberg 7091 Reed Taylor
E1 0.007 6.847 190.81 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.289 216.31
T/D Dial: 6.86 (+/-): -0.013 T/D Dial: 6.27 (+/-): 0.019
Qualified: #39 6.843 198.17 #15 6.287 223.84
A coin flip off of the line, Dahlberg takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to
Taylor.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
571P Anita Strasburg 7914 Rob Whetstone
E1 0.006 6.185 211.66 ****WINNER**** 0.013 6.621 211.36
T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): 0.045 T/D Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 0.031
Qualified: #7 6.150 237.34 #31 6.552 213.67
Strasburg gets the advantage off of the line but Whetstone is able to get the stripe and take the
win.Rob Whetstone's MOV: 0.0074 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7498 Stephen Casner 1 Cody Webber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 6.182 209.26 0.024 6.630 205.16
T/D Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.008 T/D Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.010
Qualified: #8 6.150 229.24 #32 6.561 208.94
Casner gets the holeshot and takes the double breakout win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7100 Dan Naylor 7531 Chris Thode
E1 0.078 6.145 224.47 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.563 205.91
T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.025 T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.023
Qualified: #6 6.143 225.86 #30 6.532 208.01
Thode gets the advantage off of the line and holds off Naylor for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
75 Don London 6020 Josh Bent
E1 0.064 6.136 222.58 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.565 209.56
T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.016 T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.025
Qualified: #4 6.120 230.06 #28 6.526 210.70
Bent with the advantage off of the line and he holds off London for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
774 Bruce Williams 7786 Michaelyn Roelle
E1 0.050 6.713 204.76 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.266 220.33
T/D Dial: 6.69 (+/-): 0.023 T/D Dial: 6.25 (+/-): 0.016
Qualified: #35 6.666 211.46 #11 6.190 224.92
Roelle gets the holeshot and goes around Williams for the win with a .032 package.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
780H Hannah Cook 7852 Matt Woodard
E1 0.034 6.786 189.36 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.288 192.88
T/D Dial: 6.71 (+/-): 0.076 T/D Dial: 6.25 (+/-): 0.038
Qualified: #38 6.746 195.59 #14 6.246 225.52
Woodard gets a great light and goes around Cook for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6718 Shane Molinari 7074 Duane Daniel
E1 0.013 7.054 190.73 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.403 208.91
T/D Dial: 7.05 (+/-): 0.004 T/D Dial: 6.39 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #43 7.034 192.28 #19 6.332 217.63
Daniel is perfect off of the line and he goes around molinari to take the win with a .013 package.Duane
Daniel's MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 15 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4608 Michael Kile 699B Aaron Steinkey
E1 0.072 6.189 219.58 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.524 204.35
T/D Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.019 T/D Dial: 6.52 (+/-): 0.004
Qualified: #3 6.113 222.88 #27 6.491 209.07
Steinkey gets the holeshot and holds off Kile for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7219 Geneva Nash 7089 Terry White
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.262 219.40 0.141 6.695 200.14
T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.062 T/D Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #12 6.193 223.39 #36 6.674 205.10
Nash gets the advantage off of the line;White breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7586 Kenny Upton 7145 Jennifer Wiens
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.669 204.23 0.019 6.250 211.20
T/D Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.069 T/D Dial: 6.26 (+/-): -0.010
Qualified: #34 6.619 206.32 #10 6.164 226.20
Upton gets the holeshot and holds off Wiens to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
2 Dylan Hough 398E Brian Stevenson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 6.778 200.50 -0.001 6.255 216.06
T/D Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.008 T/D Dial: 6.20 (+/-): 0.055
Qualified: #37 6.740 202.48 #13 6.204 219.79
Stevenson just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Hough.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
74 Mallory Reis 7796 John Richardson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.561 204.98 0.064 6.109 216.06
T/D Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 0.031 T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.021
Qualified: #29 6.526 210.34 #5 6.138 203.16
Reis gets the advantage off of the line;Richardson breaks out trying to reel her in.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
751 Steve Moeller 503A Jeff Koron
E1 0.103 6.397 211.06 ****WINNER**** 0.005 7.014 184.75
T/D Dial: 6.34 (+/-): 0.057 T/D Dial: 7.00 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #18 6.315 215.48 #42 6.977 193.88
Koron gets a great light and holds off Moeller for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7152 John Sato 547W Kevin Wright
E1 0.022 7.025 191.73 ****WINNER**** 0.012 6.776 187.03
T/D Dial: 7.04 (+/-): -0.015 T/D Dial: 6.43 (+/-): 0.346
Qualified: #44 7.069 190.35 #20 6.335 219.12
Wright gets the holeshot;Sato breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7237 Steven Will 5538 Kevin Burnett
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.154 221.89 0.028 6.501 209.85
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.024 T/D Dial: 6.51 (+/-): -0.009
Qualified: #1 6.107 233.52 #25 6.466 212.53
A coin flip off of the line, Burnett takes a little too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to
Will.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7519 Wyatt Wayman 2946 Vaughn Cauffield
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.035 7.089 166.95 0.017 6.868 153.81
T/D Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.479 T/D Dial: 6.19 (+/-): 0.678
Qualified: #33 6.612 201.34 #9 6.153 226.47
Cauffield gets the advantage off of the line but has problems and is off of the throttle early.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6108 Ty Gaynor 790 Taylor Wiens
E1 0.024 7.194 153.18 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.387 206.67
T/D Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.294 T/D Dial: 6.36 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #41 6.879 195.99 #17 6.309 226.24
A close one off of the line, Gaynor gets about 1000 feet out and it looks like he loses a motor.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6010 Grant Durie 7851 Robert Naber
E1 0.042 6.305 223.32 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.944 188.20
T/D Dial: 6.32 (+/-): -0.015 T/D Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.044
Qualified: #16 6.299 226.70 #40 6.877 194.58
Naber gets the holeshot;Durie runs too quick and breaks out.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6241 Casey Plaizier 8 Thomas Bayer
E1 0.030 6.550 200.59 ****WINNER**** 0.002 6.142 226.35
T/D Dial: 6.54 (+/-): 0.010 T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #26 6.487 209.98 #2 6.113 233.24
Bayer is almost perfect off of the line and he goes around plaizier for the win.
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