KB Racing LLC: Line jumps to No. 3 as qualifying ends at Memphis

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KB RACING LLC
NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES
SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCK
JASON LINE - DRIVER


19th ANNUAL NHRA O'REILLY MID-SOUTH NATIONALS
MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK - MEMPHIS, TENN.
AUGUST 18-20, 2006

Qualifying:
Session 1 Friday: 6.768 seconds at 203.77 mph (#3)
Session 2 Friday: Cancelled (#3)
Session 3 Saturday: 6.774 seconds at 203.68 mph (#4)
Session 4 Saturday: 6.760 seconds at 203.55 mph (#3)

Line jumps to No. 3 as qualifying ends at Memphis

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (August 19, 2006) - Qualifying for the 19th annual 
NHRA O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals is complete and Jason Line, driver of 
the KB Racing LLC-owned, Summit Racing Equipment-backed Pro Stock 
Pontiac GTO, qualified No. 3.  

On Friday, a late-afternoon thunderstorm swept through Memphis 
Motorsports Park and pushed back the first round of qualifying until the 
9 o'clock hour and cancelled the second.  Of the three sessions that 
were run, including two today, Line's best elapsed time was a pass of 
7.760 seconds, run in the oppressive heat and humidity of the last 
qualifying session today.

"While we are happy with where we qualified, we need to figure out how 
to make these Summit Pontiacs a little bit faster, they're not running 
as well as we would like them to," said Line, as he turned his thoughts 
to eliminations tomorrow following today's qualifying.  "But as I said, 
No. 1 for (teammate) Greg (Anderson) and No. 3 for me is where we want 
to be - on the opposite sides of the (qualifying) ladder.

"All-in-all, we have as good of chance to win this thing as anybody and 
that's our plan.  Our goal is four win lights tomorrow."

Line goes head-to-head with Tommy Lee, who drives of a Chevy Cobalt, 
when eliminations get underway tomorrow.  Lee qualified No. 14 with a 
run of 6.788 seconds at 203.40 seconds. 

Line begins his quest for the O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals Pro Stock 
title on Sunday, Aug. 20, with eliminations for all classes beginning at 
3 p.m.  NOTE THE LATE START FOR ELIMINATIONS.  Time is local Memphis 
time (CT) and subject to change at  anytime.

ESPN2 will air same-day television coverage of eliminations for the 19th 
annual NHRA O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. 
(Sunday, August 20 - ending early Monday morning). The elimination show 
repeats early Sunday morning (August 27) from 3-5 a.m.  Also, tune in to 
NHRA2Day on ESPN2, the weekly show that gives you the latest information 
about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.  NHRA2Day can be seen 
tomorrow, August 20, from 11:30 a.m. - 12 noon.  Television times are 
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.