Vandergriff advances to second round in Sonoma

 2006 NHRA POWERade DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 15 of 23
Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals
Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, Calif.
Race Date: July 28-30, 2006






Vandergriff advances to second round in Sonoma




     SONOMA, Calif., (July 30, 2006)- Bob Vandergriff Jr. leaves Sonoma with 
a smile on his face. Vandergriff was happy to advance to the second round of 
the Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway this weekend, closing the 
chapter of the 2006 "Western Swing." Vandergriff and his Jim Dupuy-led crew 
came into the Sonoma hills looking to change their performance by assembling a 
new chassis to see if that would provide them more consistency. They did just 
that. In the opening stanza they were able to dismiss Morgan Lucas after the 
UPS Top Fueler put down a 4.844 second pass at 296.11 mph leaving the 
tire-smoking Lucas behind. This was Vandergriff's 100 career round win.

     Vandergriff would be able to go no further than the second round where 
eventual runner-up Tony Schumacher pulled away from the UPS digger, when 
Vandergriff started to smoke the tires at half track.

     The UPS team will get a well deserved rest before heading to the next 
stop on the NHRA POWERade drag racing series for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at 
Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minn. on August 10-13, 2006.

     Vandergriff leaves Sonoma in 14th position in the Top Fuel points chase.

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