Sun, 23 Sep 2001, 07:52 PM MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Truck Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Truck at the 14th annual AutoZone NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Taylor Lastor       7.467 180.04  Q    2 Bob Panella Jr      7.454 181.15
   (L Ficco     ) 0.489  7.468 180.69  E1   (D Smith     ) 0.488  7.467 181.52
   (G Stanfield ) 0.448  7.492 180.24  E2   (V Cagnazzi  ) 0.458  7.467 181.54
                  0.452  7.464 180.40  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.446  7.461 181.37

2:43 PM This was a great drag race. They were glued together all the way down the track with Panella hanging on for the close win. Margin of victory = 0.009 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   4 Todd Patterson      7.473 179.83  Q    1 Mike Coughlin       7.422 181.81
   (J Naiser    ) 0.457  7.482 180.96  E1   (J Haas      ) 0.440  7.456 181.54
   (S Tidwell   ) 0.451  7.478 180.65  E2   (R Daniels   ) 0.443  7.449 181.37
                  0.435  7.479 180.50  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.453  7.444 181.84

Patterson gets a slight advantage off the line but Coughlin makes it up by the 330' mark for the win. He will have lane choice over Panella in the finals. Margin of victory = 0.017 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink