Nitro Dogs Racing

Koretsky fielding four Nitro Fish teams at home track in Reading

Kenny Koretsky

A Nitro Fish gathering is slated for Maple Grove Raceway near

Reading this weekend, and the king fish will be there, too.

Kenny Koretsky, owner of Nitro Fish apparel and the Nitro Fish/Indicom Electric Pro Stock Pontiac GXP driven by Richie Stevens Jr., also has sponsored entries in Top Fuel, Pro Stock Motorcycle, and Super Comp for the Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals at his home track.

Clay Millican returns to Top Fuel in the Nitro Fish/Hope4Sudan entry of MPE Motorsports LLC with new team owner Mark Pickens. Defending NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle world champion Matt Smith will be seeking his second consecutive 2008 victory on the Nitro Fish Wear Buell and to regain the points lead. 

Kyle Koretsky, Kenny’s youngest son, will make his second national event appearance at the controls of the Nitro Fish Super Comp dragster.

“I’m excited about watching the Nitro Fish cars race at Maple Grove,” said Koretsky, who began his racing career at the track more than 30 years ago. “And I’m excited about Matt’s win at Brainerd on Sunday. That was my third Wally from Matt this year.”

Stevens also had a good weekend in Brainerd, turning in four consistent qualifying runs and qualifying ninth. He had a mechanical problem in the first round.

“We left Brainerd on a positive note,” said Stevens. “We want to run well this weekend because it is Kenny’s home track. Eddie [Guarnaccia, Koretsky’s longtime friend and crew chief] knows the

Reading track probably better than anybody. It’s our goal to qualify in the top half of the field and go some rounds on Sunday.”

“I’m looking forward to this race,” said Guarnaccia. “We’ll have a lot of family and friends watching. We’ll be able to use the motor we ran at Brainerd, and we have good data from that race. That’s four more rounds than we had before the race.”

The Brainerd outing was the team’s first series appearance in a month.