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Dave Northrop took a wild ride Friday night when Kenny Koretsky's blue Nitro Fish Dodge Stratus did a slow roll over and was effectively knocked from the Toyo Tires Nationals on a cold, damp evening at Maple Grove Raceway.
But the team, under the guidance of crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia, prepared the team's red Nitro Fish Dodge -- and the one with which the Perkaskie, Pa., driver is most familiar -- for Saturday's qualifying. After a long night of preparation, Northrop drove the red Dodge to a 6668-second, 207.77-mph run and solidified his hold on the 16th starting position for Sunday's race.
"It was nice to get that out of the way," said Northrop, who is in his first season of NHRA Pro Stock racing. "It felt good to be back in the car that I've driven more this year. Eddie (Guarnaccia, team crew chief) and the guys worked hard to get the car together after our Friday night incident. I've made a lot more runs in the red Dodge and I'm confident going into Sunday's eliminations."
Northrop races surprise low qualifier Greg Stanfield (6.621 seconds at 208.24 mph) in the opening round, weather permitting.
Northrop runs 10th best time, finishes 16th
Dave Northrop took a wild ride Friday night when Kenny Koretsky's blue Nitro Fish Dodge Stratus did a slow roll over and was effectively knocked from the Toyo Tires Nationals on a cold, damp evening at Maple Grove Raceway.
But the team, under the guidance of crew chief Eddie Guarnaccia, prepared the team's red Nitro Fish Dodge -- and the one with which the Perkaskie, Pa., driver is most familiar -- for Saturday's qualifying. After a long night of preparation, Northrop drove the red Dodge to a 6668-second, 207.77-mph run and solidified his hold on the 16th starting position for Sunday's race.
"It was nice to get that out of the way," said Northrop, who is in his first season of NHRA Pro Stock racing. "It felt good to be back in the car that I've driven more this year. Eddie (Guarnaccia, team crew chief) and the guys worked hard to get the car together after our Friday night incident. I've made a lot more runs in the red Dodge and I'm confident going into Sunday's eliminations."
Northrop races surprise low qualifier Greg Stanfield (6.621 seconds at 208.24 mph) in the opening round, weather permitting.
