Crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia doesn't like watching drag races. Team owner Kenny Koretsky and driver
Dave Northrop feel the same way. They would much rather do it than watch.
So, after missing the starting lineup at Englishtown, N.J., by a miniscule seven- thousandths of a
second, Guarnaccia decided to put the Nitro Fish Pontiac GXP into test mode. He joined several
other Pro Stock teams Tuesday and Wednesday at Martin, Mich., to see if he could pick up the pace
for this weekend's Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Norwalk, Ohio.
"The other cars testing will give us a better idea of how we compare to them," said Guarnaccia, who
doubles as the team's test driver. "We'll be able to work with the motor and the chassis. We've
been close, but that doesn't count."
"Obviously, the more runs we get on the motor and chassis, the more we learn," said Northrop, who
was disappointed last week because Englishtown is one of his home-track events. "We're ready to
get that number on the positive side. Our goal, though, is more than that. We hope to jump into
the middle of the (qualified 16-car) pack and stay there through qualifying. It would be great to
go into Saturday's last qualifying session already assured of a starting spot . . . and win some
elimination rounds on Sunday."
The schedule:
Friday: Pro qualifying sessions at 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Saturday: noon and 2 p.m. Sunday:
Final eliminations at 11 a.m.
TV Times (all ET): ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD
Saturday: Two hours of qualifying coverage at 8 p.m. Sunday: NHRA Race Day, a 30-minute pre-race
show, at noon; three hours of eliminations coverage at 7 p.m.
