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Sat, 07 Nov 2026, 17:00 PM

Top Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Wyatt Wayman                         7122 Tony Jardino                 
E1                   0.012  6.655 204.20     ****WINNER****  0.008  6.722 199.23
         T/D  Dial: 6.58 (+/-):  0.075             T/D  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.002
 Qualified:            #45 12.423  65.83                       #23  6.728 198.41

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,412 feet.

Jardino with a great light and ran dead-on with a two for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Mallory Reis                         K210 Kayla Zadel                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  6.645 205.26                           No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): -0.005             T/D  Dial: 6.65 (+/-): 93.349
 Qualified:            #22  6.666 204.82                       #44  8.731 106.99

Zadel is a no-show to give Reis the win, who has a perfect light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 780H Hannah Cook                          4891 Fred Jaramillo               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.696 180.69                     0.005  7.422 180.84
         T/D  Dial: 6.63 (+/-):  0.066             T/D  Dial: 6.85 (+/-):  0.572
 Qualified:            #21  6.641 202.61                       #43  7.588 138.84

Jaramillo with a great light, but has problems and cook gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7188 Mitchel Lippen                       7700 Phillip Duerr                
E1                   0.022  6.869 187.52     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.191 211.63
         T/D  Dial: 6.91 (+/-): -0.041             T/D  Dial: 6.20 (+/-): -0.009
 Qualified:            #29  6.922 191.65                        #7  6.208 223.06

Lippen with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Duerr the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Don London                            551 Rick Milinazzo               
E1                   0.067  6.110 227.88     ****WINNER****  0.018  6.803 192.11
         T/D  Dial: 6.16 (+/-): -0.050             T/D  Dial: 6.78 (+/-):  0.023
 Qualified:             #4  6.165 226.32                       #26  6.793 195.22

Milinazzo with the staring line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7125 Cody Webber                          3896 Steven Hamilton              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.378 193.38                     0.095  7.084 190.67
         T/D  Dial: 6.32 (+/-):  0.058             T/D  Dial: 7.09 (+/-): -0.006
 Qualified:            #14  6.338 215.86                       #36  7.107 189.98

Weber with the staring line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6591 Moe Trujillo                         752T Linzi Meserve                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.003  6.936 151.82                    -0.001  7.329 183.74
         T/D  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.396             T/D  Dial: 7.34 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #18  6.527 206.89                       #40  7.367 182.38

Meserve is a tick too quick on the tree and turns on the red light to give Trujillo the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   77 John Richardson                       619 Kacee Jo Bootsma Johnson     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.052  6.349 211.86                    -0.025  7.281 159.72
         T/D  Dial: 6.40 (+/-): -0.051             T/D  Dial: 7.18 (+/-):  0.101
 Qualified:            #17  6.406 213.30                       #39  7.185 186.07

Johnson goes red to give Richardson the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  761 Gary Groves                          7152 John Sato                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  6.236 218.62                     0.001  7.231 151.53
         T/D  Dial: 6.23 (+/-):  0.006             T/D  Dial: 7.02 (+/-):  0.211
 Qualified:            #10  6.233 217.67                       #32  7.009 189.18

Sato with a near perfect light, but Groves runs dead-on with a six for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  782 Greg Hicks                             71 Andy Spiegel                 
E1                   0.011  7.139 183.69     ****WINNER****  0.050  6.416 214.18
         T/D  Dial: 7.15 (+/-): -0.011             T/D  Dial: 6.39 (+/-):  0.026
 Qualified:            #38  7.173 185.10                       #16  6.392 214.96

Hicks with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Spiegel the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7923 Neil Pressimone                         7 Dylan Hough                  
E1                   0.007  7.076 186.00     ****WINNER****  0.016  6.252 218.34
         T/D  Dial: 7.10 (+/-): -0.024             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #34  7.096 190.54                       #12  6.247 219.97

Pressimone with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Hough the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7219 Geneva Nash                          7054 Jonathan Flores              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.361 219.08                    -0.015  6.858 196.16
         T/D  Dial: 6.18 (+/-):  0.181             T/D  Dial: 6.84 (+/-):  0.018
 Qualified:             #6  6.192 222.66                       #28  6.868 194.35

Flores goes red to give Nash the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7902 Brianna Wiens                        547W Kevin Wright                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.018 186.92                     0.013  6.548 207.21
         T/D  Dial: 7.00 (+/-):  0.018             T/D  Dial: 6.22 (+/-):  0.328
 Qualified:            #33  7.020 191.00                       #11  6.243 223.65

Wiens with a tick on the tree for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7089 Terry White                          699B Aaron Steinkey               
E1                   0.033  6.995 199.32     ****WINNER****  0.030  6.170 203.25
         T/D  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.095             T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.070
 Qualified:            #24  6.778 217.70                        #2  6.124 225.15

Steinkey with a slight starting line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7237 Steven Will                          7851 Robert Naber                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.077 234.21                     0.003  6.952 186.61
         T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-): -0.023             T/D  Dial: 6.99 (+/-): -0.038
 Qualified:             #9  6.230 234.09                       #31  6.974 191.21

Naber with a great light, but too too much stripe to give Will the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 377C Chad Axford                          706D Damon Bustamante             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.426 176.79                    -0.007  6.638 188.17
         T/D  Dial: 7.42 (+/-):  0.006             T/D  Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.002
 Qualified:            #42  7.439 175.91                       #20  6.630 202.33

Bustamante goes red to give Axford the win, who had a great light.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 713K Keith Winters                           1 Casey Plaizier               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.351 213.87                     0.034  7.115 180.24
         T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-):  0.021             T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-): -0.005
 Qualified:            #13  6.332 214.35                       #35  7.106 185.41

Winters with the staring line advantage for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  790 Taylor Wiens                         6465 Cooper Chun                  
E1                   0.068  6.312 218.30     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.121 186.90
         T/D  Dial: 6.33 (+/-): -0.018             T/D  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:            #15  6.363 223.58                       #37  7.111 190.59

Chun with a great light and runs dead-on with a one for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
        Bye                                  76 Dan Naylor                   
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.019  6.101 225.56
                                                   T/D  Dial: 6.10 (+/-):  0.001
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.101 223.80

Naylor with a great pass on the by run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7498 Steve Casner                            8 Ty Gaynor                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.187 220.37                     0.021  6.835 196.76
         T/D  Dial: 6.17 (+/-):  0.017             T/D  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.025
 Qualified:             #5  6.181 224.85                       #27  6.814 199.40

Gaynor with a slight starting line advantage, but Casner chased him down for the win in a close one. Steve Casner's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 15 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7507 Macie Gordon                         177K Alan Kenny                   
E1                   0.031  6.757 192.52     ****WINNER****  0.067  6.147 224.55
         T/D  Dial: 6.76 (+/-): -0.003             T/D  Dial: 6.14 (+/-):  0.007
 Qualified:            #25  6.780 183.79                        #3  6.146 224.58

Gordon with the starting line advantage, but took much stripe to give Kenny the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  224 Brad Plourd                          633J Jordan Dooley                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.308 No Time                                 No Time      
         T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-): 93.739             T/D  Dial: 6.26 (+/-): 93.739
 Qualified:            #19  6.580 161.11                       #41  7.431 108.19

Dooley is a no-show to give Plourd the freebie. He takes the green light on the single.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   79 Thomas Bayer                         503A Jeff Koron                   
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.010  7.013 193.40
         T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-): 93.049             T/D  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.063
 Qualified:             #8  6.219 228.04                       #30  6.945 194.44

Bayer broke before staging and Koran will get the single.

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