Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 11:38 AM Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Andy Bohl                              14 John Anderika                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  5.546 260.36                     0.064  5.581 257.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Cox       ) 0.065  5.603 257.33      (T Bartone   ) 0.096  6.084 251.63
E1    (D Roman     ) 0.108  5.567 256.89      (M Ferro     ) 0.114  6.038 227.88
 Qualified:             #6  5.573 259.51                       #10  5.666 254.09

This is the first time Bohl and Anderika have faced each other in eliminations. They leave together and were side-by-side all the way down the track. Andy Bohl's incremental margins: 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.013), 1,000ft(0.027). MOV: 0.0363 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Bohl takes the win with his quickest pass of the weekend...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                             7 Todd Veney                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.059  5.411 264.44                     0.063 11.531  71.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Sgro      ) 0.049  5.537 262.33      (D Pomponio  ) 0.112  5.562 258.76
E1    (W Morris    ) 0.060  5.750 239.40      (E Lourie    ) 0.078  5.548 258.62
 Qualified:             #1  5.491 263.46                        #5  5.560 260.51

Manzo is out of the gate first and never trailed as Veney had problems and clicked it off. Manzo launched hard and keep it hooked up to run the quickest pass in Top Alcohol Funny Car history. Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.391, 660ft-3.561/212.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.562. Manzo with the win will clinch the Top alcohol Funny Car championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink