Sat, Feb 6, 06:11 PM POMONA - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 39th annual NHRA AutoZone Winternationals 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: Mark Whisnant Runs 7.848/172.61, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.883/172.23, Was #21
Right Lane: Roy Simmons Runs 8.422/172.80, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.763/170.67, Was #13

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Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.674/172.98, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.767/169.72, Was #14
Right Lane: Arthur Hodges No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.793/173.12, Was #17

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Left Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 7.653/195.91, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.637/176.12, Was #2
Right Lane: Jerry Haas Runs 9.903/94.36, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.682/175.25, Was #8

Daniels was getting lots of smoke while Haas was loose.

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Left Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.615/176.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.598/176.88, Was #1
Right Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.672/174.66, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.639/174.35, Was #3

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Left Lane: Grant Lewis Runs 7.702/174.58, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.746/174.10, Was #12
Right Lane: Mark Osborne Runs 7.615/176.01, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.642/175.07, Was #4

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Left Lane: Tim Freeman Runs 7.591/176.35, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.706/173.01, Was #11
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.675/175.21, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.676/173.74, Was #6

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Left Lane: Brian Self Runs 7.635/175.02, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.681/174.23, Was #8
Right Lane: Don Smith Runs 9.185/106.72, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.771/174.93, Was #15

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Left Lane: Dale Eaton No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 8.670/114.79, Was #24
Right Lane: David Spitzer Runs 7.765/175.34, Now #15; Best prior run: 8.098/167.07, Was #22

Eaton is pushed to the side as the truck fails to start. Spitzer drives through the clutch.

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Left Lane: John Lingenfelter Runs 7.687/175.39, Now #10; Best prior run: 9.858/95.64, Was #25
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Runs 7.923/167.24, Now #24; Best prior run: 10.272/90.31, Was #26

Lingenfelter is in.

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Left Lane: Sondra Sikes Runs 7.742/170.21, Now #14; Best prior run: 18.650/44.03, Was #27
Right Lane: Jeff Lukovich Runs 10.350/90.18, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.782/173.65, Was #18

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Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.671/175.87, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.756/174.39, Was #15
Right Lane: Vinny Barone Runs 7.712/175.00, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.696/175.18, Was #11

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Left Lane: Andy Manna Jr Runs 7.813/171.27, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.867/170.39, Was #24
Right Lane: John Coughlin Runs 7.865/173.54, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.840/172.14, Was #21

No help for either truck.

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Left Lane: Brad Jeter Runs 7.622/177.30, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.711/176.88, Was #14
Right Lane: Joe Pigford Runs 8.000/170.56, Now #26; Best prior run: 8.217/162.25, Was #26

Big move for Jeter.

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Right Lane: Bo Nickens Runs 7.836/171.53, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.857/171.29, Was #24

That closes out the qualifying for the trucks. The first round of eliminations will be around 3pm today.