KB Racing LLC: Northrop surprises Anderson in opening round

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

21st ANNUAL NHRA O'REILLY FALL NATIONALS
TEXAS MOTORPLEX - DALLAS
SEPTEMBER 21-24, 2006

QUALIFYING:
#1: 6.696 seconds at 205.50 mph

ELIMINATIONS:
Round 1: Anderson (6.653/207.24) lost to Dave Northrop (6.697/206.20)

   
Northrop surprises Anderson in opening round

ENNIS, Texas. (September 24, 2006) - In a surprising first round loss, 
Greg Anderson was turned back by former comp racer, turned Pro Stock 
driver, Dave Northrop during eliminations at the NHRA O'Reilly Fall 
Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec.

In the opening round match up, Northrop was out quickly and took a huge 
starting line advantage - 47 hundredths of a second - on Anderson.  
Anderson, behind the wheel of the KB Racing/Summit Racing Equipment Pro 
Stock Pontiac GTO, used the entire Texas Motorplex quarter-mile to try 
and run down his opponent.

Anderson's elapsed time for the pass was 6.653 seconds, while Northrop 
crossed the finish line three thousandths of a second in front of 
Anderson.  Northrop's elapsed time was 6.697 seconds.

"I don't know what happened, but I do know that we missed an 
opportunity," said Anderson following his first round loss to Northrop.  
"I felt good today.  The Summit Racing Pontiac was obviously great.  I 
had all the confidence in the world with the car.  I knew the car was 
going to run well.  All I had to do was be solid and concentrate on that 
light.  Somehow my concentration was broken.  I don't know when or how. 
I didn't think I missed the light but the timing slip says otherwise.  
So I did, and now I've got to take the consequences. 

"Dave Northrop in the other lane did a good job.  My hat is off to him.  
He won the race and he deserves it.  I've got to come back and do better 
next time.  We're still in the running to win our fourth POWERade 
championship."

With four races on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing schedule, the POWERade 
Pro Stock point battle unofficially shakes out as follows:  1.) Jason 
Line, 1,358 points; 2.) Greg Anderson, 1,280 (-78); and Dave Connolly, 
1,218 (-140).  Anderson leads Connolly by 62 points.  

ESPN2 will air same-day television coverage of eliminations from the 
21st annual NHRA O'Reilly Fall Nationals from 7 until 10 p.m., tonight 
(Sunday, Sept. 24). The elimination show repeats early Thursday morning 
(Sept. 28) from 3-5 a.m.  Television times are Eastern Time (ET) and 
subject to change at anytime.  Check local listings.
    
Anderson and his KB Racing LLC/Summit Racing Equipment team now return 
to Reading, Penn., and Maple Grove Raceway, for the NHRA Toyo Tires 
Nationals, which was postponed two weeks ago.  The event is scheduled 
for this coming weekend, Sept. 29-Oct. 1.
   
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) and was named 
the 2004 Speed Channel Driver of the Year.  After finishing second in 
2004 in the POWERade point standings, Line was honored with the 2004 
Automobile Club of Southern California Road to the Future award, 
presented to the most outstanding rookie in a NHRA professional 
category. In the 2005-point standings, Line finished third.  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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