KB Racing LLC: Hillary Will starts from the No. 11 at Topeka

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

KB RACING LLC

NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES

 

KB RACING LLC-owned, KALITTA MOTORSPORTS-managed TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

HILLARY WILL (www.hillarywillrace.com) – DRIVER

JIM OBERHOFER (JIM O) – CREW CHIEF

 

MEDIA CONTACT: MICKEY SCHULTZ

PHONE: 920-733-2330

E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net

 

19th ANNUAL NHRA O'REILLY SUMMER NATIONALS

HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA – TOPEKA, KANSAS

JUNE 1-3, 2007

 

Qualifying:

Session 1 Friday: 4.889 seconds at 300.40 mph (#12)

Session 2 Friday: Canceled due to rain (#12)

Session 3 Saturday: 4.720 seconds at 306.88 mph (#14)

Session 4 Saturday: 4.644 seconds at 313.22 mph (#11)

 

 

Hillary Will starts from the No. 11 at Topeka

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (June 2, 2007) – Hillary Will returned to action at the 19th
running of the NHRA O’Reilly Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka (HPT)
and claimed the No. 11 starting position when she ran a 4.644 second elapsed
time at 313.22 mph in the final qualifying session.

 

Rain cut qualifying to three rounds when Mother Nature caused NHRA to cancel
the second and final qualifying session on Friday, but that didn’t hold Will
back.  She improved in each of the other three rounds run in her KB Racing
LLC-owned, Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel dragster.

 

In the opening sessions on Friday, the California native, who now lives near
the Kalitta Motorsports shop in Ypsilanti, Mich., recorded a time of 4.889
seconds at 300.40 mph.  During Saturday’s first session Will lowered her
time to 4.720 seconds at 306.88 mph and then dropped that lower in the final
qualifying session. 

  

“We want to keep improving,” said Will after qualifying ended today.  “We’ve
been off so long we’re ready to go.  Our goal over these next ten races is
to get back in the top eight.  It’s going to be a marathon, but we’re going
to try and sprint starting tomorrow.  My Kalitta Motorsports teammate, Dave
Grubnic, got his first win here two years ago and then my other teammate,
Doug Kalitta, won here last year.  So I think it our turn this year.”

 

Will starts on the road to that win when she faces off against Brandon
Bernstein in the opening round tomorrow.  Bernstein qualified No. 6 with an
E.T of 4.591 seconds at a speed of 317.72 mph.

 

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

 

TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the 19th annual NHRA O’Reilly Summer
Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD on Saturday (June 2) from
5:30-7:30 p.m.  ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of
eliminations on Sunday (June 3) from 4-7 p.m.  The elimination show repeats
early Wednesday morning, June 6, from 4-6 a.m.  Also, be sure to tune into
NHRA Race Day, the show which provides the drag racing fan with the latest
information about the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.  The O’Reilly Summer
Nationals installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen on Sunday (June 3) on
ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD 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.

 

KALITTA MOTORSPORTS (www.kalittaracing.com), owned by the legendary drag
racer and successful businessman Connie Kalitta, fields, in addition to
Will's Top Fuel dragster, three additional nitro fuel cars -- two Top Fuel
Dragsters and a Funny Car. -- in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.  Doug
Kalitta, Connie's nephew, drives the Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster, Australian
Dave Grubnic handles the driving duties on the Zantrex-3 Top Fuel Dragster
and Scott Kalitta, Connie's son and Doug's cousin, is behind the wheel of
the DHL Funny Car.

 

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