Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 21:00 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

EPPING, N.H. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Frank Manzo                            12 John Anderika                
E3                  -0.009  5.601 256.99     ****WINNER****  0.044  5.695 250.13
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Veney     ) 0.065  5.620 260.01      (E Lourie    ) 0.071  5.693 253.56
E1    (P Gill      ) 0.051  5.643 258.62      (D Cox       ) 0.110  5.690 252.28
 Qualified:             #1  5.678 257.58                        #2  5.719 251.81

8:55 p.m. - This was an upset. A rare red light start gave Anderika the Top Alcohol Funny Car win here this evening. Anderika's crew began celebrating at the starting line before their driver even made it to the finish line. Manzo had his quickest run of the weekend but it did not matter because of the red light.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink