Sun, 2 Oct 2005, 03:41 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Mick Snyder                             1 Cy Chesterman                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.036  5.678 251.49                     0.226 15.211  68.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Harker    ) 0.044  5.698 251.25      (J Payne     ) 0.033  5.697 252.47
E1    (K Williams  ) 0.054  5.651 252.57      (D Townsend  ) 0.068  5.672 252.71
 Qualified:             #4  5.599 256.02                        #8  5.649 253.37

Snyder with a great light and big starting line advantage and the win as Chesterman has problems early in the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Doug Gordon                             3 Frank Manzo                  
E3                   0.048  5.932 247.79     ****WINNER****  0.049  5.638 257.33
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Branch    ) 0.055  5.725 249.44      (D Taylor    ) 0.060  5.697 255.73
E1    (M Bell      ) 0.082  5.855 248.02      (M Billington) 0.030  5.597 257.14
 Qualified:             #6  5.613 253.47                        #2  5.563 259.26

They left together and then it was all Manzo, he will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink