Dave Northrop was pleased with his second run Friday evening as qualifying began for the NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway. He covered the quarter-mile in 6.786 seconds at 203.65
mph, which put Kenny Koretsky's Nitro Fish/ISC Racers Tape/ISC Salesmaster Corp. Dodge 17th
overall.
"Eddie (Guarnaccia, the crew chief) made some chassis changes between races and the car didn't
perform like we thought it would," said Northrop, of Perkasie, Pa. "The changes he made after the
first run (6.856 at 202.55) showed some promise. The car liked it."
They have two more qualifying runs on tap Saturday to get into the 16-car line-up for Sunday's
race.
"That first session is going to be a critical one for us," added Northrop, "so we'll take what we
learned into Saturday and run better."
