NHRA

National series Reading final summary

MANZO MAKES IT TEN IN A ROW; FLETCHER FAMILY SCORES TWICE GLENDORA, Calif. (August 24, 2009) -- Frank Manzo put a cap on a perfect decade of racing at this weekend's Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway as he captured the ...

Published: Oct 2, 2009, 4:19 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

MANZO MAKES IT TEN IN A ROW; FLETCHER FAMILY SCORES TWICE

GLENDORA, Calif. (August 24, 2009) -- Frank Manzo put a cap on a perfect decade of racing at this weekend's Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway as he captured the Top Alcohol Funny Car crown for the tenth year in a row. Manzo, Morganville, N.J., used a holeshot starting line advantage in holding off the hard charging Marc White, Glendale Hts., Ill., in his Lucas Oil Monte Carlo Funny Car with a pass of 5.604 seconds at 257.04 mph to White's 5.593, 257.04.

In the Top Alcohol Dragster class it was Duane Shields, Boulder City, Nev., picking up his third national event win of the year as he out ran defending event champion Mike Lewis with a 5.333 second 259.91 mph lap down the quarter mile. Shields qualified sixth and ran a string of 5.30's and a 5.20 on his way to the win.

Dan Fletcher scored an emotional win in Comp Eliminator joining his son Thomas in the winner's circle as Thomas grabbed his first ever national event win over Kevin Fogerty in Stock Eliminator. This was Dan's 63rd national event win as the pair became just the third father and son to win at the same national event. Dan drove to victory over Charlie Greco as Greco left early taking the red light foul start.

In the final two categories, Donald Sabin Mespeth, N.Y., won in Super Stock over Ralph Porpora, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Billy Upton, Taylor, S.C., beat out Ricky Hall, Yorktown, Va.

-credit: nhra

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Reading: Series final eliminations report

Next article Gateway Int'l Raceway news on 2010 schedule

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Lamborghini World Finals | AM-LC Qualifying: Lewandowski dominates, taking pole for both races

Lamborghini Super Trofeo

LBST Lamborghini Super Trofeo

World Finals - Monza 2026

1 h

Lamborghini World Finals | AM-LC Qualifying: Lewandowski dominates, taking pole for both races

Marc Marquez: “In the first half of 2026, all I wanted to do on Sundays was lie on the sofa”

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP

Australian GP

1 h

Marc Marquez: “In the first half of 2026, all I wanted to do on Sundays was lie on the sofa”

"Just undriveable" – Isack Hadjar looking for answers after "massive" struggles in Austin practice

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

1 h

"Just undriveable" – Isack Hadjar looking for answers after "massive" struggles in Austin practice

Maverick Vinales: “If I stay at home, I don’t get paid”

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP

Australian GP

2 h

Maverick Vinales: “If I stay at home, I don’t get paid”

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts