Sun, 18 Oct 2026, 10:10 AM Top Dragster Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 4 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                               7 Dylan Hough                  
E4                   0.020  6.085 210.96     ****WINNER****  0.027  6.155 222.07
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.015             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.015
Qualified:             #5  6.135 229.87                       #31  6.235 219.83

9:03 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 49 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 30.36 inches, adjusted altitude -280 feet.

Thorp gets the advantage off of the line but runs a little too quick and breaks out giving the win to Hough.

Hough is going to his ninth career final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 459D J.R. Baxter                          4312 Crystal Peterson-Martinez    
E4                   0.022  6.059 221.87     ****WINNER****  0.049  6.093 200.71
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.041             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.007
Qualified:             #8  6.147 228.23                       #30  6.231 223.55

Baxter gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe giving the win to Peterson-Martinez.

Peterson-Martinez is going to her first career final round.