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Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 14:03 PM

Top Sportsman Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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                         714 Larry Giese                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  6.923 167.43                     0.017  8.983 132.58
          TS  Dial: 6.77 (+/-):  0.153              TS  Dial: 6.80 (+/-):  2.183
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Baglieri  ) 0.104  7.519  0.699      (L Snyder-Ell) 0.025  6.834  0.034
 Qualified:            #12  6.780 203.61                       #19  7.044 190.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 90 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 1,797 feet.

Giese smoke his tires right at the hit and drove through it, Buehring had the lead and never trailed from there on for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7256 Mera Silvia                          4396 Sammy Gonzales               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.771 205.26                     0.021  7.108 192.25
          TS  Dial: 6.76 (+/-):  0.011              TS  Dial: 7.11 (+/-): -0.002
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Knudsen   ) -0.006  6.779 -0.001      (C Newman    ) 0.009  7.136  0.016
 Qualified:            #13  6.795 206.32                       #20  7.091 195.17

Gonzales with the starting line advantage, but took too much stripe to give Silvia the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   74 Ken Ratzloff                         7867 Dean Hall                    
E2                  -0.008  6.916 181.96     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.130 192.44
          TS  Dial: 6.90 (+/-):  0.016              TS  Dial: 7.14 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Steinkey  ) 0.007  6.918  0.028      (D Cook      ) 0.018  7.165  0.015
 Qualified:            #15  6.866 200.56                       #22  7.143 193.57

Ratzloff goes red to give Hall the win. He will have a bye in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    6 Michael Chitty                       6909 Kirk Lanz                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.681 205.88                           No Time      
          TS  Dial: 6.70 (+/-): -0.019              TS  Dial: 6.17 (+/-): 93.829
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Bucklin   ) -0.016  6.727  0.007      (E Olpin     ) 0.036  6.190  0.040
 Qualified:             #9  6.709 207.05                        #2  6.244 234.90

Lanz broke after the burnout and Chitty gets the single, he will face Buehring in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
    7 Bryan Warr                            755 Mike Doushgounian            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.744 203.12                    -0.012  6.529 228.46
          TS  Dial: 6.74 (+/-):  0.004              TS  Dial: 6.46 (+/-):  0.069
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Foster    ) 0.021  6.921  0.161      (L Abbott    ) 0.038  6.508  0.038
 Qualified:            #10  6.709 204.42                        #3  6.484 228.31

Doushgounian goes red to give Warr the win, who had a great light. He will face Silvia in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   78 Richard Okerman                       757 Jeff Gillette                
E2                   0.003  7.149 187.21     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.822 199.43
          TS  Dial: 7.16 (+/-): -0.011              TS  Dial: 6.81 (+/-):  0.012
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Warr      ) 0.006  7.176  0.026      (R Harrison  ) 0.045  6.840  0.010
 Qualified:            #21  7.127 191.89                       #14  6.805 201.58

Okerman with a great light, but took too much stripe to give Gillette the win. Gillette keeps his championship hopes alive.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  414 Chanse Bullock                        518 Monte Green                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.544 203.06                     0.039  6.749 203.77
          TS  Dial: 6.52 (+/-):  0.024              TS  Dial: 6.73 (+/-):  0.019
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.011  6.591  0.061      (M Lucas     ) 0.036  6.770  0.010
 Qualified:             #4  6.534 210.01                       #11  6.744 205.13

Bullock with the starting line advantage for the win. Bullock wins the Top Sportsman World championship with the win. He will face Gillette in the next round.

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