Fri, 13 Jun 2003, 03:23 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Mick Snyder Runs 10.841/87.35, Now #1
Right Lane: Andrew Tarr No Time, Now #2

Current weather conditions: 77 degrees, 69 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.97 inches under cloudy skies.

Snyder labored off the starting line. Snyder is using a torque converter set up much like he used last year in his dragster. Tarr with a lot of tire shake and got out of the groove and then took out the 330 and half track cones.

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Left Lane: Jim Sickles Runs 5.819/248.57, Now #1
Right Lane: Bobby Martin Runs 6.029/238.17, Now #2

Sickles was able to get the car to stick all the way down the track for nice looking pass. Martin with a good pass.

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Left Lane: Chuck Cheeseman Runs 6.755/137.86, Now #4
Right Lane: John Patton Runs 6.131/201.55, Now #3

Cheeseman got out of the groove first toward the wall and then back toward the centerline before he clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Thomas Frickenschmidt Runs 12.861/81.22, Now #7
Right Lane: Marc White Runs 5.722/251.63, Now #1

Frickenschmidt getting help this weekend from Howard Moon had violent tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. White with real nice looking pass.

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Left Lane: Bob Newberry Runs 5.781/249.95, Now #2
Right Lane: Jeff Craig Runs 5.856/249.39, Now #4

This was a pretty good drag race here both cars straight down Broadway.

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Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.671/254.04, Now #1
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 5.866/245.63, Now #6

Manzo with a great pass just to show everyone why he is the Champion. Lee was skating around a little in the middle of the track.

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Right Lane: Todd Veney Runs 5.883/247.16, Now #7

Veney with good looking pass to start the weekend.

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