KB Racing LLC: Jason Line runner-up in 25th career final round

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KB RACING LLC
NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES
 
KB RACING LLC/SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PRO STOCK PONTIAC GTO
JASON LINE -- DRIVER
ROB DOWNING -- CREW CHIEF
 
MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ
PHONE: 920-733-2330
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23rd ANNUAL NHRA CHECKER SCHUCK'S KRAGEN NATIONALS
FIREBIRD INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY -- CHANDLER, ARIZONA
FEBRUARY 23-25, 2007

QUALIFYING:
#1: 6.635 seconds at 209.33 mph (#1)


ELIMINATIONS:
Round 1: Line (6.634*/208.33) def. Max Naylor (red light: 6.713/206.51)
Round 2: Line (6.701/207.56) def. Dave Connolly (10.732/83.19)
Round 3 (semifinals): Line (6.699/207.05) def. Jim Yates (6.723/205.70)
Round 3 (final): Line (6.676/207.85) runner-up to Kurt Johnson 
(6.694/206.67)
*Track Record Elapsed Time*

*Jason Line runner-up in 25th career final round*

Chandler, Ariz. (February 25, 2007) -- In his first final of 2007 and 
25th of his career, Jason Line finished runner-up today at the 23rd 
annual NHRA Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals.

En route to the final round Line drove his KB Racing LLC-owned, Summit 
Racing Equipment-backed Pontiac GTO by Max Naylor, Dave Connolly, and 
Jim Yates.

In the opening round Max Naylor turned on the red light by .003 seconds 
and Line took a free ride to the second round.  For the record, Line ran 
an elapsed time of 6.634 seconds, low elapsed time of the round and low 
for the event.

In round two, Line and Dave Connolly left the starting line dead even 
but then Connolly's Chevy Cobalt went dead and coasted to the finish 
line.  In the meantime, Line raced to the finish line, recording a pass 
of 6.701 seconds at 207.56 mph.

The semifinals found Line matched against Jim Yates, who had taken the 
win light over Line's Summit Racing Equipment teammate Greg Anderson in 
the second round when Anderson broke during the burnout.  Yates got a 
slight advantage at the start, but it wasn't enough to get by the 
Pontiac GTO of Line.  Line's numbers were 6.699/207.05; Yates recorded 
6.723/205.70.

In the final round, Kurt Johnson was first to leave the Firebird 
International Raceway starting line, gaining an advantage of 35 
thousandths of a second, which was enough to hold off the hard-charging 
Line.  On a holeshot, Johnson's Cobalt crossed the finish line strip in 
6.694 seconds, followed by Line in 6.676 seconds.

For their careers, the pair has now split evenly the 16 races in which 
they have met, with Johnson holding a 2-1 advantage in final rounds.

"It's all good, even through it seemed to go up and down -- it was 
either hit or miss" said Line.  "We either ran real good or we ran real 
bad.  It was disappointing not to get that win light in the final 
round.  We struggled with the racetrack and made some mistakes, but all 
can be corrected and we'll go after them again at Gainesville.  We'll go 
back to the shop, see if we can find some more power, then head to the 
next race."   

*TELEVISION:* ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will air same-day coverage of 
eliminations for the 23rd annual NHRA Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals, 
the second of 23-national events on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing 
Series, tonight, Sunday (Feb.25), from 7-10 p.m.  The elimination show 
repeats early Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, from 4-6 a.m.  *Television 
times are ET and subject to change without notice.  Check your local 
listing.*

*NEXT RACE:* The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series now moves to 
Gainesville, Fla., for the 38th annual NHRA ACDelco Gatornationals at 
Gainesville Raceway, March 15-18.

*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.
 
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