Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 12:54 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 710D Alexis De Joria                       125 Eric Lourie                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.096  5.649 246.53                     0.061  5.834 244.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Green-king) 0.179  5.612 249.63      (N Parker    ) 1.009 17.222  59.38
 Qualified:             #3  5.623 255.48                        #6  5.664 251.11

12:41 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,635 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Lourie got off the starting line nearly three hundredths of a second but that wasn't enough to get the win. De Joria passed him before the 330 foot marker and kept on going.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   12 John Anderika                         303 Todd Veney                   
E2                   0.084  5.713 249.72     ****WINNER****  0.084  5.638 256.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Dobbs     ) 0.117  5.652 248.84      (W Morris    ) 0.077  5.590 256.75
 Qualified:             #5  5.663 252.24                        #4  5.645 221.82

Anderika and Veney came off the starting line together. Anderika had the lead to 330 feet, then Veney started to pull ahead to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Mickey Ferro                               Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.098  5.630 254.28     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Headley   ) 0.105  5.570 257.19   
 Qualified:             #2  5.615 254.52                     Bye

Ferro had a bye into a semi-final race with De Joria. He'll have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                           147 Fred Tigges                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.046  5.544 260.71                     0.051  5.668 256.80
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.075  5.512 262.18      (T Carter    ) 0.102  5.653 256.55
 Qualified:             #1  5.476 262.33                        #7  5.699 256.84

This was Manzo's 507th round win and put him into the number one spot in TAFC round wins, breaking his tie with Pat Austin. Manzo will have lane choice over Veney in the next round.

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