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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Clint Thompson 1617 Lou Sgro
E1 0.038 No Time ****WINNER**** -0.242 16.111 88.20
Qualified: #8 5.606 256.80 #9 5.623 256.11
10:29 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 53 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted
altitude 933 feet, track temperature 63 degrees.Thompson had 38 round wins and 38 losses in TAFC competition coming into this event. Sgro tied his career best ET during qualifying.
Sgro was staging when his car lurched through the beams for a red light start. Thompson got out to 330 feet when he shook the tires,
crossed the center line and took out the foam block. Sgro got the win for having the lesser of the two violations.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Mickey Ferro 14 John Anderika
E1 0.143 6.514 158.73 ****WINNER**** 0.114 6.038 227.88
Qualified: #7 5.579 259.46 #10 5.666 254.09
Ferro had the cleaner start and leading to mid track when his car got loose and fishtailed the rest of the way down the track.
Anderika kept his car in a straight line and got by Ferro to take the win.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 32 Andy Bohl 1383 Dan Roman E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 5.567 256.89 0.053 5.716 254.28 Qualified: #6 5.573 259.51 #11 5.684 255.39Roman was first out of the gate and led to 60 feet. Bohl got by him before they reached 330 feet and stayed out in front the rest of the way down the track. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 125 Eric Lourie 7 Todd Veney E1 0.055 12.462 42.41 ****WINNER**** 0.078 5.548 258.62 Qualified: #12 5.726 251.86 #5 5.560 260.51Lourie launched, shook the rear tires and the chutes popped out before he reached 330 feet. Veney had his career best ET to take the win and move on to the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 15 Dan Pomponio 147 Fred Tigges E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 5.736 253.71 -0.027 5.677 258.57 Qualified: #13 5.732 255.24 #4 5.553 258.81This is the best start in Tigges' NHRA TAFC career. He was runner up at Indy last month and set career best ET and speed during qualifying.
Pomponio got the win but gave up lane choice to Veney in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 118 DJ Cox Jr. 34 Paul Gill E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 18.356 23.41 0.180 No Time Qualified: #19 5.877 253.80 #3 5.544 260.51Gill is racing at Maple Grove for the 15th time. It's the 12th time he's qualified in the top half of the field. Cox is racing as an alternate for John Bojec.
Cox shook the tires hard and clicked it off right away. It's a good thing he did because Gill took the lead and was pulling away
when he shook the tires and crossed the center line right in front of Cox's car. Cox will face Bohl in the next round and Bohl will
have lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Tony Bartone 56 Wayne Butler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 5.622 263.20 0.074 9.857 111.19
Qualified: #2 5.540 258.62 #15 5.743 252.57
Butler set his career best ET during qualifying. He's the 159th different driver that Bartone has faced in TAFC
competition. This is Bartone's 11th time racing at Maple Grove, and it is the fifth time has has been either the number one or
number two qualifier here.
Butler launched spun the tires and never got them hooked up. Bartone went down the groove for the win. He'll have lane choice over
Anderika in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1320 Wayne Morris 1 Frank Manzo E1 0.031 7.667 133.03 ****WINNER**** 0.060 5.750 239.40 Qualified: #16 5.753 248.25 #1 5.491 263.46Manzo has been the number one qualifying nine times here at Maple Grove and has raced at all 27 national events here. The only time he lost here in the first round was 1996, when he lost to Tony Bartone. Manzo has won 64 rounds here and lost 14 rounds, for an 82.5% winning percentage. Manzo had some tire shake but pedaled to get the car hooked up again. Morris shook the tires and clicked it off. Manzo will have lane choice over Sgro in the next round.
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