Considering he hadn't made a competitive quarter-mile lap in more than a month, Dave Northrop was
pleased with Friday's 6.758-second, 204.14 mph elapsed time as qualifying commenced for Sunday's
25th Toyo Tires Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway.
The effort was 14th overall on a day when rain wiped out the second qualifying attempt.
"It was a decent run in the Nitro Fish/ISC Racers Tape/ISC Salesmaster Corp. Pontiac GXP," said
Northrop. "Eddie (Guarnaccia, team crew chief) thought we had some issues with the carburetor,"
said Northrop. "We could've used a second run Friday. Eddie is working on getting the carburetor
working better with the motor for Saturday's two runs."
This is a hometown race for Nitro Fish Wear team owner Kenny Koretsky, Northrop and Guarnaccia.
Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Funny Car points leader Tony Pedregon qualified eighth (4.177 at
297.61 mph) in the Nitro Fish Chevy Impala while Matt Smith, aboard the Don Schumacher Racing Nitro
Fish Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle, had mechanical problems on his run and was 16th. And Koretsky's
son Kyle was 31st in his first Competition Eliminator outing in the Nitro Fish Chevy Cavalier.
