Sat, 8 Sep 2001, 04:46 PM FMDRS 1-6 - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the Division One Event Six:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Bob Newberry        5.819 249.16  Q    1 Frank Manzo         5.659 254.81
   (S Woodington) 0.601  5.921 242.84  E1   (J McCulloch ) 0.495  5.785 252.24
   (M Ferro     ) 0.572  5.922 244.34  E2   (B Mullins   ) 0.499  5.738 254.52
                  0.527  9.272  94.72  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.456  5.742 253.99

Newberry shook the tires as he came off the line and had to get off the power. Manzo made one of his typical strong runs to take the final round. Margin of victory = 3.601 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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