KB Racing LLC: Anderson, Line denied King Demon Crown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KB RACING LLC NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PONTIAC GTO PRO STOCKS GREG ANDERSON and JASON LINE – DRIVERS MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz PHONE: 920-733-2330 E-MAIL: PR4KBRacingLLC@earthlink.net 23rd ANNUAL NHRA KING DEMON CROWN ROUTE 66 RACEWAY – JOLIET, ILLINOIS JUNE 9, 2007 GREG ANDERSON QUALIFIED #1 ELIMINATIONS: Round 1: Anderson (6.667/207.82) def. V. Gaines (Red Light: 6.655/207.75) Round 2 (semifinals): Anderson (6.677/207.21) lost to Kurt Johnson (6.672/206.86) JASON LINE QUALIFIED #2 ELIMINATIONS: Round 1: Line (6.650/208.75) lost to Greg Stanfield (6.691/206.32) Anderson, Line denied King Demon Crown JOLIET, Ill. (June 9, 2007) – This year’s 23rd running of the NHRA King Demon Crown, a special race-within-a-race event for Pro Stock drivers run today in conjunction with the 10th annual NHRA Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., is now in the history books. Greg Anderson, driver of the KB Racing LLC, Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac lost to Kurt Johnson in the semifinals, while Jason Line, in an identical looking Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac to Anderson, was turned back in the opening round by Greg Stanfield. For the first time in the last five King Demon Crown events a KB Racing LLC, Summit Racing Pontiac is not in the final round. “Both Jason and I came into this King Demon Crown race with what we thought was a winning package,” said Anderson, following his and Jason’s exit from the King Demon Crown. “We made great runs yesterday. Obviously, the conditions changed today and we didn’t change with it. The track was hot and sticky. Simply, we just made the wrong adjustments. “Jason’s car was a little bit better than mine today, but neither one of us was on the top of our game when it came to driving today. The King Demon deal is behind us and we now concentrating on the race and the points. We’ll review all our data from yesterday and today and hopefully make the right adjustments for the race.” Racers accrued points based on their qualifying position at each of the 22 national events contested preceding this year’s King Demon Crown event. A No. 1 qualifying effort is worth 175 points, dropping 10 points per position through No. 4, which is worth 145 points. The No. 5 qualifier is awarded 140 points, dropping 5 points per position down to No. 16, which is worth 85 points. Drivers who do not qualify for an event do not earn points at that race. The KB Racing duo of Anderson and Line collected 17 of the 22 available No. 1 qualifying spots during the 22-race qualifying span for the King Demon Crown Three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Anderson, who won the King Demon Crown last year and in 2004 and was runner-up in 2003, collected 11 No. 1s during the qualifying span. Reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Line, with six No. 1s during the qualifying span, was runner-up for the Crown in 2006 and 2005. In addition to Anderson (No. 1 qualifier) and Line (No. 2), the following drivers earned their way into the eight-car field for the King Demon Crown: Allen Johnson (No. 3), Dave Connolly (No. 4), Kurt Johnson (No. 5), Mike Edwards (No. 6), Greg Stanfield (No. 7), and V. Gaines (No. 8). Opening round winners were: Anderson: 6.667/207.82 (over V. Gaines: red light - 6.655/207.75), Stanfield: 6.691/206.32 (over Jason Line: 6.650/208.75), Allen Johnson: 6.658/207.43 (over Mike Edwards: 6.695/206.45) and Kurt Johnson: 6.712/207.11 (over Dave Connolly: 6.700/206.39). In the semifinals the winners were: Kurt Johnson: 6.672/206.86 (over Anderson: 6.677/207.21) and Stanfield: 6.693/206.54 (over Allen Johnson: 8.213/114.31). The final round saw Kurt Johnson (6.692/207.15) turn back Greg Stanfield (6.729/206.26) for his fourth King Demon Crown. With a total purse of $145,000 and a race payout of $76,000, the winner (K. Johnson) of this year’s King Demon Crown receives $50,000, while the runner-up (Stanfield) takes home $10,000. The two semifinalists (Anderson and A. Johnson) walk away with $3,000 each and the four fist-round finishers (V. Gaines, Jason Line, Mike Edwards, and Dave Connolly) each earn $2,500. Additionally, the low qualifier at each of the 22 qualifying events earns $3,000 (a total of $66, 000). If Kurt Johnson wins the Pro Stock event title tomorrow, he will collect $20,000 for winning the race and a NHRA bonus of $25,000 for winning both the King Demon Crown and the 10th annual NHRA Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 Nationals, a total payout of $95,000. 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. #### No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/842 - Release Date: 6/9/2007 10:46 AM