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Mickey Ferro has had a stellar season.  (James Drew photo)

Mickey Ferro continued what is beginning to look a bit like a reign of terror when he tallied his fourth national event win of the year with a defeat of a troubled Mark Woznichak.

Ferro, who scored at the divisional event in Las Vegas the previous weekend and has notched a win in each of the last three national events he has attended, was the No. 2 qualifier in his Ryco Hydraulics Monte Carlo behind pole sitter Tony Bartone, whose 5.449 at 266 mph reset the national record for speed.

Ferro displaces DeJoria.  (James Drew photo)

During eliminations, Ferro picked off Brian Hough, 5.614 to 5.697, was 5.569 to beat Alexis DeJoria’s out-of-the-groove 5.650, and then easily made his way to the money round when semifinals challenger Sean O’Bannon struck the tires and had to lift in a rematch of their recent semifinals meeting that Ferro won on his way to the event title.

Ontario, Calif., resident Woznichak, the No. 13 qualifier, drove his Rancho Framers/Color By Woz Camaro to a surprising first-round victory over Las Vegas runner-up Doug Gordon. Gordon launched first and Woznichak got loose and looked to be done for, but Gordon slowed abruptly at the top end and the ‘chutes popped out, and Woznichak raced past for the win on a 6.306 to 6.533.