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Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 13:17 PM

Top Sportsman Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Right Trailers Top Sportsman at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   41 Mark Buehring                        7261 Philip Baglieri              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.104  7.519 125.12                    -0.065  7.608 181.74
          TS  Dial: 6.82 (+/-):  0.699              TS  Dial: 7.54 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #12  6.780 203.61                       #26  7.551 182.16

5:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,587 feet.

Baglieri leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Buehring.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7720 Rich Harrison                         757 Jeff Gillette                
E1                   0.058  7.663 175.64     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.840 189.39
          TS  Dial: 7.64 (+/-):  0.023              TS  Dial: 6.83 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #28  7.616 175.48                       #14  6.805 201.58

Gillette gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Harrison for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 G661 Graham Foster                           7 Bryan Warr                   
E1                   0.012  7.330 187.89     ****WINNER****  0.021  6.921 194.30
          TS  Dial: 7.38 (+/-): -0.050              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.161
 Qualified:            #24  7.343 188.67                       #10  6.709 204.42

Foster with the holeshot but he takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Warr.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4300 Lance Abbott                          755 Mike Doushgounian            
E1                  -0.002  6.939 196.99     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.508 219.51
          TS  Dial: 6.93 (+/-):  0.009              TS  Dial: 6.47 (+/-):  0.038
 Qualified:            #17  6.907 198.64                        #3  6.484 228.31

Abbott just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Doushgounian.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7867 Dean Hall                               3 David Cook                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.018  7.165 191.24                     0.033  7.671 144.00
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.015              TS  Dial: 6.66 (+/-):  1.011
 Qualified:            #22  7.143 193.57                        #8  6.678 205.98

Hall gets the holeshot and pulls away for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 4396 Sammy Gonzales                       7598 Chris Newman                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.009  7.136 192.06                     0.018  6.590 212.83
          TS  Dial: 7.12 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 6.57 (+/-):  0.020
 Qualified:            #20  7.091 195.17                        #6  6.601 211.96

Gonzales with the starting line advantage and he takes the win with a .025 package.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6455 Joseph Lucas                          518 Monte Green                  
E1                   0.045  7.459 181.15     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.770 189.90
          TS  Dial: 7.40 (+/-):  0.059              TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.010
 Qualified:            #25  7.371 184.77                       #11  6.744 205.13

Green gets the holeshot and goes around Lucas for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          7205 Bill Knudsen                 
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.006  6.779 204.29                    -0.014  7.607 181.69
          TS  Dial: 6.78 (+/-): -0.001              TS  Dial: 7.57 (+/-):  0.037
 Qualified:            #13  6.795 206.32                       #27  7.573 181.50

Knudsen leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Silvia.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Richard Okerman                      7038 Patrick Warr                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.176 188.99                    -0.002  6.617 207.50
          TS  Dial: 7.15 (+/-):  0.026              TS  Dial: 6.64 (+/-): -0.023
 Qualified:            #21  7.127 191.89                        #7  6.611 208.62

Warr goes red giving the win to Okerman.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Chanse Bullock                        721 Mike Johnson                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  6.591 196.70                     0.018  7.046 196.76
          TS  Dial: 6.53 (+/-):  0.061              TS  Dial: 6.95 (+/-):  0.096
 Qualified:             #4  6.534 210.01                       #18  6.952 198.88

Bullock gets the advantage off of the line and goes around Johnson for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  550 Ed Olpin                             6909 Kirk Lanz                    
E1                   0.052  6.925 194.55     ****WINNER****  0.036  6.190 236.13
          TS  Dial: 6.94 (+/-): -0.015              TS  Dial: 6.15 (+/-):  0.040
 Qualified:            #16  6.906 199.52                        #2  6.244 234.90

Lanz gets the advantage off of the line;Olpin breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  714 Larry Giese                           789 Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson       
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.834 188.07                     0.018  6.606 209.98
          TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  0.034              TS  Dial: 6.54 (+/-):  0.066
 Qualified:            #19  7.044 190.89                        #5  6.556 210.90

Snyder-Ellingson gets the advantage off of the line but Giese takes the stripe and the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Ken Ratzloff                         699B Aaron Steinkey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  6.918 193.07                     0.041  6.180 231.16
          TS  Dial: 6.89 (+/-):  0.028              TS  Dial: 6.19 (+/-): -0.010
 Qualified:            #15  6.866 200.56                        #1  6.198 231.52

Ratzloff gets the holeshot;Steinkey breaks out.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Michael Chitty                       6324 Gerald Bucklin               
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.016  6.727 205.60                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-):  0.007              TS  Dial: 6.72 (+/-): 93.279
 Qualified:             #9  6.709 207.05                       #23  7.177 193.18

Bucklin is a no-show.

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