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Tue, 01 Sep 2026, 20:16 PM

VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green



BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Results of round 1 eliminations in VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman at the NHRA, JEGS SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  397 Phillip Oakley                       323J Jeff Mandell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  7.218 186.74                     0.027  6.734 210.31
          TS  Dial: 7.19 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.67 (+/-):  0.064
 Qualified:            #30  7.147  1.047                       #14  6.639  0.539
NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2515 Greg Coffman                            4 Douglas Crumlich             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  7.174 185.21                     0.039  6.659 204.57
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.68 (+/-): -0.021
 Qualified:            #29  7.129  1.029                       #13  6.623  0.523


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3662 Kenneth Langlois                     323F Robert Mandell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.863 195.68                     0.040  6.391 221.71
          TS  Dial: 6.86 (+/-):  0.003              TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.041
 Qualified:            #20  6.851  0.751                        #4  6.330  0.230


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 393F David Maggard                        3233 Robert Mandell               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  6.963 194.83                     0.038  6.417 221.71
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 6.35 (+/-):  0.067
 Qualified:            #19  6.824  0.724                        #3  6.307  0.207


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 310P Patrick Debottis                     3218 Bad Eye Brinegar             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.049 194.83                     0.065  6.537 212.29
          TS  Dial: 7.04 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:            #24  7.024  0.924                        #8  6.517  0.417


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 384M Dean Mc Ilvain                       382J Jonathan Smiddy              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.646 208.36                    -0.165  7.235 197.39
          TS  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 7.05 (+/-):  0.185
 Qualified:            #10  6.595  0.495                       #26  7.034  0.934


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Mark Buehring                        4695 Allen Firestone              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.810 201.82                    -0.003  6.295 218.48
          TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-): -0.020              TS  Dial: 6.30 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #18  6.810  0.710                        #2  6.278  0.178


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3195 Blake Peavler                        3346 Mike Trauth                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.521 216.38                     0.034  6.861 192.33
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-): -0.009              TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): -0.049
 Qualified:             #6  6.488  0.388                       #22  6.902  0.802


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 308V Jeremy Jensen                        4720 Mike Morehead                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  7.234 180.74                     0.021  6.738 202.73
          TS  Dial: 7.23 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #32  7.194  1.094                       #16  6.687  0.587


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Mark McDonald                        3685 Eric Burnett                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.133  6.514 200.92                     0.006  6.675 214.31
          TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.044              TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.215
 Qualified:             #5  6.479  0.379                       #21  6.897  0.797


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                          4396 Sammy Gonzales               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.650 208.36                     0.020  7.154 191.51
          TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.010              TS  Dial: 7.10 (+/-):  0.054
 Qualified:            #11  6.601  0.501                       #27  7.070  0.970


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3855 Aaron Glaser                         2339 Scott Underwood              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.590 194.83                     0.066  7.161 193.16
          TS  Dial: 6.50 (+/-):  0.090              TS  Dial: 7.06 (+/-):  0.101
 Qualified:             #9  6.531  0.431                       #25  7.030  0.930


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 Rob Mendenhall                       3798 Justin Sowders               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.040 195.68                     0.034  6.558 205.51
          TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.030              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #23  6.973  0.873                        #7  6.515  0.415


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Darian Boesch                        2062 Todd Ewing                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.374 212.29                     0.024  6.765 205.51
          TS  Dial: 6.30 (+/-):  0.074              TS  Dial: 6.69 (+/-):  0.075
 Qualified:             #1  6.209  0.109                       #17  6.707  0.607


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    8 James Hinkle                         3015 Bill Yates                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.278  7.135 191.51                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.025              TS  Dial: 6.67 (+/-): 93.329
 Qualified:            #28  7.117  1.017                       #12  6.621  0.521


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 491C Mario Boesch                          303 Mark Fleig                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.217 192.33                     0.041  6.678 214.31
          TS  Dial: 7.17 (+/-):  0.047              TS  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.098
 Qualified:            #31  7.149  1.049                       #15  6.640  0.540


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 311E Ryan Hargett                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****        No Time           
          TS  Dial: 0.00 (+/-): 99.999    
 Qualified:            #99 No Time                           Bye

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