Sat, 4 Jun 2011, 08:44 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                          1320 Wayne Morris                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.119  5.566 222.14                     0.009  5.925 228.31
 Qualified:             #1  5.476 264.60                       #16  5.908 248.34

8:19 p.m. - Morris got off the starting line first and was ahead at 60 feet. Manzo got by him after that and took over the race for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Paul Gill                             147 Frederick Tigges             
E1                   0.108  5.712 246.62     ****WINNER****  0.021  5.717 254.23
 Qualified:             #2  5.507 261.78                       #15  5.738 231.00

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,443 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Tigges won this race on a hole shot. He got out of the gate first and stayed out in front the entire way down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Mickey Ferro                          377 Paul Noakes                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  5.689 258.71                     0.059  5.802 250.64
 Qualified:             #3  5.530 259.61                       #14  5.692 257.83

Noakes was quicker out of the gate but from 60 feet on, it was Ferro all the way.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 John Anderika                        1383 Dan Roman                    
E1                   0.059  5.641 250.64     ****WINNER****  0.053  5.601 257.43
 Qualified:             #4  5.586 249.35                       #13  5.680 251.95

Roman was first off the starting line but Anderika got out in from at 330 feet. But then Anderika's car drifted out of the groove and that allowed Roman to retake the lead and pull away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   26 Melinda Green-King                      7 Todd Veney                   
E1                   0.054  5.727 251.81     ****WINNER****  0.085  5.579 259.71
 Qualified:            #10  5.636 254.76                        #7  5.609 256.55

Green-King led this race to 330 feet. After that, Veney passed her by and went on to take the win with his lowest ET of the weekend so far. Veney will have lane choice over Tigges in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                        15 Dan Pomponio                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  5.548 265.43                    -0.029  5.664 258.62
 Qualified:             #6  5.605 262.44                       #11  5.637 256.11

Pomponio went red so De Joria got the win. She had her lowest ET of the weekend so far and will have lane choice over Ferro next time out.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  118 DJ Cox Jr.                            125 Eric Lourie                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.121 13.359  50.52                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #5  5.603 256.94                       #12  5.666 253.42

Lourie did not answer the call, so Cox had a single. He launched and shook the tires, so he clicked it off. Cox will race Roman in round two and Roman will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  307 Cassie Simonton                      1617 Lou Sgro                     
E1                   0.160  5.622 257.14     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.623 257.14
 Qualified:             #9  5.632 258.57                        #8  5.629 258.57

Sgro won this one at the line. He and Simonton were only a thousandth of a second apart in elapsed time and had the same speed. Sgro gave up lane choice to Manzo in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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