KB Racing LLC: Anderson starts eliminations from No. 3 position in Summit Racing Pontiac

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KB RACING LLC
NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES
 
KB RACING LLC/SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT PRO STOCK PONTIAC GTO
GREG ANDERSON -- DRIVER
ROB DOWNING -- CREW CHIEF
 
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20TH ANNUAL NHRA O'REILLY MID-SOUTH NATIONALS
MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK
SEPT. 14-16, 2007

Qualifying:
Session 1 Friday: 6.697 seconds at 205.88 mph (#1)
Session 2 Friday: 6.695 seconds at 205.51 mph (#3)
Session 3 Saturday: 6.598 seconds at 209.17 mph (#3)
Session 4 Saturday: 6.607 seconds at 208.91 mph (#3)


Anderson starts eliminations from No. 3 position in Summit Racing Pontiac*

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (September 15 2007) -- The KB Racing LLC, Summit Racing 
Pontiacs continue to run well at Memphis Motorsports Park (MMP).
Greg Anderson drove his KB Racing-owned, Summit Racing Equipment-backed 
Pontiac to the No. 3 position on the final qualifying ladder for this 
weekend's 20th annual NHRA O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals.

Anderson started out the first session of qualifying on Friday like the 
Anderson of old, covering the MMP quarter-mile in his Summit Racing 
Equipment Pontiac with an elapsed time of 6.697 seconds at a speed of 
205.88 mph.  His speed upped the mile-per-hour track record previously 
held by his teammate, Jason Line (205.38 mph).  Also, his E.T was just a 
tad off the track record of 6.694 seconds, also held by Line.

It was still relatively warm when the Friday evening session got 
underway -- the air temperature was 88-degrees and the track temperature 
was recorded at 104-degrees. As the last pair of Pro Stock cars, the 
temperatures had started down some -- the air temperature was now 
86-degrees with the track temperature at 101-degrees. Anderson improved 
a couple of thousandths to a 6.695-second elapsed time, good for the 
third spot after the first day of qualifying.

Dave Connolly, in the other lane opposite Anderson, set a track record 
elapsed time in the second session on Friday, a 6.673-second pass, to 
take the provisional top spot for the first day.  

This changed when Connolly's E.T. track record switched hands in 
Saturday's first session, third overall, as Max Naylor took over the No. 
1 spot with an elapsed time of 6.594 seconds.

In that same first session on Saturday, Anderson lowered his E.T to 
6.598 seconds and once again upped the track speed record to 209.17 
mph.  As he headed to his final qualifying run, Anderson held the No. 3 
spot.

With one of the better elapsed time in the final round, Anderson ended 
the day by running a 6.607-second pass at 208.91 mph.  He continued to 
hold onto the No. 3 position and will face Ron Krisher, who qualified 
No. 14 (6.646/207.43), when the first round of eliminations gets 
underway tomorrow.

"Times got better today because the weather was on our side," said 
Anderson.  "Tomorrow should be more of the same, maybe a little hotter.  
These Summit Pontiacs run well in this type of conditions.  Now it's my 
job to go out and try to win this race tomorrow."

When qualifying get underway tomorrow at Memphis Motorsports Park, 
Anderson will be going after the 51st win of his career.  In 2007, 
through 18 races, he has seven wins in nine final rounds.  At MMP, the 
three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Champion has won twice -- in 2003 
(over Jeg Coughlin) and 2005 (over Kurt Johnson).

*ELIMINATIONS:* Final eliminations for the NHRA O'Reilly Mid-South 
Nationals begin for all teams at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16.  
*Eliminations time is local Memphis time (CT) and subject to change. *

*TELEVISION: *Qualifying highlights for the 20th annual NHRA O'Reilly 
Mid-South Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD late Saturday 
night/early Sunday morning (Sept. 16) beginning at 12 midnight and 
concluding at 2 a.m.  ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage 
of eliminations on Sunday (Sept. 16) from 7-10 p.m.  The elimination 
show repeats early Thursday morning, Sept. 20, 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 Mid-South Nationals installment of NHRA Race 
Day can be seen on Sunday (Sept. 16) on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD from 11-11:30 
a.m.  *Television times are ET and subject to change without notice.  
Check your local listing.
*
*COUNTDOWN TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP:* The four races that comprise the second 
segment (Countdown to 4) of the Countdown to the Championship included 
Labor Day weekend race in Indy, with Memphis (Sept. 14-16), Dallas 
(Sept. 20-23), and Richmond (Oct. 5-7) still remaining.  The top four 
drivers in points (of the eight drivers that remain in contention for 
the Countdown to the Champion) at the end of those four races will 
advance to the third and final segment (Countdown to 1) of the Countdown 
at which time the points will once be reset in 10-point increments, from 
3,030 to 3,000.  Those four drivers will compete for the championship 
over the final two races of the season, the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals 
(Oct.25-28) and the Auto Club Finals in Pomona, Calif.

*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.

*SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT: * Since 1968 Summit Racing Equipment 
(www.summitracing.com), headquartered in Tallmadge, Ohio, has been the 
leader in high performance, offering a huge selection of parts for 
virtually everyone from racers to street rodders, muscle car 
enthusiasts, off-roaders, and sport compact fans. Summit does business 
based on a simple formula: give our customers the parts they want, at a 
fair price, ship those parts fast, and back them with the best customer 
service on the planet.  Summit Racing Equipment services its customers 
from three warehouses in Tallmadge, Ohio, Sparks, Nev., and McDonough, 
Ga.  Summit Racing Equipment is the primary marketing partner of KB 
Racing LLC, which fields the Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTOs driven 
by three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and 
reigning NHRA POWERade Pro Stock champion Jason Line.  Summit Racing 
Equipment is also an associate sponsor on the KB Racing LLC-owned, 
Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel Dragster of Hillary Will.

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