Sat, 28 Jun 2008, 06:44 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  502 John Foster                             1 Frank Manzo                  
E1                   0.074  5.828 246.53     ****WINNER****  0.034  5.736 255.97
 Qualified:            #14  5.922 247.43                        #3  5.688 257.53

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,886 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

This is the 18th time Manzo has qualified number three, and the 85th time in the last 88 races he has qualified in the top four. He beat Foster three weeks ago in Chicago the only time they have raced. Manzo with a great light and the win, but Foster gave him a good race. He apparently lost an engine in the lights as the Safety Safari rolls.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Steve Harker                           23 Keeter Ray                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.115  5.669 254.66                     0.183  5.746 248.93
 Qualified:             #2  5.663 253.18                       #15  5.940 229.78

Harker with a starting line advantage and then drove away for the win. Ray with his best pass of the weekend in a losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  302 John Bojec                            308 Marc White                   
E1                   0.098  5.850 251.86     ****WINNER****  0.106  5.694 253.42
 Qualified:            #13  5.864 249.21                        #4  5.689 253.61

Bojec was out of the gate first, but White had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Andy Bohl                             147 Fred Tigges                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  5.681 254.28                     0.045  5.885 246.35
 Qualified:             #5  5.693 251.25                       #12  5.862 246.17

Tigges with the starting line advantage, and Bohl had the difference made up by 100 feet. Bohl with his quickest pass of the weekend in a winning effort. Bohl will have lane choice over White in the next round. Tigges went a little long on shut down.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1117 John Anderika                        2777 Nick Bastiao                 
E1                   0.063  6.865 142.85     ****WINNER****  0.049  5.754 251.72
 Qualified:            #11  5.847 244.83                        #6  5.740 254.14

Anderika was shaking the tires and got out of the groove and close to the wall before he clicked it off. Bastiao with a nice looking pass for the win. He will give up lane choice to Manzo in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Von Smith                             305 Jeff Burnett                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  5.699 254.42                     0.194  5.765 250.41
 Qualified:             #9  5.781 252.47                        #8  5.750 249.39

Smith with the starting line advantage and his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Smith's chutes were real late coming out and he goes into the sand and through the sand. It appears it might of messed up the front end. Burnett was drifting out of the groove, but reeled it in.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Marty Nothstein                        32 Mick Snyder                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.032  5.640 258.27                     0.084  5.785 253.95
 Qualified:            #10  5.799 254.62                        #7  5.740 252.90

Nothstein with a great light and then runs low ET of the event for the win and lane choice against Harker in the next round. Marty Nothstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.524, 660ft-3.734/205.35mph, 1,000ft-4.767 Snyder with a good clean pass in a losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  365 Bobby Martin                          323 Mark Poyser                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  5.679 256.11                     0.264  6.075 234.70
 Qualified:             #1  5.645 255.63                       #16  6.023 233.12

Martin with a big starting line advantage and real nice pass for the win and lane choice over Smith in the next round.

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