Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 10:55 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 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
  777 John Patton                             1 Frank Manzo
E1                   0.122  5.803 245.99     ****WINNER****  0.081  5.646 256.75
 Qualified:            #13  6.131 201.55                        #2  5.666 256.06

Current weather conditions: 71 degrees, 71 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.14 inches, with a track temperature of 87 degrees. The sun is trying to peek through the clouds.

Manzo with the starting line advantage and never looked back to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  381 Mick Snyder                             7 Marc White
E1                   0.078  5.982 233.84     ****WINNER****  0.092  5.641 253.75
 Qualified:            #12  6.072 214.83                        #3  5.693 249.39

Snyder with the starting line, but White had the difference made up by 100 feet and with his best pass of the weekend. Snyder with problems getting the car stopped and got into the sand.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   38 Bobby Martin                           10 Chuck Cheeseman
E1                   0.086  5.929 240.42     ****WINNER****  0.122  5.679 250.37
 Qualified:            #11  6.029 238.17                        #4  5.748 248.29

Martin is out of the gate first, but Cheeseman has the difference made up by 100 feet and never looked back.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   36 Steve Addleman                         33 Jeff Craig
E1                   0.100  5.850 244.60     ****WINNER****  0.125  5.711 250.92
 Qualified:            #10  5.983 239.10                        #5  5.787 248.07

Addleman with the starting line advantage and then got out of the groove, but still ran his best pass of the weekend. Craig with his best pass of weekend to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  545 Thomas Frickenschmidt                 136 Jim Sickles
E1                   0.061  5.795 246.57     ****WINNER****  0.051  5.782 249.86
 Qualified:             #9  5.867 243.02                        #6  5.815 246.12

Sickles is out of the gate first, but Frickenschmidt is out in the lead at 100 feet. Sickles gets back around him just past the 330-foot mark and takes the win by about eight feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3816 Andrew Tarr                             8 Bob Newberry
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  1.163 11.678  92.03
 Qualified:            #14  6.423 183.97                        #1  5.656 251.72

Tarr was a no show and Newberry just idles down the track with the single in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Paul Lee                              171 Todd Veney
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.059 244.52                     0.058  6.093 183.82
 Qualified:             #8  5.866 245.63                        #7  5.824 248.29

Lee with the starting line advantage and then got real loose and had the car side ways, but was able to correct it and chase down Veney to take the win by about 14 feet.

Cheeseman with lane choice over Craig, Manzo with his pick over Lee, White with his choice over Sickles.

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