Results from NHRA
Photos by Todd Dziadosz

NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car champion Frank Manzo raced at his home track, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., during the United Association NHRA SuperNationals on June 12-14. The Morganville, N.J., resident notched win No. 81 and extended his lead for most NHRA national event wins for sportsman racers. The next closest racer, David Rampy, has 70 NHRA national event wins.

Manzo, who has now won three out of the four national events he has attended including one week ago in Joliet, Ill., took on the event's No. 1 qualifier, Jay Payne, Claremont, Calif., in the final round. Although Manzo qualified in the No. 2 spot, he effectively outran Payne (near lane, above) throughout eliminations and as if to put an exclamation point on it, Manzo peeled off the quickest and fastest TAFC run of the weekend in the final. He laid down a 5.493-second, 253.20-mph pass to Payne's 5.667-second, 260.76-mph effort. Payne's runner-up finish was his best of the season to date.