Dave Northrop 16th Pro Stock qualifier at Topeka Sat, 30 May 2009, 07:28 PM "Well, we snuck on into the starting line-up," Dave Northrop said Saturday after qualifying 16th
for Sunday's O'Reilly Summer Nationals at sweltering Heartland Park Topeka. "Our best run (6781
seconds at 203.81 mph) was pretty good, considering the heat. It was around 92 degrees."
Crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia continued to make changes to Kenny Koretsky's Nitro Fish/ ISC Racers
Tape/ISC Salesmaster Corp. Dodge to drop the elapsed times. Northrop squares off against No. 1
qualifier Mike Edwards (6.674 at 206.29 mph) in the opening round.
"It feels good to qualify," Northrop continued. "We planned to test in St. Louis before this race,
but we were rained out so we came here without making any runs. The good news is Eddie is making
progress and we all want that to continue Sunday. It will be hot again, with temperatures in the
low 90s."
