Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 10:44 AM Top Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4059 Jim Thorp                               9 Rusty Baxter                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.053 24.846  28.77                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): 18.746             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): 93.879
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Jones     ) 0.044  6.253  0.113      (K Wright    ) 0.029  6.256  0.136
 Qualified:             #5  6.135 229.87                       #13  6.169 223.61

Weather conditions: air temperature 50 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 30.52 inches, adjusted altitude -416 feet.

Baxter broke on the burnout. Thorp over powered the track right at the hit and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                            41 Kevin Thorp                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.108 205.18                     0.038  6.157 226.62
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.008             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.057
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Webber    ) 0.006  6.208  0.108      (A Spiegel   ) 0.037  6.015 -0.085
 Qualified:             #8  6.147 228.23                       #16  6.177 222.07

Baxter with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with an eight for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Dylan Hough                          425W Jordan Ward                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.032  6.305 179.16                     0.011  6.394 220.40
         T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.165             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.294
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Strassweg ) 0.021  6.187  0.037      (A Kenny     ) 0.008  6.105  0.005
 Qualified:            #31  6.235 219.83                       #23  6.193 224.26

Ward with the starting line advantage, but shook. Hough shook and pedaled it to get the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 3268 Danny Nelson                            2 Jessica Eastburn             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.131 184.31                     0.126  6.117 224.56
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.12 (+/-): -0.003
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Landry    ) 0.031  6.117 -0.003      (T Tindle    ) 0.013  6.156 -0.044
 Qualified:            #27  6.212 214.50                       #19  6.183 220.85

Nelson with the starting line advantage for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4608 Michael Kile                         2124 Jeff Strickland              
E2                   0.016  6.069 200.62     ****WINNER****  0.033  6.094 218.39
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.031             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.006
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Vang      ) 0.034  6.156  0.056      (J Luttrull  ) 0.009  6.171  0.011
 Qualified:             #2  6.110 225.60                       #26  6.208 225.78

Kile with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Strickland the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 478E Mark Ellis                           4312 Crystal Peterson-Martinez    
E2                  -0.021  6.034 233.80     ****WINNER****  0.183  6.032 227.69
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.066             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.068
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Houston   ) 0.010  6.163  0.063      (D Johns     ) 0.060  6.102  0.002
 Qualified:            #22  6.187 226.51                       #30  6.231 223.55

Ellis goes red to give Peterson-Martinez the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4358 Dane Ward                            4360 Ross Laris                   
E2                   0.013  6.080 212.00     ****WINNER****  0.020  6.133 202.00
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.020             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.033
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Feist     ) 0.017  6.101  0.001      (D Bills     ) 0.029 12.207  6.087
 Qualified:             #1  6.104 229.81                        #9  6.164 213.97

Ward with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Laris the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    3 Darian Boesch                        4369 Holden Laris                 
E2                  -0.002  6.567 156.52     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.147 192.19
         T/D  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.417             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.047
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Peavler   ) 0.017  6.208 -0.002      (R Carrell   ) 0.066  6.153  0.033
 Qualified:            #28  6.215 190.05                        #4  6.133 225.25

Boesch goes red to give Laris the win, who has a great light.