Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 17:13 PM
Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing
Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Shane Westerfield 1 Frank Manzo
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.051 5.555 259.66 0.059 5.583 263.92
Prior rounds:
E3 (A Whiteley ) 0.055 5.545 259.76 (J Payne ) 0.080 5.557 262.49
E2 (J Lombardo J) 0.081 5.535 260.91 (B Brown ) 0.077 5.519 263.82
E1 (S Burck ) 0.092 5.526 261.02 (R Yale ) 0.060 5.605 263.41
Qualified: #3 5.545 259.96 #1 5.502 264.86
Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.26
inches, adjusted altitude 3,385 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.Manzo is 1 - 0 against
Westerfield in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.
Westerfield is out of the gate first and never trailed to take his first National event win. Shane
Westerfield's MOV: 0.0365 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Westerfield stops Manzo consecutive
final round wins at 42 and the last time Manzo lost in a National event final was at the
WinterNationals in 2006.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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