Thu, 29 Oct 2026, 22:30 PM Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6123 Judy Radford 7038 Pat Warr
E1 0.010 8.084 166.81 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.893 169.21
TS Dial: 7.08 (+/-): 1.004 TS Dial: 6.77 (+/-): 0.123
Qualified: #27 7.182 189.20 #11 6.778 203.77
Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.81
inches, adjusted altitude 3,411 feet. Radford with the starting line advantage, but has problems
and Warr chases him down for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
702G Mike Proctor 6004 Caden Menholt
E1 0.013 6.850 210.05 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.647 194.18
TS Dial: 6.60 (+/-): 0.250 TS Dial: 6.62 (+/-): 0.027
Qualified: #25 7.138 203.43 #9 6.619 208.10
Menholt with a great light for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
78 Richard Okerman 6215 Peyton Huet
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 7.216 189.15 0.001 6.679 197.02
TS Dial: 7.20 (+/-): 0.016 TS Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 0.029
Qualified: #28 7.236 189.39 #12 6.779 211.00
Huet with a near perfect light, but Okerman holds on for the win in a close one. Richard
Okerman's MOV: 0.0035 seconds (approximately 12 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
6225 Darren Williams 7 Bryan Warr
E1 -0.008 7.341 187.23 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.855 199.67
TS Dial: 7.34 (+/-): 0.001 TS Dial: 6.81 (+/-): 0.045
Qualified: #31 7.354 187.03 #15 6.802 201.82
Williams goes red to give Warr the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
H660 Mark Austin 6909 Kirk Lanz
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.005 6.841 200.47 -0.044 6.145 238.98
TS Dial: 6.80 (+/-): 0.041 TS Dial: 6.15 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #17 6.831 200.98 #1 6.163 238.05
Lanz goes red to give Austin the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
4300 Lance Abbott 6 Michael Chitty
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 7.037 193.96 0.017 6.630 210.18
TS Dial: 7.03 (+/-): 0.007 TS Dial: 6.58 (+/-): 0.050
Qualified: #23 7.034 194.49 #7 6.589 213.57
Abbott with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
414 Chanse Bullock 6134 Shawn Herbst
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.003 6.666 186.28 -0.001 9.808 99.08
TS Dial: 6.61 (+/-): 0.056 TS Dial: 7.11 (+/-): 2.698
Qualified: #8 6.611 208.75 #24 7.108 193.90
Herbst is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Bullock the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7450 Don Meziere 74 Ken Ratzloff
E1 0.039 6.535 204.60 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.998 190.65
TS Dial: 6.55 (+/-): -0.015 TS Dial: 6.99 (+/-): 0.008
Qualified: #6 6.545 208.88 #22 6.995 190.14
Ratzloff 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
41 Mark Buehring 699B Aaron Steinkey
E1 0.027 6.913 191.32 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.176 223.06
TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): 0.023 TS Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 0.006
Qualified: #18 6.902 200.14 #2 6.193 230.92
Steinkey with the starting line advantage and runs dead-on with six for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
714 Larry Giese 6502 Will Yakimetz
E1 0.027 6.876 198.52 ****WINNER**** 0.074 6.435 214.21
TS Dial: 6.89 (+/-): -0.014 TS Dial: 6.44 (+/-): -0.005
Qualified: #19 6.909 201.31 #3 6.376 218.87
Giese with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Yakimetz the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
518 Monte Green 5464 JJ Heber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.111 6.964 156.88 0.966 7.031 196.19
TS Dial: 6.78 (+/-): 0.184 TS Dial: 6.87 (+/-): 0.161
Qualified: #14 6.793 202.36 #30 7.305 187.89
Green with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
7728 Kelly Harper 757 Jeffrey Gillette
E1 -0.001 6.492 219.76 ****WINNER**** 0.030 6.955 196.04
TS Dial: 6.38 (+/-): 0.112 TS Dial: 6.94 (+/-): 0.015
Qualified: #4 6.415 223.02 #20 6.953 196.42
Harper is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Gillette.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
T604 Jim Tattersall G661 Graham Foster
E1 0.072 7.947 153.61 ****WINNER**** 0.037 7.559 172.25
TS Dial: 7.48 (+/-): 0.467 TS Dial: 7.38 (+/-): 0.179
Qualified: #33 7.632 173.54 #32 7.386 186.02
Foster with the starting line advantage for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
791R Frank Rodrigues 550 Ed Olpin
E1 0.150 7.012 194.13 ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.031 181.47
TS Dial: 6.97 (+/-): 0.042 TS Dial: 6.98 (+/-): 0.051
Qualified: #34 7.900 188.89 #21 6.974 196.56
Olpin with the starting line advantage for the win.
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