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Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 19:12 PM

Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

EPPING, N.H. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   12 John Anderika                          13 Eric Lourie                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  5.693 253.56                     0.060  5.793 248.25
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Cox       ) 0.110  5.690 252.28      (D Pomponio  ) 0.033  5.879 246.75
 Qualified:             #2  5.719 251.81                        #6  5.820 247.07

7:04 p.m. - Lourie was first out of the gate and led to 60 feet but it was Anderika all the way from then on. By the time they reached 330 feet, Anderika was way out in front and kept on going for the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                            11 Todd Veney                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.620 260.01                     0.063  5.911 246.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Gill      ) 0.051  5.643 258.62      (J Headley   ) 0.321  5.734 253.71
 Qualified:             #1  5.678 257.58                        #4  5.732 254.09

Veney spun the rear tires coming off the starting line and the car made a sideways move before it hooked up. By then, it was too late as Manzo was motoring down the track for the win. Manzo will have lane choice over Anderika in the final round of eliminations.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink