update June 17 Added results from Paul Barlow’s comment

update Official results
1) Yasir Salem 24 HDB
2) Allen “Shredder” Goldstein 23
3) Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle 19.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 13.5
5T) Paul Barlow 12
5T) ? 12
7) Steve “Pi Guy” Martin 11
Dale Corzine 8

1W) Dee Martin 10

A Dale will return to the southern half of the MLE circuit today. CharlotteObserver.com has an article about Dale Corzine, who will attempt to compete in the Nathan’s finals after winning a July 4 hot dog eating contest in Rock Hill, SC six years in a row. In addition to previous named entrants, Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston, Yasir Salem, Brian Szontagh, Steve & Dee Martin and “Wild” Bill Myers are also expected to compete in today’s Nathan’s qualifier at Concord Mills at noon eastern time.

Anyone who wants a post-contest tourist activity might want to vist the Charlotte-area sites where The Hunger Games were filmed. The Capitol interiors were filmed at the former Philip Morris cigarette manufacturing plant in Concord, the same town where today’s qualifier is taking place.

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update June 14 Pittsburgh.CBSLocal.com has an article.

update 10:49 WPXI has a video. Triblive and WTAE have articles

update 4:37 The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a video

update The MLE facebook has full results

The top 3:
1) Micah “Wing Kong” Collins 27
2) Brian Subich 26.25
3) Mike Landrich 16.5
4) “Wild” Bill Myers 15.5
5) Tom Keeton 11.5
6T) Jakub Kelly 8
6T) Steve Myers 8
8) Dan McCloud 5.5

1W) Theresa Subich 9

update 12:35 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins was the winner with 27 hot dogs.

update 12:32 The female winner ate 9.

update 12:29 The contest is over.

update 12:21 The contest is underway. Pat Doyle is live-tweeting the contest. He says there is only one woman competing.

update 11:40 MSNBC reports the Subiches are attempting to break a record. If they are attempting to exceed the most hot dogs eaten by a husband & wife, the LeFevres ate 50.5 hot dogs in the 2005 Nathan’s finals. (They ate 45 hot dogs in a qualifier on two occasions, results are after the jump.)

There might be a dark horse in today’s Nathan’s qualifier in Pittsburgh. Jakub Seamus Kelly, born in the Czech Republic, thinks he can eat 30 hot dogs. update Rich Shea says that Brian Seiken and Hunter Hinson are also expected to compete in addition to previously named competitors.

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