Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 02:36 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Harker                            6 Mickey Ferro                 
E3                   0.063  5.697 253.28     ****WINNER****  0.073  5.674 253.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A De Joria  ) 0.100  5.708 253.95      (P Gill      ) 0.071  5.688 252.10
E1    (B Henry     ) 0.076  5.643 255.58      (W Butler    ) 0.098  5.660 255.39
 Qualified:             #6  5.687 254.09                        #2  5.593 256.06

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,314 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Ferro is 2 - 0 against Harker in prior events. Harker with the starting line advantage, but Ferro has him chased down by 330 feet and then takes the win by 0.0136 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                           303 Todd Veney                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.845  5.595 259.06                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Thompson  ) 0.040  5.588 258.81      (J Anderika  ) 0.052  5.720 251.49
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.174  6.027 184.37      (L Dobbs     ) 0.104  5.703 253.42
 Qualified:             #1  5.539 259.96                        #5  5.679 254.47

Manzo is 10 - 1 against Veney in prior events. Veney with problems before he can get the car staged and Manzo gets a freebie here. Manzo with another great pass and he will have lane choice against Ferro.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink