KB Racing LLC: Jason Line advances to semifinal

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

 

19th ANNUAL NHRA O'REILLY SUMMER NATIONALS

HEARTLAND PARK TOPEKA – TOPEKA, KANSAS

JUNE 1-3, 2007

 

QUALIFYING:

#6: 6.728 seconds at 205.98 mph

 

ELIMINATIONS:

Round 1: Line (6.691/206.67) def. Larry Morgan (6.826/202.73)

Round 2: Line (6.715/206.10) def. Allen Johnson (6.728/205.63)

Round 3 (semifinals): Line (6.713/206.32) lost to Dave Connolly
(6.748/204.73)

 

 

Jason Line advances to semifinal

 

TOPEKA, Kan. (June \3, 2007) – Jason Line, the reigning NHRA POWERade Pro
Stock champ, drove his KB Racing LLC-owned, Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac
GTO to the semifinal round before being turned back by Dave Connolly during
eliminations at the 19th annual NHRA O’Reilly Summer Nationals. 

 

Line sent Larry Morgan packing in the opening round and Allen Johnson in
round two before turning his attention to Connolly.

 

Connolly, one of the best at the starting lights, was out first, gaining an
advantage of 78 hundredths of a second at the green, and never looked back
running an elapsed time 6.748 seconds.  Line covered the Heartland Park
Topeka quarter-mile in 6.713 seconds in a losing effort.

 

With nine races left in the first segment of the Countdown, Line remains in
the fourth position in the hunt for the eight available spots that move to
the second segment of Countdown to the Championship.

 

 NEXT RACE: The NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series moves from Topeka to the
Chicago area next weekend for the 10th annual NHRA Torco Racing Fuel Route
66 Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., June 7-10.

 

TELEVISION: ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will televise same-day coverage of eliminations
for the 19th annual NHRA O’Reilly Summer Nationals this evening (June 3)
from 4-7 p.m.  The elimination show repeats early Wednesday morning, June 6,
from 4-6 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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