Northern California drag racers took to Sonoma Raceway's quarter-mile drag strip, Oct. 4, for popular Wednesday Night Drags racing.

The Wednesday Night Drags program, which is in its 29^th year, gives drag racers the opportunity to drag race on Sonoma Raceway's world-famous quarter-mile drag strip. The objective of the program is to give people, from teenagers to working professionals, a safe, legal and controlled environment in which to race their vehicles, as opposed to using city streets or back-county roads.

Racing is featured in six classes. Timed runs begin at 3:30 p.m. with racing spanning from 4-10 p.m. Anyone with a driver's license can compete, providing their vehicle or motorcycle passes a simple technical inspection.

Wednesday's class winners included San Francisco's Carlos Hillson (Gear Jammer), Novato's Doug Love (Motorcycle) and Joe Piazza (Comp Rod); Vallejo's Steve Del Buono Jr. (Sport Street); Cotati's Ryan Haluska (Street) and Woodside's Gabriel Goldberg (High School).

The Wednesday Night Drags will resume next Wednesday, Oct. 12. For more information, visit www.sonomaraceway.com/track/you-can-race/ or call 800-870-RACE (7223). For track weather conditions, please call 800-870-RACE ext. 209.