With many of the regular Sonoma Wednesday Night Drags racers in Las Vegas for this weekend's Division 7 Summit ET Bracket Finals, it provided a opportunity to add a few new faces to the first-time winners list.
Eric Oliver of Santa Rosa took top honors in the Motorcycle class and was joined by Vacaville's Zane Osman, who outlasted a tough field with a big win in the Gear Jammer Division. Other class winners included Tom Johnson (Jack Pot), Lenny Cellibirti (Comp Rod)and Doug McCay (Sport Street) and Chris Burton (Street).
The Wednesday Night Drags returns next week, Oct. 12, with practice and qualifying runs beginning at 4 p.m. and races slated for 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.SonomaRaceway.com/wnd or call 800-870-RACE.
Jackpot
Winner: tom Johnson (Santa Rosa 70 Camaro .024 RT 10.130 ET (10.08 Dial) 120.53 mph
Runner-up: Tom Taggart (Sebastopol) 72 Chevy .122 RT 12.562 (12.54) 104.07 Semi Finals: Jorge Valencia (Santa Rosa) 72 Chevy Luv truck Mark Scheuer (06 Chevy) Santa Rosa)
Gear Jammer
Winner: Zane Osman (Vacaville) 00 Toyota .135 RT 15.476 (15.30) 89.20
Runner-up: Frankie Villenueva (Napa) 07 Mustang .332 RT 14.484 (14.00) 98.14 Semi Finals: Mark Henesian (Livermore) 69 Plymouth
Comp Rod
Winner: Lenny Celliberti (Windsor) 68 Mustang .027 RT 10.173 (10.21) 126.54
Runner-up: Joe Piazza (Novato) 50 Chevy .080 RT 11.899 break out (11.96) 112.14
Semi Finals: Dennis Stratford (Napa) 72 Vega Tom Taggart (Sebastopol) 72 Chevy
Sport Street
Winner: Doug McCay (Rodeo) 15 Ford F-150 .121 RT 13.068 (13.07) 104.29
Runner-up: Rick McIlmoil (Newark) 90 Toyota .032 RT 13.532 break out (13.55) 96.33
Semi Finals: Garry Carlson (Santa Rosa) 00 Benz John Lemos (Novato) 05 Toyota
Motorcycle
Winner: Eric Oliver (Santa Rosa) 05 Suzuki .144 RT 12.336 !2.20) 105.42
Runner-up: Alfredo Escandon (Novato) 96 Harley .214 RT 11.237 (10.97) 121.66 Semi Finals: Austin Simmons (Vallejo) 09 Suzuki Joe Sisk (Hayward) 08 Suzuki
Street
Winner: Chris Burton (Richmond) 13 Challenger .079 RT 13.587 (13.56) 91.84
Runner-up: Brad Bowen (Novato) 94 Mustang .018 RT 15.147 break out (15.15) 90.40
Semi Finals: Bobby Grabrian (Novato) 14 Mustang Scott Sterley (San Rafael) 71 Camaro
