Location: Corona, NY
In a dramatic one minute overtime eat off, Erik the Red beat Pat from Moonachie to take the Shea Stadium qualifier. Each eater ate 26.5 HDBs in regulation, and then The Red pulled ahead in OT with 3.5 to Moonachie's 3. The man from Seattle moves on to Coney Island for the second straight year.
In third place was Allen the Shredder Goldstein with 25.5.
Full Results: Erik Denmark 26.5 + 3.5 (9 Axia 3 Points) Pat Philbin 26.5 + 3 (6 Axia 3 Points) Allen Goldstein 25.5 (3 Axia 3 Points) Russ Keeler 20 (2 Axia 3 Points) Brian Subich 19 (2 Axia 3 Points) Darryl Newman 17 (1 Axia 3 Point) Pete Davekos 15 (1 Axia 3 Point) Evan Darnell 13 (1 Axia 3 Point)
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