Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 05:46 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                                Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.011  5.545 260.11     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Cortino   ) 0.058  5.555 261.37   
 Qualified:             #1  5.620 255.58                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 28.46 inches, adjusted altitude 3,404 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Manzo with the single here and he runs low E.t. of the event. Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.461, 660ft-3.660/206.99 mph, 1,000ft-4.682.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mick Snyder                           717 Brian Thiel                  
E2                   0.098  5.657 253.52     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.652 251.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Butler    ) 0.139  5.778 250.55      (C Thompson  ) 0.023  5.780 249.81
 Qualified:             #2  5.705 252.19                        #8  5.795 246.44

Thiel with the starting line advantage and runs his quickest pass to advance to the semifinal. Brian Thiel's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.488, 660ft-3.710/202.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.760. Snyder with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  556 Lance Van Hauen                       518 Bruce Carlson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.116  5.749 245.85                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Hagen     ) 0.155  5.718 245.54      (R Bateman   ) 0.005  6.080 209.88
 Qualified:             #9  5.810 243.24                       #12  5.945 243.55

Carlson can't make the call and Van Hauen with the freebie here. Van Hauen will give up lane choice to Thiel in the semifinal. Van Hauen won his first National event round here in 1989.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 6843 Ken Webster                           501 Scott McVey                  
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.343 14.863  74.30
 Prior rounds:
E1    (V Moats     ) 0.082  6.208 174.66      (B Hough     ) 0.064  5.720 250.83
 Qualified:             #5  5.772 250.46                       #10  5.841 233.12

Webster doesn't make the call. McVey doesn't do a burnout. McVey he stages and just coast all the way down the 1320 and will give up lane choice to Manzo in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink