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| 2008 Jun 26 10 min IFOCE units: hot dogs |
Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifier
[Link]
QVC Studio Park qvctours.com West Chester, PA http://nathansfamous.com/nathans/contest/index.php |
| 1st | 22.5 | Pat "from Moonachie" Philbin | Moonachie, NJ | ||
| 2nd | 22 | Micah "Wing Kong" Collins | Drexel Hill, PA | ||
| 3rd | 17 | Eric "Steakbellie" Livingston | Drexel Hill, PA | ||
| 4th | 16 | Jack Densing | |||
| 5th | 15 | Dave "U. S. Male" Goldstein | Voorhees, NJ | ||
| 5th | 15 | William "Wild Bill" Myers | Breinigsville, PA | ||
| 7th | 13 | Pete "Philly Guy" Miernicki | West Philadelphia, PA | ||
| 8th | 12 | Doug King | QVC Employee | ||
| 9th | 10 | Ed Campitelli | QVC Employee | ||
| 10th | 9.5 | Andrew Kneisly | QVC Employee | ||
| 11th | 9 | Brandon Sakelarides | |||
| 11th | 9 | Michael Volpe | |||
| 13th | 8.5 | Vince Freeman | QVC Employee | ||
| ? | ? | Paul "Buffet Buster" Sakelarides | |||
| DQ | ? | Sean "Flash" Gordon | Downingtown, PA | Ate 21, DQ'd during finals announcement. |