Dave Northrop gave it his best effort, but he wasn't able to register the upset of Pro Stock
eliminations Sunday in the O'Reilly Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.
At the controls of the Eddie Guarnaccia-prepared, Kenny Koretsky-owned Nitro Fish/ISC Racers
Tape/ISC Salesmaster Corp. Dodge, Northrop left the starting line ahead of No. 1 qualifier Mike
Edwards. Edwards was able to track him down, however, and pulled away to the win, 6.691 seconds at
205.998 mph to 6.790 at 203.34 mph.
"At least we made a decent run," said Northrop, the No. 16 qualifier. "Eddie and the crew worked
late Saturday night. He made several changes that definitely showed promise. We were pleased to
get into the starting lineup. We didn't make the kind of run we wanted.
"We are getting closer to figuring out what the problems are and we will take care of them."
Northrop, of Perkasie, Pa., will be behind the wheel again Friday when the United Association Route
66 Nationals begins its three-day run in Joliet, Ill.
