Sun, 30 Sep 2001, 09:19 PM CHICAGO-2 - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the Inaugural NHRA Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Frank Manzo         5.597 255.24  Q    3 Bob Newberry        5.667 250.88
   (L Bakke     ) 0.494  5.628 251.44  E1   (W Butler    ) 0.588  5.714 248.80
   (M White     ) 0.475  5.578 254.62  E2   (V Moats     ) 0.515  5.674 251.53
   (V Smith     ) 0.501  5.696 250.69  E3   (K Williams  ) 0.495 11.998  67.64
 *****WINNER***** 0.469  5.640 253.56  E4                  0.485 11.575  71.18

Manzo out of the gate first and never looked back with great looking pass. Newberry had a lot of tire shake right off the starting line marking an end to his day. Manzo well on his way to another Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink