Mon, 02 Sep 2013, 15:10 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Annie Whiteley                          6 Jay Payne                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.060  5.589 256.94                    -0.034  5.702 255.43
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bartone   ) 0.096  5.579 256.80      (T Bogolo    ) 0.136  5.605 257.14
E1    (D Pomponio  ) 0.081  5.612 256.65      (A Bohl      ) 0.064  5.674 253.09
 Qualified:             #2  5.558 260.06                        #6  5.616 258.02

3:04 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,386 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Payne is 2 - 1 against Whiteley in prior events.

Payne went red and Whiteley is headed for the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                             5 John Lombardo Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  5.550 261.88                     0.077  5.599 259.01
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Robertson ) 0.170  5.529 262.95      (F Hagen     ) 0.135  5.621 258.37
E1    (W Butler    ) 0.052  5.554 261.83      (T Veney     ) 0.185  5.700 256.06
 Qualified:             #1  5.532 263.67                        #5  5.606 259.36

Manzo is 1 - 0 against Lombardo Jr. in prior events.

Manzo led wire-to-wire with a nice run and he will have lane choice against Whiteley in the fina round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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