Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 02:32 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Todd Veney                              2 Mickey Ferro                 
E3                   0.071  5.602 257.09     ****WINNER****  0.045  5.579 258.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Tigges    ) 0.069  5.606 258.37      (A DeJoria   ) 0.059  5.560 259.86
E1    (M Green-king) 0.085  5.579 259.71      (P Noakes    ) 0.071  5.689 258.71
 Qualified:             #7  5.609 256.55                        #3  5.530 259.61

2:24 p.m. - Veney and Ferro have never raced each other before this race. Ferro got out of the gate first and extended the advantage as they made their way down the track to take the win and move on to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                          1383 Dan Roman                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.089  5.480 263.77                     0.230  5.639 255.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Sgro      ) 0.075  5.587 262.18      (D Cox       ) 0.097  5.646 256.21
E1    (W Morris    ) 0.119  5.566 222.14      (J Anderika  ) 0.053  5.601 257.43
 Qualified:             #1  5.476 264.60                       #13  5.680 251.95

Roman and Manzo had never raced each other before now. Roman was the 205th different driver to compete against Manzo in eliminations. Manzo went down the groove while Roman was late getting out of the gate. Manzo will have lane choice over Ferro in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink