Fri, Oct 9, 08:20 PM MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Session # 3

By Rick Green

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone, 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: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.779/172.21 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.774/172.32 Was #10)
Right Lane: Dave McConnell Runs 7.924/170.92 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.759/172.17 Was # 8)

The temperature is 65 degrees, humidity is 54%, and the barometer is 30.17 inches as we start the third round of qualifying for the trucks.

No help for either driver here.

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Left Lane: Arthur Hodges Runs 7.802/172.65 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.800/172.74 Was #15)
Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 11.829/ 73.95 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.697/175.02 Was # 2)

The track conditions have changed from yesterday and it is throwing these guys a curve.

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Left Lane: Sondra Sikes Runs 9.752/ 95.94 Now #19, (Best prior run: 7.823/171.69 Was #19)
Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 9.556/ 98.92 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.705/175.32 Was # 4)

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Left Lane: Chris DeSalvo Runs 7.930/169.87 Now #22, (Best prior run: 7.873/171.34 Was #22)
Right Lane: Steven Farr Runs 8.220/ 0.00 Now #27, (No prior time)

DeSalvo makes a move toward the wall.

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Left Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.793/172.30 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.890/171.25 Was #23)
Right Lane: Roy Hill Runs 10.504/ 86.58 Now #16, (Best prior run: 7.896/170.02 Was #16)

Smith makes the big move while Hill has big trail of engine smoke. Hill does lose an engine so we are down for the clean up.

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Left Lane: Bart Price Runs 8.171/172.56 Now #26, (Best prior run: 7.993/171.10 Was #26)
Right Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 7.727/174.19 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 7.704/173.99 Was # 3)

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Left Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 7.706/172.76 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.788/172.72 Was #12)
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.790/172.25 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.760/172.47 Was # 9)

Eaton makes the big move.

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Left Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.676/175.62 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.794/170.23 Was #15)
Right Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 9.751/ 95.76 Now #24, (Best prior run: 7.900/167.61 Was #24)

Jeter with the Jenkins powerplant in the truck for this pass. This moves him in right behind Kopp.

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Left Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.680/175.23 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.653/175.34 Was # 1)
Right Lane: Ronnie Sox Runs 11.208/ 79.73 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.914/170.92 Was #25)

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Left Lane: David Nickens Runs 7.748/171.53 Now #10, (Best prior run: 10.774/ 82.40 Was #28)
Right Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.756/173.12 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.725/173.63 Was # 8)

Nickens goes from the outside to the inside, the bump is now Hill with a 7.896.

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Left Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 7.749/172.41 Now #11, (Best prior run: 7.821/171.69 Was #20)
Right Lane: John Lukovich Runs 7.782/173.29 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.777/170.19 Was #14)

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Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.863/169.49 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 7.722/174.75 Was # 7)
Right Lane: Robert Freeman Runs 7.698/174.73 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.704/173.99 Was # 4)

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Left Lane: Larry Seay Runs 7.817/171.77 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.856/171.71 Was #22)
Right Lane: Mark Ingersoll Runs 7.777/172.14 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.793/171.64 Was #18)

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Left Lane: John Lingenfelter Runs 7.699/173.65 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.738/174.35 Was # 9)
Right Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 7.708/174.66 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.821/171.82 Was #21)

The last pair of this session, we end with Kopp on the top and hill rounding out the top 16. Jeter was the quickest of this session.