Sat, Oct 3, 09:54 PM TOPEKA - Pro Stock Truck Round 3 Eliminations

By Ed Dykes It's a Dodge vs. Chevy in the Final

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Truck at the 10th annual Parts America Nationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Craig Eaton         7.754 173.11  Q   7 Bob Panella Jr      7.772 173.37
   (B Henderson ) 0.438  7.730 173.11 E1   (T Freeman   ) 0.436  7.775 173.37
   (D Nickens   ) 0.448  7.746 172.91 E2   (J Haas      ) 0.445  7.773 172.74
 *****WINNER***** 0.430  7.735 172.57 E3                  0.405  7.829 171.82

4:17 PM and the sole surviving Dodge Dakota faces off against Panella's S-10, in a battle of left-coasters. And he takes the Dodge into the final, in spite of Panella's telepathic reaction time. Margin was 0.069 secs., about 17 feet.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 John Lingenfelter   7.768 174.55  Q   1 Brad Jeter          7.719 174.41
   (D McConnell ) 0.419  7.737 174.31 E1   (M Mahon     ) 0.419  7.923 169.49
   (T Patterson ) 0.425  7.742 174.48 E2   (J Pigford   ) 0.440  7.850 170.39
 *****WINNER***** 0.413  7.760 174.31 E3                  0.432  7.924 170.39

Yet another great starting line effort by the Summit Chevy, and Lingenfelter advances into the final, all to the chagrin of points leader Larry Kopp.