Tue, 01 Sep 2026, 21:14 PM VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - Results of round 3 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
    1 Darian Boesch                          35 Mark McDonald                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.313 215.34                     0.033  6.494 211.30
          TS  Dial: 6.27 (+/-):  0.043              TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Glaser    ) 0.022  6.324 -0.006      (G Coffman   ) 0.012  6.493  0.013
E1    (T Ewing     ) 0.016  6.374  0.074      (E Burnett   ) 0.133  6.514  0.044
 Qualified:             #1  6.209  0.109                        #5  6.479  0.379

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7534 Paul Mitsos                            77 Rob Mendenhall               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.008  6.637 209.33                     0.033  7.020 195.68
          TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Maggard   ) 0.019  6.654  0.014      (M Boesch    ) 0.019  7.053  0.023
E1    (S Gonzales  ) 0.023  6.650  0.010      (J Sowders   ) 0.031  7.040  0.030
 Qualified:            #11  6.601  0.501                       #23  6.973  0.873

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Mark Buehring                        3195 Blake Peavler                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  6.832 197.39                     0.029  6.552 216.38
          TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.022              TS  Dial: 6.49 (+/-):  0.062
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Mc Ilvain ) 0.058  7.358  0.548      (P Oakley    ) 0.019  6.545  0.015
E1    (A Firestone ) 0.001  6.810 -0.020      (M Trauth    ) 0.014  6.521 -0.009
 Qualified:            #18  6.810  0.710                        #6  6.488  0.388

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 308V Jeremy Jensen                           8 James Hinkle                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.596 141.52                    -0.019  7.099 192.33
          TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.396              TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-): -0.011
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Debottis  ) 0.008  7.237  0.007      (K Langlois  ) 0.005  7.125  0.015
E1    (M Morehead  ) 0.011  7.234  0.004      (B Yates     ) 0.278  7.135 -0.025
 Qualified:            #32  7.194  1.094                       #28  7.117  1.017

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink