Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 03:55 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 2 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
  136 Jim Sickles                             7 Marc White
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  5.723 248.11                     0.062  6.395 170.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Frickensch) 0.051  5.782 249.86      (M Snyder    ) 0.092  5.641 253.75
 Qualified:             #6  5.815 246.12                        #3  5.693 249.39

Current weather conditions: 79 degrees, 54 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.13 inches, with a track temperature of 114 degrees.

White with a starting line advantage but Sickles made up the difference by 100 feet and White then clicked it off early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Paul Lee                                1 Frank Manzo
E2                   0.026  6.784 166.46     ****WINNER****  0.062  5.743 255.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Veney     ) 0.042  6.059 244.52      (J Patton    ) 0.081  5.646 256.75
 Qualified:             #8  5.866 245.63                        #2  5.666 256.06

Lee with a big starting line advantage and then had a lot of tire shake and got real close to the wall, but was able to reel it in. Manzo was able to drive through some tire shake to take the win, but will give up lane choice to Sickles in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Jeff Craig                             10 Chuck Cheeseman
E2   ****WINNER****  0.009  5.760 249.44                     0.036  5.784 248.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Addleman  ) 0.125  5.711 250.92      (B Martin    ) 0.122  5.679 250.37
 Qualified:             #5  5.787 248.07                        #4  5.748 248.29

Craig with a great light and the win by about a car length.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   8 Bob Newberry
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.152  5.669 252.38
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (A Tarr      ) 1.163 11.678  92.03
 Qualified:                                                       #1  5.656 251.72

Newberry with the single here and he is going for lane choice and he gets it with the quickest pass of the session.

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