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Sat, 08 Nov 2025, 17:50 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Sportsman 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
 T604 Jim Tattersall                        720 Rob Mendenhall               
E1                   0.101  7.868 169.68     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.996 182.48
          TS  Dial: 7.84 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.96 (+/-):  0.036
 Qualified:            #38  7.820 171.34                       #19  6.943 197.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,831 feet.

Mendenhall with the starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  714 Larry Giese                           634 Dan Lafferty                 
E1                   0.045  6.952 198.41     ****WINNER****  0.037  6.975 188.25
          TS  Dial: 6.92 (+/-):  0.032              TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.035
 Qualified:            #37  7.734 155.56                       #18  6.908 197.22

Lafferty with the starting line advantage for the win in a close one. Dan Lafferty's MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 20 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 A710 David Beckwith                       6636 Ray Martin                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  7.628 177.53                    -0.003  6.862 199.88
          TS  Dial: 7.61 (+/-):  0.018              TS  Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.008
 Qualified:            #36  7.616 178.19                       #17  6.873 200.29

Beckwith with a perfect light for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  755 Mike Doushgounian                    7155 Jeff Connelly                
E1                   0.045  6.961 198.61     ****WINNER****  0.153  6.546 221.42
          TS  Dial: 7.00 (+/-): -0.039              TS  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.056
 Qualified:            #22  6.991 200.35                        #3  6.495 221.02

Doushgounian with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give connelly the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  647 Chad Riley                           7598 Chris Newman                 
E1                   0.013  7.228 188.78     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.693 203.83
          TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.038              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:            #28  7.173 191.02                        #9  6.661 209.65

Riley with the starting line advantage, but Newman chased him down for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4396 Sammy Gonzales                        468 Kelly Land                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.285 188.04                    -0.191  6.813 199.94
          TS  Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-): -0.007
 Qualified:            #31  7.279 188.83                       #12  6.797 201.04

Land goes red to give Gonzales the win. Buehring with the Division Four Top sportsman title with Land losing.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Bradley Johnson                      7158 Joe Stannard                 
E1                   0.025  6.645 210.93     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.153 191.62
          TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.005              TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-):  0.013
 Qualified:             #8  6.644 210.97                       #27  7.121 193.82

Stannard with the starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6225 Darren Williams                      7134 Bryan Warr                   
E1                  -0.001  7.285 187.21     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.792 203.19
          TS  Dial: 7.30 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.018
 Qualified:            #32  7.285 187.18                       #13  6.798 203.65

Williams is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Warr the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                            7038 Patrick Warr                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.070 184.07                     0.039  7.024 196.70
          TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.020              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.394
 Qualified:            #24  7.043 196.56                        #5  6.618 209.56

Hall with the starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7707 Yeurra Blaylock                       749 Justin Linares               
E1                  -0.051  7.037 197.97     ****WINNER****  0.357  6.275 212.93
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.137              TS  Dial: 6.21 (+/-):  0.065
 Qualified:            #21  6.963 192.22                        #2  6.214 232.11

Blaylock goes red to give Linares the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7450 Donald Meziere                         73 Richard Okerman              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  6.765 195.73                     0.016  7.262 187.68
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.005              TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #11  6.741 205.66                       #30  7.250 189.42

Meziere with a great light for the win in a close one. Don Meziere's MOV: 0.0047 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 Ted Kellner                             3 David Cook                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.463 184.04                     0.002  6.840 186.74
          TS  Dial: 7.46 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:            #34  7.443 185.13                       #15  6.823 202.18

Cook with a great light, but Kellner runs dead-on with a three for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  664 Kenneth Ratzloff                      789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson       
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.062 189.55                     0.046  6.649 204.82
          TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.002              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.019
 Qualified:            #25  7.045 196.62                        #6  6.618 204.08

Snyder-Ellingson with a slight starting line advantage, but Ratzloff run dead-on with a two for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4338 Mark Buehring                        6455 Mike Lucas                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.853 192.69                     0.013  7.557 180.14
          TS  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #16  6.840 201.19                       #35  7.520 180.91

Buehring with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with a three for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6324 Gerald Bucklin                       7728 Kelly Harper                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  7.241 192.25                     0.072  6.479 214.89
          TS  Dial: 7.26 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.021
 Qualified:            #29  7.209 193.32                       #10  6.719 215.62

Bucklin with the starting line advantage and was drifting out of the groove over by the centerline. He reeled it in and gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 791R Frank Rodrigues                      699B Aaron Steinkey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.935 196.62                     0.013  6.182 215.72
          TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.24 (+/-): -0.058
 Qualified:            #20  6.954 196.99                        #1  6.210 227.50

They have identical reaction times and Steinkey takes too much stripe to give Rodrigues the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             5049 Michael Chitty               
E1                   0.023  7.053 194.66     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.631 208.75
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.013              TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #23  7.033 195.70                        #4  6.606 211.99

Chitty with a near perfect light for the win in a close one. Michael Chitty's MOV: 0.0048 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                          6123 Judy Radford                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  6.821 203.92                    -0.026  7.443 182.03
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 7.44 (+/-):  0.003
 Qualified:            #14  6.813 204.60                       #33  7.407 184.42

Radford goes red to give Green the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                          61 Will Yakimetz                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.010  7.080 192.58                     0.035  6.721 196.62
          TS  Dial: 7.07 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.031
 Qualified:            #26  7.053 193.74                        #7  6.622 213.98

Balough with the starting line advantage for the win.

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