Summit Racing Equipment Signs Hillary Will to an Associate Sponsorship Agreement
*January 24, 2006 KB RACING NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES KB RACING-owned, KALITTA MOTORSPORTS-managed TOP FUEL DRAGSTER HILLARY WILL -- DRIVER JIM OBERHOFER - CREW CHIEF TALLMADGE, OHIO - Summit Racing Equipment, the world's largest direct marketer of high performance automotive parts, has signed Top Fuel driver Hillary Will to an associate sponsorship agreement. Will, who joined KB Racing as driver of the team's new Top Fuel dragster following the 2005 season, is excited to partner with Summit Racing in 2006. "I've been using Summit Racing Equipment as my source for performance parts since my Super Gas days and will continue to do so in Top Fuel," Will said. "We've won with Summit Racing in my alcohol dragster and now we look forward to winning in Top Fuel. We appreciate Summit Racing's excellent service and quality products." Will began her racing career in the sportsman ranks in the Super Street class. She then competed in the Super Gas and Super Comp classes before moving to Top Alcohol Dragster in 2004. In 2005, Will finished sixth in the Top Alcohol Dragster national points, winning the SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas and was runner-up at the Winternationals in Pomona and the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis. She also finished second in the Division 6 points standings and became just one of four drivers of supercharged alcohol dragsters to go over 270 miles per hour. "Our successful relationships with Ken Black and the Kalitta Motorsports team made this partnership a no-brainer," Kirk Heinbuch, Summit Racing Equipment Manager of Motorsports and Events, said. "Hillary is a very talented driver, and with backing from KB Racing and the Kalitta team, we feel she has the potential to make an impact in Top Fuel very quickly." In addition to its relationship with Hillary Will, Summit Racing is the primary sponsor of 2005 NHRA Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and Jason Line, who finished third in Pro Stock in 2005. The company is also an associate sponsor of Pro Stock drivers Warren Johnson, Kurt Johnson, Larry Morgan, and Mark Pawuk; Top Fuel drivers Doug Kalitta, David Grubnic, and Larry Dixon; and Funny Car drivers Tim Wilkerson, Scott Kalitta, and Tommy Johnson Jr. /Headquartered in Tallmadge, Ohio, Summit Racing Equipment (www.summitracing.com) offers the largest selection of parts, lowest prices, and best customer service in the high performance industry. Summit Racing Equipment has retail locations in Tallmadge, Ohio; Sparks, Nevada; and beginning in 2006, McDonough, Georgia. KB Racing is owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black. In addition to Hillary Will's Top Fuel Dragster, KB Racing also fields two Pro Stock cars, driven by Greg Anderson and Jason Line on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Anderson has won three consecutive POWERade Pro Stock Championships (2003-2005). Line finished third in the 2005 POWERade point standings and was honored with the 2004 Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, presented to the most outstanding rookie in a professional category. Kalitta Motorsports (www.kalittaracing.com), owned by the legendary drag race driver and successful businessman Connie Kalitta, will field, in addition to Will's dragster, three additional nitro fuel cars - two Top Fuel dragsters and a Funny Car - in 2006 on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series. Doug Kalitta will drive the Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster, David Grubnic will handle the driving duties on the StriVectin-SD Top Fuel Dragster and Scott Kalitta moves from Top Fuel to the Funny Car for 2006. In the final 2005 Top Fuel point standings Doug Kalitta finished third, Grubnic fourth and Scott Kalitta eighth.
