Sat, Oct 24, 04:40 PM ENNIS - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 13th annual NHRA Revell Nationals, 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: David Nickens No Time Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.698/173.91 Was #10)
Right Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.792/172.97 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.808/171.82 Was #22)

Nickens breaks on the burnout and is pushed off. Smith picks up, but not enough.

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Left Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 7.718/175.13 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.671/175.33 Was # 5)
Right Lane: Steven Farr Runs 7.968/167.09 Now #28, (Best prior run: 7.947/166.05 Was #28)

The Chevy bump is DeSalvo's 7.752.

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Left Lane: Sondra Sikes Runs 10.443/ 86.27 Now #34, (Best prior run: 10.716/ 83.11 Was #34)
Right Lane: John Lingenfelter Runs 7.690/174.75 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 7.693/173.47 Was # 9)

Sikes is out of the groove and clicks it off. Lingenfelter picks up a little.

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Left Lane: Roy Hill Runs 7.774/172.94 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.762/172.14 Was #13)
Right Lane: Mark Ingersoll Runs 7.840/167.50 Now #18, (Best prior run: 7.746/171.85 Was #18)

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Left Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 7.702/175.47 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 7.682/175.16 Was # 6)
Right Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.618/176.19 Now # 3, (Best prior run: 7.621/176.29 Was # 3)

Anybody picking up is only do so by a hundredth.

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Left Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.619/176.09 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.594/175.71 Was # 1)
Right Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 7.702/175.40 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.625/175.57 Was # 4)

No help for the new national record holder.

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Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.637/176.57 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.615/176.22 Was # 2)
Right Lane: Larry Seay Runs 7.736/173.01 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.739/173.37 Was #17)

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Left Lane: Chris DeSalvo Runs 7.783/172.01 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.752/172.57 Was #12)
Right Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.686/174.55 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 7.683/173.54 Was # 7)

Pretty uneventful round of qualifying, most everyone running the same as last night.

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Left Lane: Brian Self Runs 7.782/172.14 Now #20, (Best prior run: 7.885/170.35 Was #26)
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.762/172.28 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.788/171.00 Was #14)

Patterson picks up a spot, this is only the second time he has been able to get down the track. Looks like he might be getting it figured out.

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Left Lane: Joe Pigford Runs 7.727/174.41 Now #11, (Best prior run: 7.769/172.38 Was #19)
Right Lane: Jonathan Aloisio Runs 7.872/171.82 Now #25, (Best prior run: 7.840/171.00 Was #25)

Pigford with the big jump.

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Left Lane: Robert Freeman Runs 7.793/171.75 Now #23, (Best prior run: 7.965/169.14 Was #30)
Right Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 7.760/171.46 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.796/170.87 Was #22)

Simmons makes the show on this pass and that bumps and that bumps Patterson out of the show.

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Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 7.610/176.09 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 9.707/ 95.47 Was #33)
Right Lane: Ronnie Sox Runs 7.731/173.44 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.828/171.55 Was #25)

Daniels with the big jump from way outside the show to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 7.753/174.38 Now #21, (Best prior run: 7.856/173.34 Was #28)
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.666/174.08 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 7.684/173.14 Was # 9)

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Left Lane: Arthur Hodges Runs 7.715/173.74 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.911/149.30 Was #29)
Right Lane: Dave McConnell Runs 7.844/169.90 Now #28, (Best prior run: 7.805/170.03 Was #27)

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Left Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 7.740/172.05 Now #13, (Best prior run: 8.473/121.86 Was #32)

Nickens makes the show on his last pass. Kopp holds on to the number one spot.