KB Racing LLC: Anderson Runner-up at Route 66 Raceway

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

*KB RACING LLC*
*NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES*
*SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCK*
*GREG ANDERSON -- DRIVER *

*MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz*
*PHONE: 425-557-8899*
*E-MAIL: mschultz@bellsouth.net*

*NINTH ANNUAL NHRA CARQUEST AUTO PARTS NATIONALS*
*ROUTE 66 RACEWAY -- JOLIET, ILL.*
*JUNE 8-11, 2006*

*QUALIFYING:*
*#5: 6.663 seconds at 206.80 mph *

*ELIMINATIONS:*
*Round 1: Anderson (6.658/207.30) def. Warren Johnson (6.713/205.82)*
*Round 2: Anderson (6.669/206.80) def. Allen Johnson (11.503/75.29)*
*Round 3 (Semifinals): Anderson (6.644/207.56) def. Richie Stevens, Jr. 
(Red Light: 6.669/206.42)*
*Round 4 (Finals): Anderson (6.641/208.10) runner-up to Kurt Johnson 
(6.646/207.46)  *

*Anderson misses double-up bonus
/Runner-up to KJ at Route 66 Raceway/*

JOLIET, Ill. (June 11, 2006) -- After running the quickest-ever elapsed 
time for a Pro Stock car last evening, a pass of 6.620 seconds to win 
the King Demon Crown, Anderson set his sights today on winning the Pro 
Stock title and the $25,000 bonus from NHRA that comes with winning both 
yesterday's King Demon Crown and today's NHRA CARQUEST Auto Parts Nationals.

Anderson, who drives the Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTO for KB 
Racing LLC, came up short, finishing runner-up to Kurt Johnson (KJ) -- 
No double up for Anderson.  

KJ became only the second repeat Pro Stock winner in 2006.  For Anderson 
it was his 61st career final round.  The Duluth, Minn. born Anderson, 
who now lives in the Charlotte, N.C. area, has 40 career wins.

In the opening round Anderson turned back his former mentor Warren 
Johnson (WJ). Anderson worked for WJ for 12 years as a crew member, 
tuner and crew chief during four of Johnson's six NHRA Pro Stock 
championships, before becoming a driver himself.  It was Anderson from 
start to finish, running an elapsed time of 6.658 seconds to 6.713 
seconds for WJ.

In round two, Anderson was out first again.  This time he was against 
Allen Johnson, who got loose during the pass, possibly from tire shake.  
Anderson cruised to a win light in 6.669 seconds.

Against Richie Stevens, Jr. in the semifinals, Anderson was handed a 
free pass to the final round when Stevens left too early and saw the red 
light.  For the record, Anderson covered the quarter-mile in 6.644 
seconds.  Stevens recorded a 6.669 second pass, but all in vain due to 
the foul start.

Good friend from Anderson's days with Kurt's father Warren, the 
friendship between the pair stops at the starting line and resumes after 
the race is over.  In today's final round, KJ was out first at the green 
starting light and then held off the hard charging Anderson down the 
entire 1320 foot Route 66 Raceway track.  Anderson crossed the finish 
line in his Summit Pontiac in 6.641 seconds, .0333 of a second behind 
Johnson, who recorded a run of 6.646 seconds in his ACDelco Chevy Cobalt.

As a result of today's final round, Route 66 Raceway continues to be one 
of two tracks on the 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule that 
Anderson has not posted a win, the other being Richmond's Virginia 
Motorsports Park.  

The three-time and reigning Pro Stock champion, Anderson maintained his 
lead in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock point standings, a position he has 
held since the season-opening Winternationals.

It should be noted that Anderson's 6.620 pass in the final round of the 
King Demon Crown, a special bonus race for only Pro Stock cars, is a 
record that will only be good fodder for conversation, as it will not 
count as a national record because it didn't take place as part of the 
qualifying or elimination racing at the national event this weekend.
     
Next up for Anderson and the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series is the 
second of three back-to-back-to-back races, this time at Old Bridge 
Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, N.J., when the 37th annual NHRA 
K&N Filters Supernationals is contested June 15-18.

ESPN2 will repeat the elimination show from the NHRA CARQUEST Auto Parts 
Nationals early Wednesday morning (June 14) from 3-5 a.m.  *Television 
time is Eastern Time (ET) and subject to change at anytime.  Check local 
listings.*

/KB Racing LLC is owned by Las Vegas businessmen Ken Black and his son 
Kenny Black.  KB Racing LLC fields two Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock 
Pontiac GTOs, one driven by Greg Anderson and the other by Jason Line in 
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.  
This year KB Racing LLC also began fielding a Top Fuel Dragster, managed 
by Kalitta Motorsports, with rookie Top Fuel driver Hillary Will 
handling the driving duties.
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