Sun, 16 Aug 2009, 07:18 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 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                           501 Scott McVey                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.040  5.549 261.78                     0.096  6.630 167.82
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.011  5.545 260.11      (K Webster   ) 1.343 14.863  74.30
E1    (R Cortino   ) 0.058  5.555 261.37      (B Hough     ) 0.064  5.720 250.83
 Qualified:             #1  5.620 255.58                       #10  5.841 233.12

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 28.49 inches, adjusted altitude 3,290 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Manzo was out of the gate first and then blast on through for the win light. Manzo set top speed of the event on this pass. McVey with problems early and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  556 Lance Van Hauen                       717 Brian Thiel                  
E3                   0.141  5.765 244.83     ****WINNER****  0.057  5.644 253.18
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Carlson   ) 0.116  5.749 245.85      (M Snyder    ) 0.044  5.652 251.39
E1    (F Hagen     ) 0.155  5.718 245.54      (C Thompson  ) 0.023  5.780 249.81
 Qualified:             #9  5.810 243.24                        #8  5.795 246.44

Thiel with the starting line advantage and then runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Manzo in the final. A good clean pass for Van Hauen in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink