Sun, 09 Nov 2025, 15:45 PM

Top Sportsman Round 5 Eliminations
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By Rick Green

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LAS VEGAS -
Results of round 5 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
717 Randy Balough 634 Dan Lafferty
E5 0.024 7.065 193.93 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.901 196.04
TS Dial: 7.05 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.90 (+/-): 0.001
Prior rounds:
E4 No Time (K Ratzloff ) 0.036 6.953 0.023
E3 (J Linares ) 0.037 7.055 0.035 (B Warr ) 0.039 6.924 0.024
E2 (M Buehring ) 0.019 7.042 0.002 (C Newman ) 0.013 6.944 0.034
E1 (W Yakimetz ) 0.010 7.080 0.010 (L Giese ) 0.037 6.975 0.035
Qualified: #26 7.053 193.74 #18 6.908 197.22
Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 30.16
inches, adjusted altitude 3,547 feet. Balough with the starting line advantage, but Lafferty runs
dead-on with a one for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
720 Rob Mendenhall Bye
E5 ****WINNER**** 0.055 6.950 197.65
TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.030
Prior rounds:
E4 (J Stannard ) 0.059 6.967 0.047
E3 (D Hall ) 0.016 6.921 0.011
E2 (G Bucklin ) 0.033 6.921 -0.019
E1 (J Tattersall) 0.033 6.996 0.036
Qualified: #19 6.943 197.91 Bye
Mendenhall with the bye run.
Timing data courtesy of
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