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Fri, 6 Oct 2000, 07:54 PM

MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Truck Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By David Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock Truck at the 13th annual AutoZone Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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:

Left Lane: Craig Eaton Runs 7.644/174.87, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.695/174.77, Was #30
Right Lane: Lou Ficco Runs 31.318/0.00, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.564/176.40, Was #13

6:25 PM Ficco breaks right off the line and coasts through the lights. Eaton goes left, then right then finally straightens it out.

Left Lane: Mark Whisnant Runs 7.598/177.39, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.542/177.74, Was #7
Right Lane: Larry Seay Runs 8.608/108.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.546/176.44, Was #10

Seay had a great 1.05 sixty-foot time but then something went wrong with the truck at about half-track.

Left Lane: Taylor Lastor Runs 7.525/178.02, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.592/177.00, Was #22
Right Lane: Jeff Naiser Runs 7.544/177.88, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.548/177.18, Was #12

Lastor runs a career best and gets in fourth for now. Naiser moves up a couple of spots.

Left Lane: Bob Panella Jr Runs 7.508/178.71, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.519/178.97, Was #3
Right Lane: Randy Daniels Runs 7.476/179.68, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.499/178.68, Was #2

Doctors at the Cleveland Medical Center found a problem with a chamber in Garley Daniels heart. They were able to repair it and he is doing much better. Daniels sets the track record on this pass and takes the pole for now.

Left Lane: Larry Kopp Runs 7.593/176.28, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.574/177.37, Was #16
Right Lane: Joe Pigford Runs 7.578/175.96, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.606/175.27, Was #26

Kopp's truck takes a hard left right off the line. Pigford runs his career best ET but still can't get in the show.

Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 7.486/179.23, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.534/178.42, Was #7
Right Lane: Bart Price Runs 7.485/179.44, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.585/177.93, Was #19

A good side-by side run, both drivers running career best ET's on this pass.

Left Lane: Brian Self Runs 7.512/178.12, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.545/177.70, Was #12
Right Lane: Steven Farr Runs 20.412/36.03, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.602/176.65, Was #26

Self makes a great run and gets in the sixth spot. Farr has problems right off the line and shuts it down.

Left Lane: John Lingenfelter Runs 7.499/179.06, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.589/177.77, Was #22
Right Lane: Dale Eaton Runs 7.547/177.70, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.596/175.98, Was #25

Lingenfelter makes a big jump all the way into the fifth spot. Eaton gets in on the bump spot.

Left Lane: Rick Jones Runs 7.540/178.12, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.595/177.02, Was #25
Right Lane: Todd Patterson Runs 7.485/178.31, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.529/177.09, Was #10

Patterson runs a career best ET and jumps into the third spot. Jones makes a big move from 25th to 11th.

Left Lane: Ruben Celedon Runs 7.505/178.17, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.581/177.00, Was #22
Right Lane: David Spitzer Runs 7.518/177.93, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.498/177.49, Was #5

Celedon makes a big jump into the seventh spot. We are .002 away from having a record field in this class.

Left Lane: Scott Perin Runs 7.501/178.21, Now #7; Best prior run: 13.657/60.13, Was #31
Right Lane: Charles Greco Runs 7.612/178.45, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.572/176.95, Was #20

Perin runs a career best ET and puts Naiser on the bump with a 7.544

Left Lane: Steve Johns Runs 7.531/178.24, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.529/179.35, Was #12
Right Lane: Rob Slavinski Runs 7.511/179.71, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.543/177.88, Was #15

Slavinski runs a career best ET and moves into tenth.

Left Lane: Jim Kennedy Runs 7.545/177.09, Now #17; Best prior run: 16.622/47.20, Was #32
Right Lane: Chip Ippolito Runs 7.585/176.60, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.620/175.43, Was #28

Kennedy runs a career best ET but can't break into this tough field. No help for Ippolito.

Left Lane: Don Smith Runs 7.541/178.00, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.590/176.86, Was #28
Right Lane: Arnie Martel Runs 7.619/175.34, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.669/174.53, Was #32

Smith runs a career best ET and makes this the quickest field ever in Pro Stock Truck.

Left Lane: Jeff Gracia Runs 7.483/179.14, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.585/177.21, Was #27
Right Lane: Samuel Tompkins Runs 7.598/176.14, Now #29; Best prior run: 7.667/175.32, Was #32

Gracia makes a great run and is in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: John Coughlin No Time, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.585/177.23, Was #27
Right Lane: Greg Stanfield Runs 7.487/180.07, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.547/178.57, Was #21

Coughlin leaves before the tree is activated and then breaks. Stanfield breaks into the field and lowers the record bump to 7.540.