Sun, 17 Sep 2000, 05:28 PM READING - Federal-Mogul Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny Car at the 16th annual Keystone Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Tony Bartone        5.549 257.73  Q    4 Frank Manzo         5.626 256.06
   (W Fulford   ) 0.505  5.563 257.58  E1   (E Fisher    ) 0.513  5.585 257.28
   (J Payne     ) 0.490  5.570 257.38  E2   (B Newberry  ) 0.458  5.558 258.37
                  0.461  5.582 257.04  E3   (P Gill      ) 0.484  5.599 257.53
                  0.466  5.589 257.83  E4 *****WINNER***** 0.461  5.586 257.48

5:18 PM Bartone has lane choice and is probably the odds on favorite to win here. Manzo gets a slight jump on the tree and that is enough to take the win. Margin of victory = 0.008 seconds (approximately 3 feet).