Notes of the time:

*  This was the 70th win of Warren's career, and came in his 112th final round appearance.

*  The Topeka victory was WJ's seventh of 1998, where he would eventually total nine for the year in fifteen final round appearances.

*  Rain limited qualifying to only three sessions, and postponed final eliminations for two weeks.

*  The fields were set during the first weekend, with teams given the opportunity to test and tune on the Friday before Saturday's scheduled eliminations.

*  Mark Osborne was the No. 1 qualifier with a 6.924-second time, with Larry Morgan in the 16th position with his 7.004-second effort.

*  The field consisted of Oldsmobile Cutlasses, Pontiac Firebirds, Chevrolet Camaros and Dodge Avengers. 

*  Other winners that weekend included Cory McClenathan, who defeated Kenny Bernstein in the Top Fuel final, and Ron Capps over Al Hofmann in the Funny Car championship round.

WJ's HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA IN A NUTSHELL

"When Heartland Park first opened, it was a pretty nice facility, and we raced there before the sports cars. Unfortunately, the drag strip was part of the road course, and the roundy-

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rounders put a pretty substantial berm in the right lane, which made it impossible to get down. Fortunately, they addressed the issue, which improved the racing significantly.

"Since then, it has been a pretty decent facility, good enough that we used to run two races here. One thing that is a given is that the wind will be howling and changing directions. The performance there has not been that strong, simply because of the track elevation, and, on occasion, the time of year we run there. However, over the years we've been able to do a pretty good job of adapting to whatever Mother Nature throws at us there, so I'm not about to complain."

WJ's Heartland Park Topeka NHRA Box Score

Races: 21
Starts: 21
Wins: 5
Finals: 6
#1: 7
Avg. Qual.: 4.0
W: 36
L: 16
Pct.: 692

Did You Know?

WJ's five wins at Heartland Park Topeka are the most by any Pro Stock driver.