NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series-Sunday from Infineon
Raceway
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - PACIFIC DIVISION
INFINEON RACEWAY, SONOMA, CALIF.
Sunday, July 3, 2005
OLIVAREZ, WOZNICHAK SCORE WINS IN PACIFIC DIVISION LUCAS OIL SERIES EVENT
SONOMA, Calif. - The NHRA Pacific Division put the fourth of
seven races on its NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series schedule in the books.
The Top Alcohol Dragster and Top Alcohol Funny Car champions were both in
the winner's circle for the first time this season on the divisional level.
Aaron Olivarez took the win in Dragster and Mark Woznichak won in Funny Car.
Sandy, Utah's Olivarez carried his No. 1 qualifying effort into
the final round. His opponent in the final, Brandon Johnson of Shelton,
Wash., red-lighted handing the win to Olivarez who smoked the tires earlier
in the run and finished it with a 16.194-second elapsed time. Olivarez was
runner-up at the South Central Division race in Ennis, Texas, and won the
national event in Gainesville, Fla., in March.
Woznichak got to the final round by beating the class' No. 1
qualifier, Doug Gordon of Paso Robles, Calif., in the semifinals and then
taking on the No. 2 qualifier, John Weaver of Newport Beach, Calif., in the
final. Woznichak ran 5.700 seconds at 252.95 mph against Weaver's
5.820-second, 249.97 mph pass. This was Woznichak's best performance of the
season. At the previous three events he failed to make the eight-car field
once and lost in the first round twice.
In Comp Eliminator, Ed Sigmon of Chatsworth, Calif., took the
win as a follow-up to his runner-up finish at the last event. Super Stocker
Greg Luneack of Vista, Calif., scored the win as did Jesse Adams of Yuba
City, Calif., in Stock Eliminator. Matt Hartzell of Atwater, Calif., drove
his Super Comp dragster to his second consecutive win while Novato, Calif.,
Super Gas racer Rick Beckstrom won for the first time this season.
Phoenix's Scott Rollins won in Super Street, Ray Shearer of Bakersfield,
Calif., won in Top Comp, and Timothy Height of Richmond, Calif., won in the
Korbel Super Eliminator class.
Pacific Division racers head to Fallon, Nev., for the next NHRA
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event. Top Gun Raceway will host the event for
the first time September 9-11.
The following are the final results from the Team Superstores NHRA Summer
Nationals event at Infineon Raceway
TOP ALCOHOL DRAGSTER
Round One
1) Aaron Olivarez, Sandy, Utah, 5.325, 268.81 def. 8) Hillary Will, Fortuna,
Calif., 6.376, 177.14
2) Eric Morris, Sanger, Calif., 5.397, 262.18 def. 7) Darren Nicholson,
Mission Viejo, Calif., 5.591, 233.80
3) Brandon Johnson, Shelton, Wash., 5.406, 261.93 def. 6) Darryl Hitchman,
Hanford, Calif., 5.394, 264.70
4) Joe Windham, Fairfield, Calif., 5.379, 267.96 def. 5) Duane Shields,
Boulder City, Nev., 18.509, 38.70
Semifinals
Johnson, 5.483, 260.01 def. Morris, 5.440, 259.41
Olivarez, 5.363, 266.69 def. Windham, 5.942, 228.69
Final
Olivarez, 16.194, 46.42 def. Johnson, foul
TOP ALCOHOL FUNNY CAR
Round One
1) Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., '04 Camaro, 5.683, 237.46 def. 8) Larry
Miner, Lodi, Calif., '02 Firebird,
5.825, 254.47
2) John Weaver, Newport Beach, Calif., '05 Camaro, 5.780, 251.44 def. 7) Ron
August Jr, Pleasanton, Calif., '04 Camaro, 5.746, 255.77
6) Steve Gasparrelli, West Covina, Calif., '02 Firebird, 5.667, 254.04 def.
3) Brian Hough, Junction City, Ore., '04 Firebird, 5.775, 254.28
4) Mark Woznichak, Riverside, Calif., '02 Camaro, 5.630, 255.77 def. 5)
Dennis Taylor, Anaheim, Calif., '05 Camaro, 5.767, 234.21
Semifinals
Weaver, 5.698, 252.10 def. Gasparrelli, 5.746, 251.53
Woznichak, 6.394, 180.43 def. Gordon, 6.840, 143.58
Final
Woznichak, 5.700, 252.95 def. Weaver, 5.820, 247.97
COMP ELIMINATOR
Ed Sigmon, Chatsworth, Calif., '34 Chevy, C/SR, 8.701, 150.72 def. Dave
Barcelon, Bremerton,
Wash., '02 Cavalier, F/A, 8.299, 162.94
SUPER STOCK
Greg Luneack, Vista, Calif., '65 Nova Wgn, SS/KA, 10.969, 119.82 def. Brad
Rounds, Reno, Nev.,
'00 S-10, SS/TB, 9.439, 140.87.
STOCK ELIMINATOR
Jesse Adams, Yuba City, Calif., '67 Chevelle, H/SA, 11.899, 109.06 def. Toby
Lang, Auburn,
Wash., '69 Chevelle, G/SA, 11.584, 111.57
SUPER COMP
Matt Hartzell, Atwater, Calif., dragster, 8.906, 154.83 def. Michael Lane,
Shafter, Calif.,
dragster, 8.897, 163
SUPER GAS
Rick Beckstrom, Novato, Calif., '03 Grand Am, 9.901, 161.63 def. Fred
Kondrotas, Rosamond,
Calif., '89 Trans Am, 9.897, 145.55
SUPER STREET
Scott Rollins, Phoenix, Ariz., '69 Camaro, 10.909, 149.83 def. Mark
Warmouth, Lodi, Calif., '70
442, 10.938, 119.40
TOP COMP
Ray Shearer, Bakersfield, Calif., dragster, 7.868, 169.91 def. Mike McBrair,
Napa, Calif.,
dragster, 7.421, 181.40
SUPER ELIMINATOR
Timothy Height, Richmond, Calif., dragster, 7.912, 168.87 def. Jerry Noonan,
Concord, Calif.,
dragster, 7.969, 172.61
