Thu, 13 Nov 2025, 15:22 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 60th annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7867 Dean Hall 404M Florentino Martin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.001 6.931 199.88 0.018 6.353 223.02
TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.34 (+/-): 0.013
Qualified: #13 6.927 199.52 #2 6.335 223.28
Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.00
inches, adjusted altitude 2,539 feet.Hall with a near perfect light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6455 Mike Lucas 634 Dan Lafferty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 7.405 184.88 0.026 6.808 196.04
TS Dial: 7.40 (+/-): 0.005 TS Dial: 6.81 (+/-): -0.002
Qualified: #20 7.401 184.60 #9 6.811 200.35
Lucas with the starting line advantage and ran dead-on with a five for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
757 Jeff Gillette 7134 Bryan Warr
E1 0.009 6.847 199.52 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.757 201.61
TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.017 TS Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #11 6.840 200.41 #22 13.022 64.19
Gillette with a great light, but Warr runs dead-on with a seven for the win in a close one.
Bryan Warr's MOV: 0.0037 seconds (approximately 13 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6324 Gerald Bucklin 7038 Pat Warr
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.004 7.184 190.43 0.028 6.705 206.51
TS Dial: 7.18 (+/-): 0.004 TS Dial: 6.64 (+/-): 0.065
Qualified: #18 7.192 194.91 #7 6.742 206.39
Bucklin with a great light and runs dead-on with a four for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4338 Mark Buehring 73 Richard Okerman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.745 195.14 0.017 7.152 190.81
TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 7.13 (+/-): 0.022
Qualified: #6 6.728 204.45 #17 7.126 191.81
Buehring with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
717 Randy Balough 61 Will Yakimetz
E1 0.010 6.975 196.16 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.547 198.41
TS Dial: 6.96 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.53 (+/-): 0.017
Qualified: #15 6.962 196.47 #4 6.518 216.93
Yakimetz with a perfect light for the win. Will Yakimetz's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 3
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
714 Larry Giese 789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellington
E1 -0.002 6.898 173.99 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.584 208.20
TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.098 TS Dial: 6.56 (+/-): 0.024
Qualified: #16 6.976 208.94 #5 6.563 210.64
Giese goes red to give Snyder-Ellington the win. She will face Bryan Warr in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
Bye 699B Aaron Steinkey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.165 230.41
TS Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #1 6.162 230.29
Steinkey with the bye run...he will face Bucklin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
664 Ken Ratzloff A710 David Beckwith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.006 6.970 183.12 0.014 7.904 138.09
TS Dial: 6.92 (+/-): 0.050 TS Dial: 7.49 (+/-): 0.414
Qualified: #12 6.918 199.52 #23 14.382 56.67
Ratzloff with a great light for the win. He will face Buehring in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7974 William Mizia 720 Rob Mendenhall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.021 7.811 170.36 0.013 6.859 200.20
TS Dial: 7.81 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.83 (+/-): 0.029
Qualified: #21 7.816 170.23 #10 6.826 201.58
Mendenhall with the starting line advantage, but Mizia runs dead-on with a one for the win. He
will face Yakimetz in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
550 Ed Olpin 5049 Michael Chitty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.945 198.55 -0.015 6.555 214.55
TS Dial: 6.93 (+/-): 0.015 TS Dial: 6.50 (+/-): 0.055
Qualified: #14 6.930 198.67 #3 6.505 214.38
Chitty goes red to give Olpin the win. He will face Lucas in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
8 Ted Kellner 3 David Cook
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.356 187.13 0.005 6.786 204.26
TS Dial: 7.33 (+/-): 0.026 TS Dial: 6.73 (+/-): 0.056
Qualified: #19 7.327 187.00 #8 6.743 203.92
Cook with a great light, but Kellner holds on for the win.
Kellner will face Hall in the next round.Darian Boesch wins the Top sportsman National
Championship with Cook losing.
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