Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 07:07 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                             8 Bob Newberry
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  5.622 257.04                     0.103  5.714 251.72
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Sickles   ) 0.053  6.060 189.10      (J Craig     ) 0.100  5.700 251.11
E2    (P Lee       ) 0.062  5.743 255.68                     0.152  5.669 252.38
E1    (J Patton    ) 0.081  5.646 256.75      (A Tarr      ) 1.163 11.678  92.03
 Qualified:             #2  5.666 256.06                        #1  5.656 251.72

6:58 PM Manzo versus Newberry in the final round, where have we seen this act before? This one was all Manzo, leaving first, then running low ET and top speed of the event to take the victory.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink