Sat, 5 Jun 2010, 04:30 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Allstar Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car Allstar at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Jeg's Allstars:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                            12 John Anderika                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.067  5.563 259.21                     0.207 No Time      
 Qualified:             #1  5.551 259.56                        #8  6.002 239.53

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 83 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,895 feet, track temperature 81 degrees.

Anderika broke as soon as he let the clutch out. Manzo with a real nice pass, but a tick off his qualifying time. Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.474, 660ft-3.671/207.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.695. Manzo has more Allstars wins than anyone else...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mickey Ferro                            5 Roger Bateman                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  5.594 255.77                     0.092  5.639 253.52
 Qualified:             #2  5.606 256.16                        #7  5.977 249.21

Ferro is out of the gate first and never trails with his quickest pass for the win. Mickey Ferro's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.475, 660ft-3.683/204.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.716. Bateman with a real nice pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Andy Bohl                              62 Ken Webster                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.081  5.701 252.00                     0.072  5.713 252.52
 Qualified:             #3  5.762 252.24                        #6  5.788 250.51

Webster with the starting line advantage, but Bohl has the difference made up by the time they go by the 330-foot mark. Bohl takes the win by 0.0038 seconds (approximately 17 inches). Bohl will give up lane choice to Ferro in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Steve Gasparrelli                      43 Burl Brown                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  9.271  96.35                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #5  5.786 255.24                        #4  5.772 248.29

Brown went into the net yesterday and tore up the car, he was okay but not the car so Gasparrelli gets the freebie here. Gasparrelli makes a quick move toward the centerline as soon as he let the clutch out. He will give up lane choice to Manzo in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink