Sat, Mar 20, 11:31 AM GAINESVILLE - Pro Stock Truck Round 1 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes Jeter Steals the Show

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Truck at the 30th annual Mac Tools Gatornationals:

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Mike Coughlin       7.629 175.44  Q    9 David Spitzer       7.630 176.40
 *****WINNER***** 0.443  7.658 174.59  E1                  0.483  7.680 175.57

11:03 AM and the skies are clear yet again today, almost a carbon copy of yesterday. Here, Coughlin takes a big win over the still-new GMC Sonoma debuting here just this weekend.

  
 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Tim Freeman         7.629 177.07  Q   10 Jerry Haas          7.648 176.40
                  0.478  7.679 175.05  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.465  7.667 175.71

Haas gets the holeshot and that's basically the margin at the finish, winning by about 12 feet.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Mark Osborne        7.569 177.49  Q  16 Brian Self          7.676 175.30
 *****WINNER***** 0.470  7.633 175.46 E1                  0.460  7.717 175.11

The new record holder advances to the second round with a 19-foot win over Self here.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Todd Patterson      7.601 176.10  Q  14 Randy Daniels       7.672 176.03
 *****WINNER***** 0.484  7.640 174.96 E1                  0.492  7.679 174.35

The margin here was close, too... only 0.047 seconds which is about 12 feet.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 John Lingenfelte    7.629 177.44  Q  11 John Coughlin       7.659 173.96
 *****WINNER***** 0.455  7.618 176.88 E1                  0.458  7.815 161.73

Coughlin's truck looked like there was a magnet on the centerline, pulling it toward the stripe all the way until he gave up.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Brad Jeter          7.621 177.02  Q  12 Craig Eaton         7.670 174.03
 *****WINNER***** 0.461  7.562 177.60 E1                  0.465  7.740 173.12

Jeter stepped up bigtime from his qualifying effort, eclipsing Osborne's record set just yesterday. That's a new record, too.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Bob Panella Jr      7.608 177.04  Q  13 Grant Lewis         7.671 176.05
 *****WINNER***** 0.428  7.608 176.28 E1                  0.474  8.718 128.11

Lewis has problems and steps off, so the California team advances to the next round this afternoon.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Larry Kopp          7.579 176.58  Q  15 Dale Eaton          7.674 175.00
 *****WINNER***** 0.482  7.594 176.53 E1                  0.455  7.687 174.46

The final pair here, and the Winston champ takes an easy win over the elder Eaton.

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