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NORWALK, Ohio (June 25, 2007) – Last weekend at Englishtown , N.J. , the KB Racing team continued their domination in the Pro Stock class. Of the first ten races contested thus far in the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, either Greg Anderson or his teammate, Jason Line, has had a Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock Pontiac GTO in the final round at nine of the ten events.
The three-time NHRA POWERade champion Anderson has gone to six final rounds, winning all six; while Line, the reigning NHRA POWERade champion, has advanced to three final rounds, winning one. That’s seven wins with two runner-ups in ten races.
Fresh from a win last weekend, Anderson now turns his attention to Norwalk, Ohio and a new venue – the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park – the newly renovated track owned by Bill Bader and family.
There are reasons that Anderson is eager to get to this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
"We are looking forward to going to Norwalk ," said Anderson, whose primary marketing partner, Summit Racing Equipment, is headquartered in Tallmadge , Ohio . "What could be better than for the two Summit Racing Pontiacs to be racing at the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park . Because this race will be also sponsored by Summit Racing Equipment, it has jumped to one of the three most important races on the schedule for KB Racing . The other two are Las Vegas and Atlanta , also sponsored by Summit . I've been fortunate to win both of those this year and would like to make it three-for-three at Norwalk .
"We like to win and it is especially gratifying when you win in front of your sponsors and their employees. With the home office for Summit Racing Equipment being about an hour from the track in Norwalk , you can bet that we will see more Summit related people than at any race this year. I can't think of a better group of people that I would like to join us in the winner's circle, so we'll be going all out to win. It will be a special race. I know that they're looking forward to the race and us being there.
"The Bader Family has put a ton of money into making the facility first class and it should be a great, great place -- a neat place. We, as a team, need to shine and do well there. Being a new track on the circuit, there will be many challenges. We need to turn those challenges into opportunities. I would like to be the first time winner at the first Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park ."
While this is the inaugural race at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park , Anderson has been very successful at National Trail Raceway in Columbus , Ohio . The 46-year-old driver, who was born in Duluth , Minn., and now lives in the Charlotte, N.C. area, had four consecutive wins from 2002 through 2005 at the “other” Ohio track, which is no longer on the NHRA national event circuit.
After ten events, Anderson leads the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock standings with 954 points, which also puts him in the lead for the first segment – Countdown to Eight – of the Countdown to the Championship. Teammate Line is fourth with 628 points, 326 behind his teammate. Sandwiched in between Anderson and Line is Jeg Coughlin in second with 753 points (-201) and Coughlin’s teammate Dave Connolly, with 660 points (-294), in third. Rounding out the top five is Allen Johnson in fifth with 508 points, 446 off the lead. (For a brief description of the Countdown to the Championship, see below.)
QUALIFYING: Pro Stock begins qualifying for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Friday, June 29, with two sessions at 4 and 7 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Qualifying for the Pro Stock classes conclude on Saturday (June 30), with two sessions at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Final eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin for all teams at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 1. All qualifying and eliminations times are local Norwalk time (ET) and subject to change.
TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD on Saturday (June 30) beginning at 10 p.m. and concluding at midnight. ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of eliminations on Sunday (July 1) from 8-11 p.m. The elimination show repeats early Wednesday morning, July 4, from 4-6 a.m. Also, be sure to tune into NHRA Race Day, the show which provides the drag racing fan with the latest information about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen on Sunday (July 1) on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD from 11-11:30 a.m. Television times are ET and subject to change without notice. Check your local listing.
KB RACING LLC is owned by Las Vegas businessmen Ken Black and his son Kenny Black. In the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, KB Racing LLC fields two Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock Pontiac GTOs, one driven by Greg Anderson, a native of Duluth , Minn. who now lives in the Charlotte, N. C. area, and the other by Jason Line, a native of Wright, Minn. who now lives in the Charlotte, N. C. area, and a Top Fuel dragster, managed by Kalitta Motorsports, and driven by Hillary Will, a native of Fortuna, Calif. who now resides in Ypsilanti, Mich. Anderson won three consecutive POWERade Pro Stock Championships (2003-2005) and finished second in the point standings in 2006. Line, who finished second in points in his rookie season in 2004 and third in 2005, is the reigning 2006 POWERade Pro Stock Champion. Line was honored with the 2004 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award, presented to the outstanding rookie in a professional category. Will finished No. 10 in her rookie season in Top Fuel in 2006 and was nominated for the Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award. The Pro Stock shop of Anderson and Line is in Mooresville, N. C. and the Kalitta Motorsports racing operation is in Ypsilanti , Mich.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT: Since 1968 Summit Racing Equipment (Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030), headquartered in Tallmadge , Ohio , has been the leader in high performance, offering a huge selection of parts for virtually everyone from racers to street rodders, muscle car enthusiasts, off-roaders, and sport compact fans. Summit does business based on a simple formula: give our customers the parts they want, at a fair price, ship those parts fast, and back them with the best customer service on the planet. Summit Racing Equipment services its customers from three warehouses in Tallmadge , Ohio , Sparks , Nev. , and McDonough , Ga. Summit Racing Equipment is the primary marketing partner of KB Racing LLC , which fields the Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTOs driven by three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Jason Line. Summit Racing Equipment is also an associate sponsor on the KB Racing LLC-owned, Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel Dragster of Hillary Will.
Anderson looks to sponsor’s race
NORWALK, Ohio (June 25, 2007) – Last weekend at Englishtown , N.J. , the KB Racing team continued their domination in the Pro Stock class. Of the first ten races contested thus far in the 2007 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, either Greg Anderson or his teammate, Jason Line, has had a Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock Pontiac GTO in the final round at nine of the ten events.
The three-time NHRA POWERade champion Anderson has gone to six final rounds, winning all six; while Line, the reigning NHRA POWERade champion, has advanced to three final rounds, winning one. That’s seven wins with two runner-ups in ten races.
Fresh from a win last weekend, Anderson now turns his attention to Norwalk, Ohio and a new venue – the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park – the newly renovated track owned by Bill Bader and family.
There are reasons that Anderson is eager to get to this weekend’s Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals.
"We are looking forward to going to Norwalk ," said Anderson, whose primary marketing partner, Summit Racing Equipment, is headquartered in Tallmadge , Ohio . "What could be better than for the two Summit Racing Pontiacs to be racing at the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park . Because this race will be also sponsored by Summit Racing Equipment, it has jumped to one of the three most important races on the schedule for KB Racing . The other two are Las Vegas and Atlanta , also sponsored by Summit . I've been fortunate to win both of those this year and would like to make it three-for-three at Norwalk .
"We like to win and it is especially gratifying when you win in front of your sponsors and their employees. With the home office for Summit Racing Equipment being about an hour from the track in Norwalk , you can bet that we will see more Summit related people than at any race this year. I can't think of a better group of people that I would like to join us in the winner's circle, so we'll be going all out to win. It will be a special race. I know that they're looking forward to the race and us being there.
"The Bader Family has put a ton of money into making the facility first class and it should be a great, great place -- a neat place. We, as a team, need to shine and do well there. Being a new track on the circuit, there will be many challenges. We need to turn those challenges into opportunities. I would like to be the first time winner at the first Summit Racing Equipment Nationals at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park ."
While this is the inaugural race at Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park , Anderson has been very successful at National Trail Raceway in Columbus , Ohio . The 46-year-old driver, who was born in Duluth , Minn., and now lives in the Charlotte, N.C. area, had four consecutive wins from 2002 through 2005 at the “other” Ohio track, which is no longer on the NHRA national event circuit.
After ten events, Anderson leads the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock standings with 954 points, which also puts him in the lead for the first segment – Countdown to Eight – of the Countdown to the Championship. Teammate Line is fourth with 628 points, 326 behind his teammate. Sandwiched in between Anderson and Line is Jeg Coughlin in second with 753 points (-201) and Coughlin’s teammate Dave Connolly, with 660 points (-294), in third. Rounding out the top five is Allen Johnson in fifth with 508 points, 446 off the lead. (For a brief description of the Countdown to the Championship, see below.)
QUALIFYING: Pro Stock begins qualifying for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Friday, June 29, with two sessions at 4 and 7 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Qualifying for the Pro Stock classes conclude on Saturday (June 30), with two sessions at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Final eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin for all teams at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 1. All qualifying and eliminations times are local Norwalk time (ET) and subject to change.
TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD on Saturday (June 30) beginning at 10 p.m. and concluding at midnight. ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of eliminations on Sunday (July 1) from 8-11 p.m. The elimination show repeats early Wednesday morning, July 4, from 4-6 a.m. Also, be sure to tune into NHRA Race Day, the show which provides the drag racing fan with the latest information about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen on Sunday (July 1) on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD from 11-11:30 a.m. Television times are ET and subject to change without notice. Check your local listing.
KB RACING LLC is owned by Las Vegas businessmen Ken Black and his son Kenny Black. In the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, KB Racing LLC fields two Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock Pontiac GTOs, one driven by Greg Anderson, a native of Duluth , Minn. who now lives in the Charlotte, N. C. area, and the other by Jason Line, a native of Wright, Minn. who now lives in the Charlotte, N. C. area, and a Top Fuel dragster, managed by Kalitta Motorsports, and driven by Hillary Will, a native of Fortuna, Calif. who now resides in Ypsilanti, Mich. Anderson won three consecutive POWERade Pro Stock Championships (2003-2005) and finished second in the point standings in 2006. Line, who finished second in points in his rookie season in 2004 and third in 2005, is the reigning 2006 POWERade Pro Stock Champion. Line was honored with the 2004 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award, presented to the outstanding rookie in a professional category. Will finished No. 10 in her rookie season in Top Fuel in 2006 and was nominated for the Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future Award. The Pro Stock shop of Anderson and Line is in Mooresville, N. C. and the Kalitta Motorsports racing operation is in Ypsilanti , Mich.
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT: Since 1968 Summit Racing Equipment (Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030), headquartered in Tallmadge , Ohio , has been the leader in high performance, offering a huge selection of parts for virtually everyone from racers to street rodders, muscle car enthusiasts, off-roaders, and sport compact fans. Summit does business based on a simple formula: give our customers the parts they want, at a fair price, ship those parts fast, and back them with the best customer service on the planet. Summit Racing Equipment services its customers from three warehouses in Tallmadge , Ohio , Sparks , Nev. , and McDonough , Ga. Summit Racing Equipment is the primary marketing partner of KB Racing LLC , which fields the Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTOs driven by three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Jason Line. Summit Racing Equipment is also an associate sponsor on the KB Racing LLC-owned, Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel Dragster of Hillary Will.
