Nathan's Famous 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest Qualifier

Eater X rocked the crowd assembled at the vacant Ames in East Hartford by eating 41.5 Nathan's Famous HDBs in 12 minutes.

Tim Brown took second with 24 and Russ Keeler ate 23 for third place.

Top Ten:

Tim Janus 41.5 Tim Brown 24 Russ Keeler 23 Pete Davekos 19.75 Mike Springer 17.5 Chris Mott 11 Pat Weiland 10.75 Steve Porter 9 Ben Watts 8 Mike Lemay 7.5