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Mon, 12 Oct 2026, 19:42 PM

VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in VP Racing Fuels Top Sportsman at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, event at World Wide Technology Raceway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5167 Curtis Fredrich                        77 Rob Mendenhall               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.579 210.90                    -0.004  6.975 197.08
          TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.019              TS  Dial: 6.97 (+/-):  0.005
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Steldt    ) 0.052  6.562  0.022      (A Miller    ) 0.012  6.972  0.032
E1    (G Maaninga  ) 0.019  8.266  1.746      (R Meservier ) 0.012  7.031  0.101
 Qualified:            #10  6.581  0.481                       #21  6.967  0.867

NOTE: Actual lanes not known. Winner listed first.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  319 Rick Sojka                             35 Mark McDonald                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.414 218.69                    -0.019  6.567 208.14
          TS  Dial: 6.41 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 6.56 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Baxter    ) 0.023  6.407  0.017      (G Butcher   ) 0.014  6.571  0.031
E1    (J Smiddy    ) 0.026 10.049  3.669      (D Schei     ) 0.052  6.559  0.049
 Qualified:             #5  6.415  0.315                        #9  6.552  0.452


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3218 Belva Brinegar                       3015 Bill Yates                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004  6.583 203.31                     0.019  6.674 209.82
          TS  Dial: 6.55 (+/-):  0.033              TS  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.044
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Rooker    ) -0.005  6.551  0.041                     0.011  6.619  0.059
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.008  6.812  0.312      (D Dowson    ) 0.042  7.316  0.756
 Qualified:             #6  6.500  0.400                       #16  6.666  0.566


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    1 Darian Boesch                          53 Joshua Vandeventer           
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.534 166.54                     0.019 13.050  64.28
          TS  Dial: 6.31 (+/-):  0.224              TS  Dial: 6.62 (+/-):  6.430
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Boesch    ) 0.012  6.289  0.029      (T Kirman    ) 0.008  6.642  0.012
E1    (M Trauth    ) 0.022  6.239  0.009      (J Gosh      ) 0.010  6.787  0.227
 Qualified:             #4  6.251  0.151                       #15  6.634  0.534

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink