Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 02:14 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 Frank Manzo                            32 Andy Bohl                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.049  5.419 264.60                     0.062  5.520 259.51
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Veney     ) 0.059  5.411 264.44      (J Anderika  ) 0.063  5.546 260.36
E2    (L Sgro      ) 0.049  5.537 262.33      (D Cox       ) 0.065  5.603 257.33
E1    (W Morris    ) 0.060  5.750 239.40      (D Roman     ) 0.108  5.567 256.89
 Qualified:             #1  5.491 263.46                        #6  5.573 259.51

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 942 feet, track temperature 69 degrees.

Manzo is 2 - 0 against Bohl in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round. Manzo with the starting line advantage and then runs the second quickest pass in the history of Top Alcohol Funny Car for the win. This will back up Manzo's 5.411 second pass for the National E.T. record. Frank Manzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.395, 660ft-3.567/212.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.569. Bohl with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink