The Manzo and Payne show in Brainerd... (1 Viewer)

[mike]

The Manzo (.492!!!) and Payne show in Brainerd...

Simply awesome

BRAINERD - Top Alcohol Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

Payne flexes his muscles. That's the quickest ET and highest MPH of the meet. Track record, too.
Of course, there's a guy named Manzo who was sitting behind the water box watching all this happen


Manzo sez, "I got something for ya, Payne".
Snyder runs a great pass but has to wonder what hit him.


Great reporting!

 

[Sully]

One of the two will be wearing #1 next year - and they are friends when not racing each other.

 

[mike]

HOLLY COW!!! Manzo 5.492 264.65MPH!!! Unreal! Deffs the standout this weekend!

Will face Harker

 

[mike]

Manzo runs a .49 and no one is talking... geeezus!

 

[StockersRock]

Didn't get on here until this morning.
AMAZING!! He's just incredible!

 

[johnny]

.49 says it all!!!!!

 

[r2]

Manzo runs a .49 and no one is talking... geeezus!

Mike-
The only reason I didnt say anything was, I thought Manzo had ran a .45 earlier in the year...

Turns out it was a 5.46 @ 264.08 at Gainseville
Then again at hotlanta 5.499 @ 264.96

wake me when its a forty flat or a .30 yawn-

 

[Sully]

After watching Manzo run nothing but forties at Richmond last year, running just one or two is pretty much routine stuff (but still impressive).

 

[mike]

Mike-
The only reason I didnt say anything was, I thought Manzo had ran a .45 earlier in the year...

Turns out it was a 5.46 @ 264.08 at Gainseville
Then again at hotlanta 5.499 @ 264.96

wake me when its a forty flat or a .30 yawn-

Will do big bro, might be sometime It sucks there is no TA at Richmond this year! The .49 yesterday I thought was impressive, because I didn't see one coming...

 

[kingcobrafan]

It seems like Manzo always has two or three hundredths in reserve that he can throw at you. Unbelievable performance!

 

[nick name]

It seems like Manzo always has two or three hundredths in reserve that he can throw at you. Unbelievable performance!

You had to be there for the best moment of that classic TAFC battle. The Motel 6 vision guys were sharp enough to be aimed at Shelly Payne right after Manzo's run.

Though there was no audio, the look on her face was priceless. I don't read lips but I'm pretty sure she was saying something on the order of, "He ran WHAT?"

 

[mick]

You had to be there for the best moment of that classic TAFC battle. The Motel 6 vision guys were sharp enough to be aimed at Shelly Payne right after Manzo's run.

Though there was no audio, the look on her face was priceless. I don't read lips but I'm pretty sure she was saying something on the order of, "He ran WHAT?"

could see the Motel 6 vision from our camp and your absolutely right;
Shelly had look of disbelief.

 

[r2]

Mike-
without going out of my way- this is what I found...

Richmond- 06

Frank Manzo-
5.469 @ 262.44 #1 qualifier
5.477 @ 263.10 Round 1
5.454 @ 262.74 Round 2
5.455 @ 263.26 Round 3
5.486 @ 260.21 Winner-

Gainseville- 07

Bob Tasca III-
5.451 @ 263.00 #1 qualifier

Frank Manzo-
5.464 @ 265.74 #2 qualifier
5.469 @ 264.08 Round 1

Paul Gill-
5.498 @ 259.36 Round 3

Karl and I drank to every one of those 5.40 runs-

I hope this clears things up about the non woohoo dance-
you may also note who ran the quickest et of those btw-

ho-hum
back to sanding-

 

[mick]

i know ray, it's not the first or second.
it was just a couple of great back to back performances that
Mr. Frey called as only he could.

 

[none]

i know ray, it's not the first or second.
it was just a couple of great back to back performances that
Mr. Frey called as only he could.

Or maybe Reinhart called as only he could.

Alan

 

[r2]

i know ray, it's not the first or second.
it was just a couple of great back to back performances that
Mr. Frey called as only he could.

There's too many Mikes on here!!

I was giving Michael V- the details

And I think there was a .40 ran at Pomona, but I'm outta time- insert 25 cents please WTH-

Sorry for the confusion Mike L.

 

[mike]

There's too many Mikes on here!!

I was giving Michael V- the details

Why thank you Ray.

I knew the Richmond details and Franks GNV details, but not the other ones. So Bob Tasca III is the quickest Alky FC driver in the world, that I did not know

 

[mick]

Or maybe Reinhart called as only he could.

Alan

LOL! - i thought about that just after i typed it....that perhaps
you were announcing at the time.
great color Alan!

 

[kingcobrafan]

You had to be there for the best moment of that classic TAFC battle. The Motel 6 vision guys were sharp enough to be aimed at Shelly Payne right after Manzo's run.

Though there was no audio, the look on her face was priceless. I don't read lips but I'm pretty sure she was saying something on the order of, "He ran WHAT?"

I was there, Dan, but I followed the cars through the lights on my camcorder
and missed "the look".