Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:22 PM Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations |
By Reporter |
BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4059 Jim Thorp 5615 Dan Narusiewicz
E1 0.143 6.075 219.22 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.931 183.19
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.025 T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.009
Qualified: #10 6.175 209.04 #26 6.985 194.04
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 30.08 inches,
adjusted altitude 2,584 feet. Narusiewicz with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
585J Josh Buer 57 Prescott Dean
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.742 198.35 0.019 6.055 217.56
T/D Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.038 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.045
Qualified: #20 6.793 199.82 #4 6.153 223.62
Dean with a tick advantage on the tree, but took too much stripe to give Buer the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
54 Leslie Feist 423K Kendra Larson
E1 0.044 6.127 219.33 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.902 192.41
T/D Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 0.007 T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.012
Qualified: #9 6.173 225.67 #25 6.948 192.19
Larson with the starting line advantage for the win. Kendra Larson's MOV: 0.0085 seconds (approximately 3
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5107 Scott Murray 5932 Mike Kritzky
E1 0.062 6.032 228.81 ****WINNER**** 0.021 6.412 218.23
T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): -0.098 T/D Dial: 6.47 (+/-): -0.058
Qualified: #1 6.124 226.28 #17 6.475 215.31
Kritzky with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
41 Kevin Thorp A528 Jeff Arpin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.019 6.120 209.88 0.007 6.460 205.35
T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.020 T/D Dial: 6.50 (+/-): -0.040
Qualified: #2 6.125 225.26 #18 6.538 211.76
Arpin with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Thorp the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
529 Donna Patterson 36 Alia Isenhower
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 6.126 227.69 -0.009 6.960 190.32
T/D Dial: 6.14 (+/-): -0.014 T/D Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.020
Qualified: #11 6.186 228.23 #27 6.990 189.18
Isenhower goes red to give Patterson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5502 Randy Dahlberg 4360 Ross Laris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.768 186.61 0.016 6.127 209.59
T/D Dial: 6.75 (+/-): 0.018 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #21 6.797 193.38 #5 6.157 232.03
Dahlberg with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
59 Jon Medlin 5168 Trevor Jelinski
E1 0.348 6.198 214.89 ****WINNER**** 0.098 7.174 179.21
T/D Dial: 6.23 (+/-): -0.032 T/D Dial: 7.16 (+/-): 0.014
Qualified: #15 6.273 223.36 #31 7.189 184.25
Jelinski with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
513 Bill Franck 5820 Isaac Wilde
E1 0.083 7.177 186.18 ****WINNER**** 0.016 6.398 199.37
T/D Dial: 7.19 (+/-): -0.013 T/D Dial: 6.39 (+/-): 0.008
Qualified: #32 7.196 185.49 #16 6.411 214.28
Wilde with th starting line advantage and ran dead-on with an eight for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
510 Nick Gilbertson 459D J.R. Baxter
E1 0.051 8.847 144.58 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.307 169.76
T/D Dial: 7.06 (+/-): 1.787 T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 0.197
Qualified: #29 7.087 193.38 #13 6.200 194.86
Baxter with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5851 Andy Fischer 5135 Grant Pederson
E1 0.021 6.830 191.95 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.453 224.73
T/D Dial: 6.87 (+/-): -0.040 T/D Dial: 6.13 (+/-): 0.323
Qualified: #23 6.892 191.29 #7 6.160 224.02
Fischer with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Pederson the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
38 Sean Parker 4369 Holden Laris
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 6.902 189.02 0.026 6.111 219.29
T/D Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.012 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.011
Qualified: #24 6.944 190.81 #8 6.165 228.65
Parker with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5191 Scott Cusey 5092 Jason Hop
E1 0.037 7.092 171.66 ****WINNER**** 0.033 7.159 184.98
T/D Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.922 T/D Dial: 7.12 (+/-): 0.039
Qualified: #14 6.214 224.36 #30 7.159 187.05
Hop with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5192 Mark Grame 53 Matthew Kreft
E1 0.025 6.565 195.59 ****WINNER**** 1.484 6.117 225.30
T/D Dial: 6.59 (+/-): -0.025 T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 0.007
Qualified: #19 6.622 201.94 #3 6.128 222.33
Grame with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Kreft the win, who ran dead-on
with a seven.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5309 Roland Rang 5484 Bob Fischer
E1 0.035 6.122 228.07 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.815 190.73
T/D Dial: 6.11 (+/-): 0.012 T/D Dial: 6.81 (+/-): 0.005
Qualified: #6 6.158 226.66 #22 6.842 195.19
Fischer with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
5165 Todd Bruce 9 Rusty Baxter
E1 0.047 10.082 71.24 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.512 154.92
T/D Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 3.092 T/D Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 0.412
Qualified: #34 9.908 79.73 #12 6.195 210.34
Baxter with the starting line advantage for the win.
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