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Fri, 20 Jun 2008, 02:48 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.707/249.72, Now #5; Best prior run: 10.173/105.00, Was #15
Right Lane: John Headley Runs 6.178/173.94, Now #13; No Prior Run

2:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,994 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Headley's car lost fire before making a run in the first session. Keeter Ray is on the bump spot at 22.865. Both cars looked to be on solid runs until Headley's blower belt came off just past half track. Cox had no apparent problems and ran his best ET of the season.

Left Lane: John Fiorini Runs 7.070/135.25, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.805/204.82, Was #15
Right Lane: Bill Naves Runs 7.075/218.76, Now #16; No Prior Run

Naves did not make an attempt in the first session. Fiorini did make a run, lost power past half track.

Nave's car was shaking and dancing and he had to get out of the throttle to tame it down. Fiorini was on a good pace to half track, then pitched the blower belt.

Left Lane: Scott McNiece Runs 6.954/139.92, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.577/232.23, Was #14
Right Lane: Keeter Ray Runs 5.838/248.84, Now #8; Best prior run: 22.865/24.59, Was #18

Both drivers had severe tire shake in the first session.

McNiece was on a strong run, but once again his car had a short fuse and nosed over around half track. Ray made a full pass this time, should be able to step it up tomorrow.

Left Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.830/244.12, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.863/229.16, Was #10
Right Lane: John Anderika Runs 5.757/247.79, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.295/114.48, Was #18

nderika had tire sghake problems in the first session.

Two good runs, a season-best ET for Morris.

Left Lane: Lou Sgro Runs 5.819/251.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.843/248.98, Was #11
Right Lane: Bunny Burkett Runs 5.904/240.89, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.994/238.93, Was #14

Sgro bought a turnkey operation from Frank Manzo, including tuning help - smart move, for the second time today he posts a career-bests, both ET and speed. Burkett made a nice-looking run, just a couple hundredths off her career-best.

Right Lane: Fred Tigges Runs 5.796/249.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.982/241.71, Was #14

Tigges made a nice, solid run, right down the groove and his quickest of the season.

Left Lane: Marc White Runs 7.952/112.65, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.654/250.51, Was #3
Right Lane: Mickey Ferro Runs 5.688/227.04, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.949/248.57, Was #14

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,021 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

White's car nosed over before half track, but Ferro was on a strong run nto sbout 1,100 feet. Then there was a loud BANG and the pressure hatch went sailing through the air.

Left Lane: Marty Nothstein Runs 5.653/258.62, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.566/261.72, Was #2
Right Lane: Dan Roman Runs 5.660/255.97, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.825/245.67, Was #11

Roman posted a career-best in the first session, Nothstein did likewise and is now the fifth-fastest driver in TAFC.

Roman skipped the seventies completely, improving his career bests by over a tenth of a second and over ten mph on this run. Dan Roman's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.527, 660ft-3.744/205.19mph, 1,000ft-4.781. Nothstein also made a very stout run, but it wasn't in the same class as his first.

Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.533/262.74, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.532/263.87, Was #1
Right Lane: Paul Gill Runs 14.068/71.62, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.661/252.24, Was #5

Two of the four drivers with five-forties for career-bests squared off here, but Gill shook and danced while Manzo posted his second 5.53 of the day.

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