Sun, 18 May 2003, 07:05 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual K&N Filters SuperNationals presented by Pep Boys:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                             8 Bob Newberry
E4   ****WINNER****  0.056  5.622 260.01                     0.106  5.661 254.38
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Payne     ) 0.024  5.671 260.46      (E Lourie    ) 0.112  5.578 258.07
E2    (T Veney     ) 0.046  5.573 260.36      (P Lee       ) 0.129  5.613 256.60
E1    (D Cox       ) 0.076  5.552 262.33      (F Tigges    ) 0.220  5.671 254.28
 Qualified:             #5  5.736 259.56                        #2  5.674 255.29

6:55 PM Gee, Newberry versus Manzo in the final round at Englishtown. Who'd a thunk it? In the 23 years TAFC has been contested here, one or the other (or both) have now been in the final round in 17 of them.

Manzo won this one at both ends of the track, away first and running quicker to win by a car length. Newberry never made up the starting line deficit and Manzo pulled away on the top half of the track for a surprisingly easy win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink