Mon, 3 Sep 2001, 04:10 PM INDY - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 47th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Frank Manzo         5.680 251.39  Q    2 Jay Payne           5.680 251.06
   (B Martin    ) 0.511  5.638 253.52  E1   (J Libby     ) 0.620  5.728 249.44
   (D Taylor    ) 0.493  5.722 251.86  E2   (B Newberry  ) 0.523  5.761 250.41
   (V Smith     ) 0.509  5.717 250.55  E3   (S Addleman  ) 0.516  5.745 247.47
 *****WINNER***** 0.494  5.724 251.39  E4                  0.483  5.763 250.55

5:00 PM Manzo takes home his fifth US Nationals title here. He left first and stayed ahead all the way. Margin of victory = 0.028 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink