Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 04:16 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 Frank Manzo                             6 Mickey Ferro                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.034  5.602 259.36                     0.052  5.623 255.39
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Veney     ) 0.845  5.595 259.06      (S Harker    ) 0.073  5.674 253.42
E2    (C Thompson  ) 0.040  5.588 258.81      (P Gill      ) 0.071  5.688 252.10
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.174  6.027 184.37      (W Butler    ) 0.098  5.660 255.39
 Qualified:             #1  5.539 259.96                        #2  5.593 256.06

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.70 inches, adjusted altitude 4,269 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Manzo is 9 - 1 against Ferro in prior events and Manzo is 4 - 0 against Ferro in prior final rounds. Manzo with a great light and then drives away for the win. Frank Manzo's MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 15 feet). This is the 28th straight final round Manzo has won and this is his 88th National event win and his fourth this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink