Tue, 01 Sep 2026, 21:10 PM VP Racing Fuels Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Results of round 3 eliminations in VP Racing Fuels Top Dragster at the NHRA, JEGS SPORTSnationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4358 Dane Ward                              35 Al Peavler                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.136 228.46                     0.024  6.133 228.46
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.017
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Oakley    ) 0.004  6.193  0.003      (D Boesch    ) 0.007  6.195  0.025
E1    (J Brown     ) 0.011  6.230  0.060      (K Wright    ) 0.021  6.165  0.045
 Qualified:             #7  6.137  0.037                        #3  6.122  0.022

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   23 Kelsea Hinkle                        3488 Kenny Carson                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.757 199.14                    -0.017  6.976 166.07
         T/D  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.027             T/D  Dial: 6.87 (+/-):  0.106
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Axford    ) 0.033  6.745  0.005      (D Brown     ) 0.002  6.900  0.030
E1    (K Hopper    ) 0.012  6.770  0.050      (J Strickland) 0.015  6.893  0.023
 Qualified:            #25  6.707  0.607                       #29  6.851  0.751

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3991 JB Strassweg                         386C Jeffery Smith                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.039  6.247 204.57                     0.014  6.930 189.10
         T/D  Dial: 6.25 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Platt     ) 0.014  6.274  0.004      (F Carpinelli) 0.037  6.960  0.030
E1    (V Houston   ) 0.016  6.255 -0.045      (J Eastburn  ) 0.007  6.930  0.010
 Qualified:            #16  6.288  0.188                       #28  6.848  0.748

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3268 Danny Nelson                         2415 Robert May                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.021  6.144 225.03                     0.029  6.136 218.48
         T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-): -0.016             T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): -0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (N Isenhower ) 0.001  6.225  0.025      (W Brooks    ) 0.052  6.222  0.052
E1    (S Schneider ) 0.021  6.253  0.093      (D Isenhower ) 0.041  6.346  0.176
 Qualified:             #2  6.120  0.020                        #6  6.132  0.032

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink