Sun, 30 Sep 2001, 06:46 PM CHICAGO-2 - Pro Stock Truck Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Truck at the Inaugural NHRA Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Don Smith           7.415 180.94  Q   12 Bart Price          7.443 181.69
   (D Eaton     ) 0.499  7.421 181.18  E1   (J Lingenfelt) 0.490  7.437 181.86
 *****WINNER***** 0.480  7.439 180.81  E2                  0.314  7.488 181.74

1:36 PM Price leaves really early and gives the win to Smith.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Mike Coughlin       7.379 182.65  Q    8 Greg Stanfield      7.424 181.23
   (S Tidwell   ) 0.452  7.402 182.38  E1   (M Whisnant  ) 0.445  7.439 181.57
                  0.457  7.385 182.28  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.401  7.439 181.32

Coughlin makes a great run....but Stanfield had a great light. Margin of victory = 0.002 seconds (approximately 6 inches).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Taylor Lastor       7.419 180.48  Q    3 Randy Daniels       7.399 181.54
   (J Naiser    ) 0.468  7.401 181.67  E1   (J Gracia    ) 0.440  7.424 181.57
 *****WINNER***** 0.676  7.391 181.94  E2                  0.095 16.769  84.82

Daniels leaves almost before the tree is activated and gives Lastor the easy win.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Todd Patterson      7.421 180.60  Q   15 Scott Perin         7.457 180.50
   (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.464  7.397 181.47  E1   (B Panella Jr) 0.416  7.447 181.20
 *****WINNER***** 0.450  7.428 180.77  E2                  0.445  7.478 181.01

These two are almost even off the line but Patterson picks up .02 by the time they get to the sixty foot mark and pulled away. Margin of victory = 0.045 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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