Mon, Oct 5, 09:46 PM Final Eliminations Completed

Courtesy of NHRA Marketing at Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Although the finals in both Federal-Mogul Dragster and Funny Car were anti-climatic as both were won when the opponents red-lighted, dragster driver Mark Woods, Jr. made a show of it Sunday at the Sacramento Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series event.

Woods, of Kingsburg, Calif., was running Rick Henkelman in the final when his car jumped through the beams and did a wheelstand, lifting the front of the car about five feet off the ground. The car came down so hard it broke the front axle. Henkelman, of San Jose, Calif., went on to run a 7.138 elapsed time (e.t.) at 125 mph.

In the Federal-Mogul Funny Car final Doug Gordon became the first Pacific Division Federal-Mogul Funny Car driver to win two divisional races this year. Gordon beat Rod Alexander in the finals when Alexander left before the light. Gordon, of Paso Robles, Calif., ran a 5.902 e.t. to Alexander's 5.871 e.t.

In other categories Comp Eliminator driver Darren Davis, Upland, Calif., took the crown; Jeff Stout, Phoenix, took the win in Super Stock; Joe Sorenson, Tigard, Ore., was the Stock champion; Ed Sigmon of Canoga Park, Calif., won Super Gas; Greg Ventura, Garden Grove, Calif., was the champion in Super Street; and Thomas Bayer of Alta Loma, Calif., won Super Comp.

Final results from Sacramento Raceway, the fifth of six events in NHRA's Pacific Division Federal-Mogul Drag Racing Series schedule:

FEDERAL-MOGUL DRAGSTER - Rick Henkelman, San Jose, Calif., 7.138 e.t., 125.12 mph def. Mark Woods, Jr., Kingsburg, Calif., FOUL

FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CARS - Doug Gordon, Paso Robles, Calif., 5.902 e.t., 242.82 mph def. Rod Alexander, Montrose, Calif., FOUL

COMP - Darren Davis, Upland, Calif., '97 Firebird, 7.943 e.t., 164.70 mph def. Rob Robinson, Portland, Ore., '97 Olds Cutlass, FOUL

SUPER STOCK - Jeff Stout, Phoenix, '85 Monte Carlo, 10.391 e.t., 123.11 mph def. Frank Grossi, Upland, Calif., '96 Olds Achieva, 9.583 e.t., 138.60 mph

STOCK - Joe Sorenson, Tigard, Ore., '86 Camaro, 12.403 e.t, 106.95 mph def. Chuck Rayburn, Castro Valley, Calif., '71 Challenger, FOUL

SUPER GAS - Ed Sigmon, Canoga Park, Calif., '27 Ford, 9.905 e.t., 132.48 mph def. Paul Wiechmann, Torrance, Calif., '85 Olds, 9.995 e.t., 136.78 mph

SUPER COMP - Thomas Bayer, Alta Loma, Calif., dragster, 9.008 e.t., 141.95 mph def. Rick Beckstrom, Novato, Calif., '93 dragster, 9.229 e.t., 159.03 e.t.

SUPER STREET - Greg Ventura, Garden Grover, Calif., '66 Nova, 10.911 e.t., 134.29 mph def. Jimmy Band, Boise, Idaho, '57 Chevy, FOUL