Sat, 13 Mar 2010, 07:12 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Michael L Jex

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Frank Manzo                  
E1                                            ****WINNER**** -0.016  5.516 263.20
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.517 261.32

Manzo qualified number one for the 75th time this weekend, and it's his 6th time on the top here in Gainesville.

The mph goes up a little, the ET goes up by a 'thou, and Manzo is more than ready for racing tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Harker                         1320 Wayne Morris                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.103  5.602 259.36                     0.029 No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  5.557 259.81                       #13  6.092 241.07

Morris hooked left, and didn't recover in time to avoid the 330-foot cones. Harker will have a single in round two, so he's going to the semis after he stages the car in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   12 John Anderika                         111 Frank Schuster               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.151  5.583 255.39                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #3  5.569 256.60                       #12  6.065 196.13

Schuster did not make the call, so Anderika will have a single. John's car is sporting the torque convertor setup being developed, and his 5.56 is the best time so far for the new technology.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  289 John Sullivan                        710D Alexis De Joria              
E1                   0.118 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  7.020 123.32
 Qualified:            #11  5.963 244.25                        #4  5.605 257.63

This is the first time Sullivan and De Joria have faced each other in eliminations.

Boom! And then Boom again! First Sullivan had a flash of flame just as he swapped feet, and then the chutes came out. About half track De Joria also popped out the burst panels, then whistled the rest of the way to the finish line. We've got stuff in both lanes and Sullivan's race car to clear from the left.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  800 Ulf Leanders                          303 Todd Veney                   
E1                   0.089  5.805 247.84     ****WINNER****  0.027  5.689 257.24
 Qualified:            #10  5.781 249.07                        #5  5.666 256.21

Both drivers posted new career bests to qualify this weekend... Leanders started gaining on Veney for the first 200 feet, then Veney pulled steadily away from there. At the stripe Veney took the win by about four car lengths. Todd will have lane choice against De Joria in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  153 Jason McKnight                          6 Mickey Ferro                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.112  5.522 260.51
 Qualified:             #9  5.767 252.38                        #6  5.669 254.52

As McKnight brought the RPM's up he started to creep thru the beams. He rolled thru, got a red light and no time slip. Ferro had a great pass, 2nd best of the round to Manzo's 5.51, Ferro will have lane choice against Anderika tomorrow.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  193 Larry Dobbs                            35 Ray Drew                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115  5.681 254.47                     0.071  6.121 243.19
 Qualified:             #8  5.717 252.43                        #7  5.679 228.81

It's the last pair of the day here at Gainesville - The track has cooled to 74 degrees, the winner will take on Frank Manzo's low ET of the round 5.51.

Make that Dobbs, Drew got over toward the centerline and had to pedal to get back over to the right side of his lane. That's it from Gainesville, Good Night! 7:08 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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