KB Racing LLC: Jason Line saves best qualifying run for last

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

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

E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net

 

38th ANNUAL NHRA ACDELCO GATORNATIONALS

GAINESVILLE RACEWAY - GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

MARCH 15-18, 2007

 

Qualifying:

Session 1 Friday: 6.675 seconds at 206.76 mph (#5)

Session 2 Friday: 6.667 seconds at 207.72 mph (#6)

Session 3 Saturday: 6.686 seconds at 207.98 mph (#17)

Session 4 Saturday: 6.597 seconds at 211.03 mph (#5)

 

Jason Line saves best qualifying run for last

Faces Enders in opening round

 

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (March 17, 2007) - Jason Line, driver of the KB Racing
LLC, Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTO, qualified No. 5 at the 38th annual
NHRA ACDelco Gatornationals this weekend.

 

Line entered the final round of qualifying not qualified but save the best
for last when he drove his Summit Pontiac to a pass of 6.597 seconds at
211.03 over the Gainesville Raceway quarter-mile.

 

He joined the 211 mph club as the second driver to exceed 211 mph in a
normally aspirated Pro Stock car in NHRA history.  His teammate, Greg
Anderson, ran a national and track record 211.20 mph in the Saturday morning
qualifying session.

 

"I was scared to death," recounted Line as he talked about the final
qualifying session.  "I was scared, not just for me, but for everybody who
works hard on this car.  It's a lot of wasted effort when you don't qualify.

 

"The truth is that we got a nice streak going and it's cool to tell people
that you have never failed to qualify.  I was definitely thinking about that
(the streak).

 

"I mentally prepared myself for the worst, while hoping for the best.  That
helped.  I didn't want to dwell on it and It helped to relax.  Lucky enough
we made a decent run and put this Summit Pontiac into the field and to boot
we went 211.  We now have an exclusive KB Racing (211) club."

 

By qualifying, the reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion extended his
qualifying streak to 76 straight. 

 

Line, who is seeded on the same side of the elimination bracket as his
teammate, will open eliminations against Erica Enders, who qualified No. 12
(6.610/209.62). 

   

ELIMINATIONS: Final eliminations for all teams begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Time is local Gainesville time (ET) and subject to change.

 

TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the 38th annual NHRA ACDelco
Gatornationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD early Sunday morning (March
18) from 1 until 3 a.m.  ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of
eliminations on Sunday (March 18) from 5-7 p.m.  The elimination show
repeats early Wednesday morning (March 21), from 3:30-5:30 a.m.  Also, NHRA
Race Day is back providing the drag racing fan with the latest information
about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.  The ACDelco Gatornationals
installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen this Sunday (March 18) from
11-11:30 a.m.  Television times are ET and subject to change without notice.
Check your local listing.

 

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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