Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 04:12 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 Frank Manzo                             2 Mickey Ferro                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.045  5.456 266.21                    -0.045  5.562 259.91
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Roman     ) 0.089  5.480 263.77      (T Veney     ) 0.045  5.579 258.47
E2    (L Sgro      ) 0.075  5.587 262.18      (A DeJoria   ) 0.059  5.560 259.86
E1    (W Morris    ) 0.119  5.566 222.14      (P Noakes    ) 0.071  5.689 258.71
 Qualified:             #1  5.476 264.60                        #3  5.530 259.61

4:07 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,689 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Manzo has won 33 consecutive final rounds coming into this race. The last time he lost a final round came in the 2006 Winternationals. Make the 34 consecutive final rounds as Manzo ran low ET of the event for the win, even though Ferro went red.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink