Sun, 23 Sep 2001, 08:43 PM MEMPHIS - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 14th annual AutoZone NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Frank Manzo         5.680 252.71  Q    2 Von Smith           5.727 249.58
   (S Burck     ) 0.522  8.196 110.51  E1   (W Dauzat    ) 0.488  5.733 248.25
                  0.475  5.688 253.18  E2   (T Simpson   ) 0.538  5.744 249.53
   (C Chesterman) 0.474  5.714 252.66  E3   (S Gasparrell) 0.458  5.728 249.95
 *****WINNER***** 0.484  5.680 252.05  E4                  0.482  5.730 250.18

3:35 PM These two were almost even off the line and had the same sixty foot time. Manzo starts pulling away at the 330' mark and pulls away for the win. Margin of victory = 0.048 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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