Dave Northrop took his quickest Pro Stock ride Sunday in a record-shattering first round of the
Virginia Nationals and all it got him was a good look at Greg Anderson posting the category's
fastest quarter-mile run.
Northrop drove Kenny Koretsky's revamped Nitro Fish Pontiac GTP down the Virginia Motorsports Park
asphalt in 6.599 seconds at 207.88 mph while Anderson got the win light in 6.517 seconds at 212.36
mph.
"We had a respectable run. We are definitely happy with the way the car ran," Northrop said. "The
6.599 was one-thousandth of a second quicker than my previous best. We had an excellent run and we
have a combination we can work with.
"Everyone on the team worked hard to get the car in the show."
Tom Hammonds supplied the motors for this race and he and engine builder Jimmy Oliver assisted the
Nitro Fish crew throughout the weekend.
"To run a 6.609 (in qualifying) and 6.599 Sunday was pretty impressive," said Koretsky. "We are
making progress."
Koretsky also watched Tony Pedregon's Nitro Fish Impala smoke the tires and lose to Mike Neff
(4.157 seconds at 305.29 mph to 5.379 at 181.59) in the opening round. Despite the early setback,
Pedregon stayed third in Full Throttle Series points with 2,314 and trails new leader Robert Hight
by 48 points.
Two Countdown to 1 races remain - at Las Vegas, Oct. 30-Nov. 1 and Pomona, Calif., Nov. 12-15.
