Sun, 12 Nov 2000, 08:16 PM POMONA-2 - Pro Stock Truck Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock Truck at the 36th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Greg Stanfield      7.508 180.09  Q    8 Mike Coughlin       7.523 179.09
   (C Greco     ) 0.449  7.486 180.09  E1   (J Coughlin  ) 0.435  7.529 178.87
   (L Seay      ) 0.436  7.479 180.14  E2   (S Johns     ) 0.431  7.529 179.21
   (B Panella Jr) 0.429  7.514 180.09  E3   (J Gracia    ) 0.418  7.548 179.11
 *****WINNER***** 0.430  7.520 179.95  E4                  0.404  7.569 179.18

4:59 PM We're running the Professional final rounds first, then will complete the Sportsman categories. With a 7:00 PM curfew, we'll probably barely make it. Coughlin got a great light but Stanfield had enough power to run him down and win by a Margin of victory = 0.023 seconds (approximately 6 feet), even though his truck was moving around a lot on the top end of the run. The win is Stanfield's first in three final round appearances this year, the other two finals being the Winternationals, here, and Gatornationals, in Gainesville, Florida.