Mon, 30 Oct 2006, 02:25 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ATCO, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, LODRS 1-6 event at Atco Raceway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   15 Mickey Ferro                            2 Frank Manzo                  
E2                   0.061  5.650 253.66     ****WINNER****  0.016  5.580 258.91
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Martin    ) 0.081  5.639 251.95      (F Schuster  ) -0.081  5.567 257.78
 Qualified:             #3  5.830 252.47                        #2  5.713 252.61

1:48 p.m. - Manzo already has the national and division championships wrapped up, so he's running today because he loves racing (and the purse too). Manzo had a great light and took his Monte Carlo right down the groove. He pulled away from Ferro to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                 155 Duane Beers                  
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.755 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (J Headley   ) 0.181  6.009 241.54
 Qualified:                                                       #4  6.010 241.11

Beers had a bye so he took the tree and backed away. That gave him the win and a trip to the finals. He took the easy win and saved his engine for the next round but gave up lane choice to Manzo by doing it that way.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink