FEDERAL-MOGUL FUNNY CAR
MOHNTON, PA - RIS - Order after one round of qualifying in Federal-Mogul
Funny Car at the 13th annual Pioneer Electronics Keystone Nationals:
MOHNTON, PA - RIS - Final order after 2 rounds of qualifying in Federal-Mogul
Funny Car at the 13th annual Pioneer Electronics Keystone Nationals:
MOHNTON, PA - RIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny
Car at the 13th annual Pioneer Electronics Keystone Nationals:
MOHNTON, PA - RIS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Federal-Mogul Funny
Car at the 13th annual Pioneer Electronics Keystone Nationals:
Friday's 1st Session
Psn Driver ET Speed
1 Todd Paton 5.863 244.96
2 Tony Bartone 5.866 248.07
3 Tim Slagle 5.912 242.58
4 Franny Monaghan Jr 5.921 243.24
5 Jim Lape 5.993 231.54
6 Craig Gleason 6.090 226.30
7 Frank Manzo 6.184 221.62
8 David Rowe 6.236 216.29
9 Paul Gill 6.323 236.59
10 Brian Cunningham 6.328 219.99
11 Skip Gladstone 6.354 227.04
12 Bob Newberry 6.380 231.77
13 Scott Weney 6.393 230.59
14 George McNeil 6.406 213.27
15 Rich Fenwick 6.406 212.56
16 John Sieger 6.614 216.91
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17 Danny Townsend 6.667 183.03
18 Fred Tigges 7.482 137.50
19 Chuck Cheeseman 13.142 63.14
20 Phil Burkhart DQ
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Friday's 2nd Session
Psn Driver ET Speed
1 Todd Paton 5.863 244.96
2 Tony Bartone 5.866 248.07
3 Bob Newberry 5.890 245.70
4 Tim Slagle 5.912 242.58
5 Franny Monaghan Jr 5.921 243.24
6 Frank Manzo 5.985 236.46
7 Jim Lape 5.993 231.54
8 Craig Gleason 6.090 226.30
9 Skip Gladstone 6.182 219.24
10 David Rowe 6.236 216.29
11 Fred Tigges 6.240 195.14
12 John Sieger 6.245 221.62
13 Scott Weney 6.287 216.39
14 Paul Gill 6.323 236.59
15 Brian Cunningham 6.328 219.99
16 Bunny Burkett 6.395 224.10
--------- Not Qualified ---------
17 George McNeil 6.406 213.27
18 Rich Fenwick 6.406 212.56
19 Danny Townsend 6.667 183.03
20 Chuck Cheeseman 7.229 141.48
21 Phil Burkhart 7.892 132.82
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Saturday's 1st Round
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Frank Manzo 0.455 5.751 248.13
(L) Fred Tigges 0.482 19.934 70.19
6:46 PM ... Tigges has one of the most beautiful
machines on the property this weekend, certainly a
candidate for Best Appearing... And that will be the only
trophy he's in contention for, unfortunately, as the car
got up on the wheelie bars then shook hard, all before the
60' mark...
(W) Craig Gleason 0.481 6.073 224.66
(L) Skip Gladstone 0.530 6.027 229.47
Gladstone got perilously close to the left wall, while
Gleason was skating and bouncing as well, but he managed
to stay in the groove and that likely made the
difference... And a small difference it was, just 0.003
secs. separating them at the finish, or about 13 inches...
(W) Jim Lape 0.586 5.917 235.91
(L) David Rowe 0.511 6.647 182.55
Rowe had a clear lead at the start, but that
evaporated quickly when he clicked it early, Lape roaring
by for the big win...
(W) Tony Bartone 0.463 5.768 248.89
(L) Brian Cunningham 0.462 6.370 221.18
Cunningham's machine is either called "Gone Ballistic"
or "For Sale"... both signs are on the side. It would have
been worth a lot more to a prospective buyer if he could
have gotten past Bartone, but the New Yorker led this one
from wire to wire...
(W) Bob Newberry 0.501 5.852 247.18
(L) Paul Gill 0.476 6.311 216.13
Gill divides his time between the track and his metal
fabricating business, while Newberry is a racer seven days
a week... Newberry is very soft off the line, just 1.01 in
60', but he makes it up quickly and advances to the second
round...
(W) Todd Paton 0.520 5.887 242.91
(L) Bunny Burkett 0.534 6.213 228.48
Both these cars made just one lap in qualifying, but
they're a long way apart, based on those numbers... And
true to form, Paton sends Bunny & the Boys to the trailer,
both cars strong to the finish but Paton with a little more
mph.
(W) Tim Slagle 0.468 5.954 239.23
(L) Scott Weney 0.511 6.971 138.14
Weney was right there until halftrack, but his car
insisted on heading toward the centerline, and it was
either lift or cross over it... so he lifted.
(W) John Sieger 0.478 6.178 228.07
(L) Franny Monaghan Jr 0.477 8.519 100.41
Sieger was headed toward the wall early, and it looked
like he was going to have to hand this one to Monaghan,
when something went wrong with the Avenger and Sieger hung
on for the upset win... That's the final pair, so it'll
be just eight cars back for the second round tomorrow...
7:10 PM
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Sunday's 2nd Round
W/L Driver RT ET Speed
(W) Frank Manzo 0.477 5.805 247.86
(L) Bob Newberry 0.470 5.870 246.57
1:46 PM, full sunshine now... man, what a crew
chief's nightmare, the sun out brightly one minute and full
cloud cover the next. The track surface temperature is 123
degrees right now, that's about as hot as these guys can
stand. Manzo waited until the last minute to take the left
side, then left right with Newberry. He drifted over
against the left wall but never lifted, and managed a slim
0.05 sec win over the 'Newb...
(W) Todd Paton 0.501 6.165 193.00
(L) Craig Gleason (Broke)
Gleason is a no-show this round, so Paton goes for lane
choice but has to pedal at midtrack, hurting his
chances... then he got bigtime sideways on the top end,
bouncing hard, and had to lift altogether...
(W) Tony Bartone 0.504 5.763 249.44
(L) Jim Lape 0.452 6.517 157.64
Both northeasterners... And Lape drifts over toward the wall,
more, more, and he finally had to wrestle the car back into
the center of the lane, getting it sideways in the
process... by that time Bartone was long gone.
(W) Tim Slagle 0.489 5.950 239.68
(L) John Sieger 0.469 6.111 228.25
Neither driver getting a big advantage at the start,
then the Roma Steel Erectors machine of Sieger drifts right
and out of the groove... So the Jerr-Dan car takes a big
win, and a trip into the semifinals... 1:58 PM
