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NHRA: Brad Jeter Wins Memphis Pro Stock Truck in S-10

12 October 1999

BRAD JETER, JETER RACING CHEVY S-10 PICKUP, eliminated RANDY DANIELS,
DANIELS MOTORSPORTS CHEVY S-10, in the final round today, tightening up the
championship chase among the top three in points:  Bob Panella Jr., who
lost to Jeter in the semifinals; Mark Osborne, who lost in the first round;
and Jeter.

Daniels launched first at the Christmas Tree with a .419 reaction time,
while Jeter followed with a .436.  Daniels slowed, however, to an
8.786-second pass at 114.53, while Jeter scooted to the finish in 7.605
seconds at 176.67 mph.

JETER:  "Our Chevy S-10 did a great job all weekend.  I got a wake up call
on Friday night from my crew chief Gerald Guadaganolo, who sat me down to
tell me my head is not in the program.  I've got to thank him. He said
you're going to have to get back in the ballgame.  He put the confidence
back in me.  I knew I had to take the Chevy S-10 and put it in the final if
I wanted a chance to win the championship.  We had to run Panella in the
semis, he was awfuly tough.  It was won on the starting line.  My crew
saves me at times and I save my crew at times."  WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO
WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP?  "The bigget thing I need is a confidence builder. 
I've been down on myself as a driver.  I need to take the confidence and go
to the last two races and give it our best shot.  It's going to be awfully
tough to win this thing.  The chances of these two guys (Panella and
Osborne) slipping are slim to none.  We still have a mathematical chance of
winning and we will give it our best and take this S-10 and win a
championship with it.  We're trying to win a championship and get a
sponsor, all at the same time.  If we aren't able to find a sposor next
year, it's hard to say if we are going to be able to race next year."

DANIELS:  "We broke a spark plug, the No. 2 spark plug.  I knew it was
broken in the water box, I knew it didn't sound right.  I felt I had a
problem, but I tried it anyway.  It's a real heartbreaker after running so
good all weekend long.  It was our race.  If we could have just made a
repeat of the round before (7.591/175.68 to beat Brian Self's
7.639/175.91), there is no way he could have beaten us, but that's racing. 
We know we got us a good fast combination now, we'll go back and freshen it
up and get ready for the next one."

Chevy S-10 Pickups have won each of the 12 of 14 races so far.

POINT STANDINGS:

1.      Bob Panella Jr. Chevy S-10              972
2.      Mark Osborne    Chevy S-10              880
3.      Brad Jeter      Chevy S-10              873
4.      Mike Coughlin   Chevy S-10              771
5.      Randy Daniels   Chevy S-10              707