Sun, 5 Oct 2003, 06:51 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   19 Bruce Mullins                         136 Jim Sickles
E3   ****WINNER****  0.001  6.020 189.63                     0.040  6.031 244.96
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Newberry  ) 0.035  5.820 242.84      (P Lee       ) 0.070  5.692 251.16
E1    (E Lourie    ) 0.811 14.622  97.64      (D Cox Sr    ) 0.064  5.699 253.52
 Qualified:             #7  5.801 241.89                        #3  5.680 250.69

Sickles got very loose and close to the center line. He tried to straighten out and blew a blower on the back end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                           171 Todd Veney
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  5.714 252.38                    -0.004  6.391 157.96
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.081  5.861 252.76      (P Gill      ) 0.086  7.127 133.91
E1    (D Keddy     ) 0.254  6.022 245.94      (S Woodington) -0.149  9.962  85.17
 Qualified:             #1  5.588 258.62                        #5  5.720 249.76

Veney left too soon and lit the red light, giving the win to Manzo.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink