Sun, 09 Nov 2025, 13:31 PM Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
 7158 Joe Stannard                         7155 Jeff Connelly                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.438  7.104 193.82                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.13 (+/-): -0.026              TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 93.499
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Beckwith  ) 0.022  8.689  1.559      (S Gonzales  ) 0.000  6.515  0.025
E1    (B Johnson   ) 0.013  7.153  0.013      (M Doushgouni) 0.153  6.546  0.056
 Qualified:            #27  7.121 193.82                        #3  6.495 221.02

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 3,193 feet.

Connelly broke to give Stannard the freebie.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7134 Bryan Warr                            634 Dan Lafferty                 
E3                  -0.165  6.944 200.56     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.924 196.62
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.204              TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.024
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Chitty    ) 0.018  6.780  0.000      (C Newman    ) 0.013  6.944  0.034
E1    (D Williams  ) 0.039  6.792 -0.018      (L Giese     ) 0.037  6.975  0.035
 Qualified:            #13  6.798 203.65                       #18  6.908 197.22

Warr goes red to give Lafferty the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  717 Randy Balough                         749 Justin Linares               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.037  7.055 189.47                     0.073  6.186 231.36
          TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.035              TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.004
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Buehring  ) 0.019  7.042  0.002      (D Meziere   ) 0.097  6.232  0.032
E1    (W Yakimetz  ) 0.010  7.080  0.010      (Y Blaylock  ) 0.357  6.275  0.065
 Qualified:            #26  7.053 193.74                        #2  6.214 232.11

Balough with the starting line advantage for the win. He will have a bye in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 791R Frank Rodrigues                       664 Kenneth Ratzloff             
E3                   0.027  6.944 189.39     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.026 189.76
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.006
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.041  6.949  0.049      (T Kellner   ) 0.003  7.032 -0.008
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.013  6.935 -0.015      (L Snyder-Ell) 0.050  7.062  0.002
 Qualified:            #20  6.954 196.99                       #25  7.045 196.62

Rodrigues with a slight starting line advantage, but Ratzloff runs dead-on with a six for the win. Kenneth Ratzloff's MOV: 0.0069 seconds (approximately 23 inches). He will face Lafferty in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                             720 Rob Mendenhall               
E3                   0.025  7.005 197.33     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.921 194.88
          TS  Dial: 6.99 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Green     ) 0.389  7.020  0.000      (G Bucklin   ) 0.033  6.921 -0.019
E1    (P Warr      ) 0.036  7.070  0.020      (J Tattersall) 0.033  6.996  0.036
 Qualified:            #24  7.043 196.56                       #19  6.943 197.91

Mendenhall with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Stannard in the next round.

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