By: Jim McCombe
A nice crowd was on hand for the weekly Wednesday Night Drags program at Infineon Raceway, which attracted 214 entries on April 16. The police officers scored a shut-out in the Top the CopsTM program, winning both races against area high school studentsa. New faces in the Winner's Circle included Peter Bens in Sport Street, Nathan Von Tuchinski (Street) and High School winner Jared Lewis Johnston. Santa Rosa's Tom Johnson continued his hot streak in Jack Pot winning his third in a row. He'll look for this fourth consecutive victory at the next Wednesday Drags on April 23.
Listed below are the final round pairings and the results.
Top the Cops
Winner: Officer Matt McCrea (Vallejo PD) 07 Ford .291 RT 16.251 ET (16.20 dial-in) 83.26 mph
Runner-up: Kristina Parks (Napa) 92 Honda foul -.131 RT 17.859 (17.60) 76.64
Winner: Deputy Mike Shanahan (Sonoma County Sheriff's Office) 06 Ford .445 RT 16.495 (16.25) 82.86
Runner-up: Jordan Winey (Larkspur) 06 Chevy Cobalt .666 RT 15.793 (15.60) 84.97
Sport Street
Winner: Peter Bens (Sebastopol) 00 Subaru WRX .018 RT 13.962 (13.91) 96.05
Runner-up: Serge Pak (San Rafael) 06 VW foul -.012 RT 16.529 (16.75) 84.15
High School
Winner: Jared Lewis Johnston (Antioch) 07 Chevy Cobalt .133 RT 15.449 (15.40) 89.36
Runner-up: Jordan Winey (Ross) 06 Chevy .358 RT 16.021 (15.75) 84.36
Street
Winner: Nathan Von Tuchinski (Concord) 84 Mustang .039 RT 11.620 (11.50) 119.19
Runner-up: Dave Mullet (Vacaville) 94 Camaro .199 RT 13.210 break-out (13.30) 99.00
Motorcycle
Winner: Robert Wright (San Francisco) 06 Suzuki .075 RT 10.488 (10.38) 131.45
Runner-up: Terry Hill (Vallejo) 02 Harley .081 RT 11.984 (11.83) 111.23
Comp Rod
Winner: Joe Piazza (Novato) 50 Chevy .086 RT 12.013 (12.00) 113.33
Runner-up: Willie Woo (Moraga) 84 Corvette .077 RT 10.656 break-out (10.69) 115.14
Jack Pot
Winner: Tom Johnson (Santa Rosa) 70 Camaro .048 RT 9.504 (9.50) 129.62
Runner-up: Bob Wagner (Glen Ellen) 71 Datsun 240Z .036 RT 10.929 (10.90) 128.90
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