Sat, 25 May 2013, 13:45 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at Maple Grove Raceway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Matt Gill Runs 6.381/185.10, Now #1

1:28 p.m. - Matt Gill is veteran TAFC driver Paul Gill's son and is driving Paul's car. This is Matt's Top Alcohol Funny Car debut. He launched, got the front wheels a few inches in the air, had a bit of tire shake and drove through it. He clicked the car off a little bit early and was able to drive off the track without letting out the chutes.

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Left Lane: Marie Ferriolo Runs 6.169/241.28, Now #2
Right Lane: DJ Cox Jr. Runs 5.563/260.46, Now #1

Ferriolo's car shook the rear tires coming off the line, then drifted out of the groove. In the other lane, Cox took his car straight down the groove for his career best ET and speed.

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Left Lane: John Headley Runs 5.970/226.58, Now #3
Right Lane: Eric Lourie Runs 5.733/252.28, Now #2

Headley had some tire shake coming out of the gate but drove through it. Lourie had a cleaner run and is in the number two spot in the order for now.

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Left Lane: Frank Manzo Runs 5.497/262.23, Now #1
Right Lane: Todd Veney Runs 6.340/244.16, Now #6

Long time New Jersey resident Frank Manzo is now listing his home town as Mooresville, Indiana. That just doesn't seem right! Things seemed right on the track for him though, as he took his car straight down the groove to take over the top spot in the order for now. Veney was slower getting to 60 feet, then had some tire shake at 330 feet. He drove through the shake and finished the run.

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Left Lane: John Anderika Runs 12.041/76.69, Now #9
Right Lane: Dan Pomponio Runs 5.624/257.87, Now #3

Anderika launched, pulled the front wheels a few inches in the air, smoked the rear tires, pedaled it once then clicked it off. Pomponio had a straight run down the groove to make the field. At the end of the first session, Anderika is not in the field and Matt Gill is on the bump spot at 6.381.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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