Fri, Mar 19, 03:35 PM GAINESVILLE - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green No Help in the Heat of the Day

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 30th Annual Mac Tools Gatornationals, listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, (best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run):

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Left Lane: David Spitzer Runs 7.673/175.39 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 7.630/176.40 Was # 9)
Right Lane: John Lingenfelte Runs 7.707/176.86 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 7.629/177.44 Was # 6)

We start this final round of qualifying with Self sitting on the bump with a 7.676.

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Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 7.708/175.39 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.648/176.40 Was #10)
Right Lane: Craig Eaton No Time Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.670/174.03 Was #12)

They cleared the monitor too quick and I missed the times.

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Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 7.699/174.05 Now #14, (Best prior run: 7.672/176.03 Was #14)
Right Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 10.179/ 90.67 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.674/175.00 Was #15)

Eaton heads toward the centerline and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Scott Perin Runs 7.810/172.98 Now #27, (Best prior run: 7.758/173.65 Was #27)
Right Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.660/177.30 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.621/177.02 Was # 5)

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Left Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 8.168/163.99 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.738/172.76 Was #24)
Right Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 7.822/169.66 Now #28, (Best prior run: 7.795/171.14 Was #28)

No help for either of these guys.

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Left Lane: Larry Seay Runs 7.758/172.54 Now #28, (Best prior run: 7.825/172.28 Was #29)
Right Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 7.798/168.68 Now #22, (Best prior run: 7.714/172.98 Was #22)

No help for either of these two and Self holds on to the bump.

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Left Lane: Samuel Tompkins Runs 7.771/174.82 Now #19, (Best prior run: 7.704/174.77 Was #19)
Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 10.186/ 92.31 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.671/176.05 Was #13)

Lewis makes a move toward the centerline and has to lift before he collects the 660-foot cones.

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Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 7.887/170.49 Now #30, (Best prior run: 7.887/171.66 Was #30)
Right Lane: Dave McConnell Runs 7.741/173.70 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.707/173.99 Was #20)

These two will have to wait for another day.

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Left Lane: Sondra Sikes Runs 7.704/174.68 Now #18, (Best prior run: 7.689/174.26 Was #18)
Right Lane: Chris DeSalvo Runs 7.859/172.54 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.744/172.98 Was #25)

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Left Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.779/171.93 Now #23, (Best prior run: 7.732/172.85 Was #23)
Right Lane: Brian Self Runs 7.756/174.75 Now #16, (Best prior run: 7.676/175.30 Was #16)

Self attempts to get off the bump, but does not and will have to just wait and hope now.

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Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.631/176.40 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.608/177.04 Was # 4)
Right Lane: John Coughlin Runs 7.788/173.96 Now #11, (Best prior run: 7.659/173.96 Was #11)

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Left Lane: Jeff Lukovich Runs 7.685/170.69 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.680/174.98 Was #17)
Right Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 8.149/130.69 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.569/177.49 Was # 1)

The temperature is 74 degrees and the track temperature is 125 degrees, so Self should be save here. Lukovich does not improve, so Self stays on the bubble.

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Left Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 7.679/175.89 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 7.629/177.07 Was # 7)
Right Lane: Joe Pigford Runs 7.790/171.18 Now #21, (Best prior run: 7.714/173.83 Was #21)

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Left Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.645/175.00 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 7.601/176.10 Was # 3)
Right Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.707/176.42 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.579/176.58 Was # 2)

Kopp was real loose from the start, Patterson remains the highest qualified non-Chevy.

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Left Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.754/174.26 Now #26, (Best prior run: 7.750/174.39 Was #26)
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.692/175.39 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.629/175.44 Was # 8)

This is the last pair of the day and Smith does not make the show. Osborne stays in the number one spot with his new national record and will face Self in round one tomorrow.




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