Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 17:13 PM Top Alcohol Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Alcohol Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Shane Westerfield                       1 Frank Manzo                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.051  5.555 259.66                     0.059  5.583 263.92
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Whiteley  ) 0.055  5.545 259.76      (J Payne     ) 0.080  5.557 262.49
E2    (J Lombardo J) 0.081  5.535 260.91      (B Brown     ) 0.077  5.519 263.82
E1    (S Burck     ) 0.092  5.526 261.02      (R Yale      ) 0.060  5.605 263.41
 Qualified:             #3  5.545 259.96                        #1  5.502 264.86

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.26 inches, adjusted altitude 3,385 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.

Manzo is 1 - 0 against Westerfield in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round. Westerfield is out of the gate first and never trailed to take his first National event win. Shane Westerfield's MOV: 0.0365 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Westerfield stops Manzo consecutive final round wins at 42 and the last time Manzo lost in a National event final was at the WinterNationals in 2006.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink