Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 03:18 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mickey Ferro                         710D Alexis De Joria              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.109  6.656 148.51                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.098  5.630 254.28      (E Lourie    ) 0.096  5.649 246.53
E1    (J Headley   ) 0.105  5.570 257.19      (M Green-king) 0.179  5.612 249.63
 Qualified:             #2  5.615 254.52                        #3  5.623 255.48

3:10 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,640 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

De Joria could not get her car started so Ferro had a solo run into the final round. He got to the eighth-mile marker and then clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                           303 Todd Veney                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.076  5.524 260.76                     0.072 10.416  82.38
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Tigges    ) 0.046  5.544 260.71      (J Anderika  ) 0.084  5.638 256.36
E1                   0.075  5.512 262.18      (W Morris    ) 0.077  5.590 256.75
 Qualified:             #1  5.476 262.33                        #4  5.645 221.82

Veney's car shook the rear tires as soon as he launched. He tried to stay with it but the car bounced around and he had to get off the throttle. Manzo will have lane choice over Ferro in the final round,

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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