The Pro Stock final round at the 2010 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals might have been the most notable upset since biblical times when David slew Goliath.
 
Greg Stanfield, driving Kenny Koretsky’s Nitrofish Pontiac, didn’t have a slingshot or a stone to throw at his opponent, Mike Edwards. For him, his left leg and lane choice got the job done just the same.
 
Stanfield has raced Indy every year since 1987, falling short every year until this year.
 
Stanfield fended off Edwards with a slower 6.665, 207.59 to claim his first career Indy title in his second straight final round appearance at this race. Edwards, racing from the less advantageous right lane, lost despite a 6.627, 208.75.

The Pro Stock final round at the 2010 NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals might have been the most notable upset since biblical times when David slew Goliath.
 
Greg Stanfield, driving Kenny Koretsky’s Nitrofish Pontiac, didn’t have a slingshot or a stone to throw at his opponent, Mike Edwards. For him, his left leg and lane choice got the job done just the same.
 
Stanfield has raced Indy every year since 1987, falling short every year until this year.
 
Stanfield fended off Edwards with a slower 6.665, 207.59 to claim his first career Indy title in his second straight final round appearance at this race. Edwards, racing from the less advantageous right lane, lost despite a 6.627, 208.75.
 
Stanfield carried a .056 advantage by the time they passed the tree.
 
“It has been 23 long years,” Stanfield admitted. “I was the runner-up queen. I just kept trying. When you race as a sportsman racer as long as I did, it just becomes ingrained in you that your success or failure is dependent on what you do on the tree. You live or die on the tree.”
 
The victory moved Stanfield, the eighth seed headed into the Countdown to 1, into third place behind Edwards and Allen Johnson.
 
Stanfield used an Eddie Guarnaccia tune-up to drive his way to the finals from the No. 6 qualifying position, defeating Warren Johnson, Jason Line and Allen Johnson to earn the right to race the low qualifier.
 
“This is one of the best victories of my life, especially in winning one for Kenny,” said Stanfield.
 
For his part, Edwards had a tough day in the office although his car ran well enough to beat Justin Humphries, Greg Anderson and a determined V. Gaines.
 
“The left lane had been the best lane all day, and Mike being the champion that he is, I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy race,” Stanfield explained. “He obviously made a good run in the right lane ... was just a little late.”
 
The only scenario more improbable than his Indy victory was the fact he even turned a tire under power to start the season. Stanfield had previously driven for Bart Price and when he disbanded the team at the conclusion of last season, the four-time sportsman world champion wondered if his dream of racing Pro Stock was over.
 
“Didn’t have a clue whether I’d be racing or not,” Stanfield confirmed.
 
Enter Koretsky with a plan to give the talented engine builder and driver a place to race.
 
“We had talked last year about getting together and we were waiting on some things to happen,” said Koretsky, a Pro Stock runner-up himself five years ago in Indy. “I called him in January and told him, let’s just make this thing happen. Greg Hill is a big help as an associate sponsor.”
 
Koretsky believed his team would inevitably win one of the Countdown races. But for Stanfield, he felt the same way about getting the Indy trophy.
 
“I knew my time was going to come sooner or later,” Stanfield said. “It just happened this was the time.”

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