Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 21:39 PM Top Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster 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
 359X Zach Sackman                            9 Rusty Baxter                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.164 219.76                     0.006  6.151 205.82
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.014             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.051
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Menapace  ) 0.006  6.187  0.017      (S Will      ) 0.004  6.128  0.018
E1    (J Thorp     ) 0.004  6.238  0.048      (S Schneider ) 0.002  6.208  0.108
 Qualified:            #18  6.172 224.14                       #22  6.182 221.31

9:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,342 feet.

A coin flip off of the line, Sackman takes the stripe and the win with a .024 package.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   35 Al Peavler                           3991 J.B. Strassweg               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.014  6.560 159.80                     0.050 13.758  81.93
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.460             T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  7.528
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Tindle    ) 0.016  6.121  0.021      (W Landry    ) 0.000  6.274  0.024
E1    (J Ward      ) 0.001  6.101  0.001      (T Smith     ) 0.036  6.305  0.095
 Qualified:             #4  6.126 228.92                       #32  6.278 213.06

Peavler gets the advantage off of the line and takes the win. Strassweg had problems and was off of the throttle early.

Peavler will take on Strassweg in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Thomas Bayer                           41 Kevin Thorp                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.105 227.27                     0.014  6.079 225.48
         T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.015             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.021
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Prevo     ) 0.024  6.168  0.018      (E Dudley    ) 0.013  6.097 -0.003
E1    (M Exner     ) -0.005  6.107  0.007      (C Axford    ) 0.028  6.107  0.007
 Qualified:            #29  6.222 228.73                       #17  6.170 222.25

Thorp gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Bayer.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                            57 Prescott Dean                
E3                   0.013  6.058 215.82     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.065 217.74
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.042             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.035
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Hopper    ) 0.136  6.096 -0.004      (D Nelson    ) 0.018  6.102  0.002
E1    (J Eastburn  ) 0.034  6.220  0.120      (D Brown     ) 0.016  6.181  0.081
 Qualified:            #15  6.163 225.00                       #27  6.187 222.55

Baxter gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Dean.

Dean will take on Bayer in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink