PR - Mark Woznichak - the Woz wins Sonoma

DIVISION 7 Infineon Raceway
Sonoma, Calif., July 1-3

“the Woz” Mark Woznichak and the Rancho Framing team had a Great 4th of July racing
weekend, winning the Team Superstores NHRA Summer Nationals event at Infineon
Raceway in Sonoma, CA.


The Rancho Framing / White Cap / Direct Transport Camaro Top Alcohol
Funny Car qualified in the 4th position with a 5.712 @ 251.67 mph. 17 cars showed up for
the always tough Division 7 race and we were pleased to be in the top half of the 8 car field,
but felt the car could run even better. In the 1st round against Dennis Taylor’s Plumbing
Concepts Camaro, crew chief Gerry Woznichak tuned the car just right, to produce a 5.630
@ 255.77 mph for low E.T. of the race and just missing Top Speed by .20 mph. That great
run coupled with Mark’s .040 reaction time, put the Rancho Framing team into the next
round with Doug Gordon. The Semi Final round turned into a peddle fest when both cars
shook hard. They left almost even with the Woz having a slight advantage of .075 to Doug’s .
.077 reaction time. By 60 feet Doug pulled ahead of Mark, but then went into tire shake
causing his chute to deploy, meanwhile Mark’s car was a little aggressive and he was
having his own problems. He had to lift when his car started having tire shake and he was
drifting towards the center line. Once Mark had the car straightened out and realized he was
still ahead, he got back into the throttle and motored down to about the 1000 foot mark
when the blower belt broke from being peddled. He coasted through for the win with a 6.39
@ 180 mph as Doug was chasing him down with the chute out and ran a 6.84 @ 143 mph. In
the Final round Mark lined up with John Weaver in the Meer Capitol Partners who beat Mark
at the previous race in Bakersfield, CA. Mark left on John by .037 seconds and the car was
calmed down a bit which resulted in a 5.700 @ 252.95 mph to Johns 5.820 @ 247.97 mph with
a Margin of Victory of .1579 seconds.
This is our first final of the year and the win is mostly due to us changing the way
we run our operation. We have been running good, but just could not seem to get a win.
The Rancho Framing team has all the pieces in place and we intend to keep the momentum
going.

The Woz would really like to say Thanks to all the people who have helped and contributed
to us winning our first race of the year.

Rancho Framing Inc.– California’s Premier Framer. Building the finest homes through out
California.

Associate Sponsors:

White Cap Construction Supply

Direct Transport – Trucking

Stephan J. Johnson – Attorney at Law

Foundation Fighting Blindness

Water One – Water Treatment Products

NGK Spark Plugs

Color by Woz Collision Repair

John Shafer Investments

Pacific Dry Wall - Las Vegas, NV

Crew Chief: Gerry Woznichak
Crew: Gene Gibson, Eric Hjermstad, Steve Johnson, John Shafer and Laura Woznichak &
Sylvia Woznichak.

Horsepower provided by Bob Miner and Miner Bros. Racing.


[ July 07, 2005, 05:34 PM: Message edited by: Sportsman ]