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Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 12:40 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
  757 Jeffrey Gillette                       78 Richard Okerman              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.971 191.89                     0.040  7.240 188.49
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-):  0.031              TS  Dial: 7.20 (+/-):  0.040
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Harper    ) 0.030  6.955  0.015      (P Huet      ) 0.011  7.216  0.016
 Qualified:            #20  6.953 196.42                       #28  7.236 189.39

9:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 79 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 3,206 feet.

Gillette gets the holeshot and goes around Okerman for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 H660 Mark Austin                          6004 Caden Menholt                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.866 199.70                     0.009  6.647 192.74
          TS  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.61 (+/-):  0.037
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Lanz      ) 0.005  6.841  0.041      (M Proctor   ) 0.008  6.647  0.027
 Qualified:            #17  6.831 200.98                        #9  6.619 208.10

A coin flip off of the line, Austin holds off Menholt and takes the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Chanse Bullock                       G661 Graham Foster                
E2                   0.019  6.612 208.17     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.397 185.23
          TS  Dial: 6.60 (+/-):  0.012              TS  Dial: 7.39 (+/-):  0.007
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Herbst    ) 0.003  6.666  0.056      (J Tattersall) 0.037  7.559  0.179
 Qualified:             #8  6.611 208.75                       #32  7.386 186.02

Foster with the starting line advantage and he takes the win with a .013 package.

Foster will take on Gillette in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4300 Lance Abbott                            7 Bryan Warr                   
E2                   0.003  7.049 194.16     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.840 199.58
          TS  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.029              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Chitty    ) 0.013  7.037  0.007      (D Williams  ) 0.015  6.855  0.045
 Qualified:            #23  7.034 194.49                       #15  6.802 201.82

Abbott gets the holeshot but Warr takes the stripe and the win.

Bryan Warr's MOV: 0.0057 seconds (approximately 19 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                                   Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.005 196.04     
          TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.025    
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Rodrigues ) 0.030  7.031  0.051   
 Qualified:            #21  6.974 196.56                     Bye

Olpin with the bye.

Olpin will take on Austin in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  518 Monte Green                            74 Ken Ratzloff                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.817 192.30                     0.014  7.014 189.95
          TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.017              TS  Dial: 6.98 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Heber     ) 0.111  6.964  0.184      (D Meziere   ) 0.029  6.998  0.008
 Qualified:            #14  6.793 202.36                       #22  6.995 190.14

Ratzloff gets the advantage off of the line but Green takes the stripe for the win.

Monte Green's MOV: 0.0003 seconds (approximately 1 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7038 Pat Warr                             6502 Will Yakimetz                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  6.754 204.57                     0.038  6.601 177.25
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.014              TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.141
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Radford   ) 0.058  6.893  0.123      (L Giese     ) 0.074  6.435 -0.005
 Qualified:            #11  6.778 203.77                        #3  6.376 218.87

Yakimetz gets the holeshot but Warr gets the stripe and the win.

Pat Warr will take on Bryan Warr in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                699B Aaron Steinkey               
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.007  6.187 229.66
                                                    TS  Dial: 6.16 (+/-):  0.027
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (M Buehring  ) 0.020  6.176  0.006
 Qualified:                                                       #2  6.193 230.92

Steinkey with the bye run.

Steinkey will take on Green in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink