Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 07:52 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mickey Ferro                            1 Frank Manzo                  
E4                   0.024  5.643 257.53     ****WINNER****  0.034  5.600 259.81
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Nothstein ) 0.034  5.572 259.46      (K Ray       ) 0.033  5.568 253.90
E2    (M White     ) 0.092  5.603 258.07      (E Lourie    ) 0.041  5.616 255.53
E1    (L Sgro      ) 0.069  5.593 258.62      (S McNiece   ) 0.309  5.589 260.01
 Qualified:             #6  5.688 227.04                        #1  5.532 263.87

7:47 p.m. Ferro has been in three final rounds, with one national event win. Manzo has been in a plethopra of them, with a gaggle of wins.

Ferro led for about 400 feet and then Manzo took command and was never headed again. Frank Manzo's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.013), 660ft(0.015), 1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0338 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink