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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 20:03 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 382J Jonathan Smiddy                       451 Bob Gulitti                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.006 195.11                     0.002 No Time      
          TS  Dial: 7.01 (+/-): -0.004              TS  Dial: 6.26 (+/-): 93.739
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Wheatcraft) 0.018  7.027  0.027      (M Morehead  ) 0.016  6.251  0.001
 Qualified:            #29  7.109 195.65                        #5  6.353 222.40

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,711 feet.

Gulitti with a near perfect light, but the car made a quick move toward the centerline. He collected the 330-foot timing block and also the 660-foot block. So Smiddy gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   26 Jackie Robison                       3738 Bryan Richardson             
E2                   0.079  9.011 113.62     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.838 190.54
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  2.111              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.278
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Jensen    ) 0.069  6.905  0.055      (G Butcher   ) 0.004  6.647  0.087
 Qualified:            #25  7.013 191.62                       #17  6.643 214.31

Richardson with the starting line advantage for the win. He will face Smiddy in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3377 Chris Osborn                         5137 David Scutt                  
E2                   0.002  6.601 201.64     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.968 196.39
          TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Boesch    ) 0.010  6.621  0.021      (S Gonzales  ) -0.034  6.965  0.005
 Qualified:            #18  6.673 206.20                       #26  7.018 196.70

Osborn with a near perfect light, but took too much stripe to give scutt the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 316K Brandon Baxter                          4 Doug Crumlich                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  6.590 210.14                    -0.006 21.035  34.64
          TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-):  0.000              TS  Dial: 6.59 (+/-): 14.445
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lewis     ) 0.023  6.584  0.014      (M Scott     ) 0.024  6.649  0.039
 Qualified:            #19  6.697 207.75                       #11  6.582 213.23

Crumlich goes red to give Baxter the win, who has near perfect light and runs dead-on with a zero.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2904 Doug Gbur                            5167 Curt Fredrich                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.916 199.88                     0.026  6.573 209.59
          TS  Dial: 6.91 (+/-):  0.006              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.013
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Firestone ) 0.033  6.911  0.001      (S Underwood ) 0.013  6.561  0.001
 Qualified:            #24  7.011 198.76                       #16  6.642 208.71

Gbur with the starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3015 Bill Yates                           3346 Mike Trauth                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.138 203.12                     0.009  6.802 193.10
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.578              TS  Dial: 6.88 (+/-): -0.078
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hinkle    ) 0.017  6.561  0.011      (G Wright    ) 0.027  6.891  0.041
 Qualified:            #14  6.619 210.97                       #22  6.916 199.17

A couple great lights with Yates getting the slight advantage and the win, when Trauth took too much stripe.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 2020 Chris Roe                            344A Stephen Brinegar             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  6.448 172.14                     0.056  9.663  98.52
          TS  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.298              TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  3.113
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Lyons     ) 0.004  6.172  0.072      (R Mendenhall) 0.030  6.571 -0.009
 Qualified:             #7  6.378 215.62                       #15  6.622 207.94

Roe with the starting line advantage for the win. Roe will face Baxter in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  344 BJ Sexton                            384M Dean McIlvain                
E2                   0.748 14.697  96.39     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.733 178.45
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  7.577              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-):  0.093
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Peavler   ) 0.052  7.551  0.431      (J Thorp     ) 0.032  6.647 -0.003
 Qualified:            #35  7.406 186.98                       #20  6.739 206.70

McIlvain with the starting line advantage for the win. Sexton with problems right off the line. Sexton will face Gbur in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink