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March 31-April 2 2006
Houston Raceway Park
Houston Raceway Park
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| The Woz makes it to the Final Four Mark Woz in the Rancho Framing / White Cap / Direct Transport Camaro / Top Alcohol Funny Car made it to the Semi-Finals, before losing to the eventual winner when he smoked the tires and had to lift. In the first round of qualifying we ran a 5.739/248.02 which put us in the #5 spot for the session. In the 2nd round Mark stepped it up with a great 5.649/253.23 which was good enough to hold on to the #1 position for that round. Mark shook hard in the 3rd round of qualifying and had to lift running only a 7.088/136.52.and ended up qualifying in the #3 position. Mark’s first round opponent was Marty Nothstein who just started racing this year after being an Olympic gold medalist bicycle racer. Marty was forced to shut off when his car would not pull forward after backing up from the burn out giving Mark a single into the 2nd round. With no opponent in the next lane Mark lifted at half track when the car started to move around on him only running a 6.096 / 186.69. In the 2nd round Mark lined up with Division 4 champion Jimmy Jones in the Texas Tremor. Jimmy was out first, but Mark ran him down in the lights with a margin of victory of about 9 inches when he almost equaled his qualifying time running a 5.650 / 254.47 to the Tremors 5.711 / 237.96. Mark’s opponent in the semi-final round was Kebin Kinsley in the Wild Child Camaro tuned by Randy Anderson. Unfortunately the race was over for Mark at the hit as he went up in smoke before the 60 foot clocks ending a very good weekend of racing. Here are the results from NHRA.com: BAYTOWN, Texas - HOUSTON - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Dennis Taylor Runs 5.814/240.47, Now #4 Right Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 5.739/248.02, Now #2 Taylor lost some ground to "The Woz" early in the run and never made it up. Notes from round 2 qualifying: Left Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 5.649/253.23, Now #1 Best prior run: 5.739/248.02, Was #5 Right Lane: Cy Chesterman Runs 5.681/252.24, Now #3 Best prior run: 5.688/250.69, Was #2 Two excellent runs by a couple of divisional heavy-hitters. Notes from final, round 3 qualifying: Left Lane: Mark Woznichak Runs 7.088/136.52, Now #1 Best prior run: 5.649/253.23, Was #1 Right Lane: Steve Harker Runs 5.730/252.28, Now #6 Best prior run: 5.704/249.53, Was #6 Woznichak shook hard and lifted. Harker made another good run - that makes it three passes between 5.704 and 5.754, nice consistency. Saturday Order for Qualifying Round 3: BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Final order after 3 rounds of qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil: Psn Driver Vehicle ET Speed 1. Mick Snyder Torco Racing Fuels Firebird 5.629 255.39 2. Jackie Stidham Time Machine Monte Carlo 5.632 256.11 3. Mark Woznichak Rancho Framing Camaro 5.649 253.23 4. Bob Newberry Valvoline/Childs&Albert Monte 5.655 255.87 5. Danny Townsend Parkertech/VIPSports Stratus 5.662 255.77 6. Jimmy Jones Texas Tremor Camaro 5.672 255.63 7. Cy Chesterman Chippewa Spring Water Monte Ca 5.681 252.24 8. Steve Harker QTK/Thermo-King Avenger 5.704 252.28 9. Vern Moats Kendall/Dee Zee Camaro 5.707 253.09 10. Kebin Kinsley Wild Child Camaro 5.728 250.04 11. Dennis Taylor Plumbing Concepts Camaro 5.745 250.97 12. John Patton Foolish Money II Firebird 5.754 252.00 13. Jay Payne Valvoline Camaro 5.760 256.31 14. Marty Nothstein AutoTrader Firebird 5.850 245.99 15. Will Hanna ATC Monte Carlo 5.876 250.27 16. Jon Johnson Bar's Leaks Stratus 5.938 247.29 Saturday Results for Elimination Round 1 BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil: (W) Mark Woznichak (Rancho Framing Camaro) 0.229 6.096 186.69 (L) Marty Nothstein (AutoTrader Firebird) -9.999(R) NT-Broke Before Staging Nothstein made his burnout and started to stage, then whacked the throttle a couple times and shut it off, ending the first outing for the Olympic cyclist. Woznichak launched and backed off before half track. Sunday Results for Elimination Round 2 BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil: (W) Mark Woznichak (Rancho Framing Camaro) 0.126 5.650 254.47 (L) Jimmy Jones (Texas Tremor Camaro) 0.067 5.711 237.96 Jones led all the way until one of his chutes came out just before the line and Woznichak went by for the win in the lights. Mark Woznichak's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.025), 330 ft(-0.012), 660ft(-0.011), 1,000ft(-0.016). MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 9 inches). Results for Elimination Round 3 BAYTOWN, Texas - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil: W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed (W) Kebin Kinsley (Wild Child Camaro) 0.051 5.701 254.71 (L) Mark Woznichak (Rancho Framing Camaro) 0.147 8.461 109.89 2:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 30.16 inches,adjusted altitude 1,123 feet, track temperature 107. Woznichak launched into heavy tire shake and the race was over, Kinsley almost duplicating his earlier run today. |
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