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You can also view this email in your browser (https://mailchi.mp/summitracing/team-summit-nhra-phoenix-pre-race-package-1176545?e=9fc9ac46ef) ** Team Summit Notes and Quotes Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Phoenix February 22-24, 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------ Photo may be used with credit to Auto Imagery Jason Line KB Racing, Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro Car No.: PS5 Story Lines: * Jason Line debuted a new Jerry Haas-built Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro two weeks ago in Pomona * The driver of the silver Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro was runner-up at the first race of the season, the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona * If Line should win the final round at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, he will have 600 Pro Stock round wins – the third most of any active driver in the category. He has competed in 904 rounds of Pro Stock racing entering the event. * Line has two wins in five Phoenix final rounds. Last season, he was runner-up at the event. * In addition to driving for KB Racing, Line is the dyno operator at KB Racing and is part of the tuning team for the cars in the KB Racing stable * Line has three NHRA Pro Stock world titles with KB Racing, as well as one NHRA Sportsman championship earned in Stock Eliminator behind the wheel of his 1970 Buick Gran Sport Quotes: "Getting to the final round with the silver Summit Racing Chevy Camaro in Pomona was great, but obviously the goal this weekend is to get one more win light on Sunday. I’m looking forward to the first qualifying session and getting back in the driver's seat because this is a good car. It’s fun to drive, for sure. "They usually have very dry, cool air this time of year in Phoenix, and that's good for the Pro Stock cars. That can make this a fast racetrack, even considering the elevation." Line in Phoenix Two wins in five final rounds Runner-up 2018 (Chris McGaha) Won 2016 (defeated McGaha) Won 2012 (defeated Greg Anderson) Runner-up 2008 (V. Gaines) Runner-up 2007 (Kurt Johnson) No. 1 in 2007, 2017 Here last season: Qualified No. 5, reached final round Line's Career Stats (through 2019 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona) 3-time NHRA Pro Stock series champion (2006, 2011, 2016) 1993 NHRA Stock Eliminator champion No. 2 in 2019 Pro Stock standings 357 Pro Stock races 48 Pro Stock wins 50 overall wins, including NHRA Sportsman and Professional categories (2 Stock Eliminator, 48 Pro Stock) 52 runner-up finishes 100 Pro Stock final rounds 53 Pro Stock No. 1 qualifier awards 102 overall final rounds, including NHRA Sportsman and Professional competition (2 Stock Eliminator, 100 Pro Stock) Career best e.t.: 6.455 Career best speed: 215.17 Greg Anderson KB Racing, Summit Racing Equipment Chevrolet Camaro Car No.: PS7 Story Lines: * Greg Anderson has more round wins in Pro Stock eliminations than any other active driver. He is in pursuit of his 800th Pro Stock round win and plans to claim it on Sunday at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park. * Heading into Phoenix, Anderson has participated in 1198 rounds of racing – the most of any active Pro Stock driver * 2019 is Anderson's 21st season as a Pro Stock driver. He began his career as a crew member and then was crew chief for championship winning driver Warren Johnson before taking the reins of his own Pro Stock car. * Las Vegas-based Ken Black selected Anderson to drive for KB Racing in 1998. They have been racing together for more than two decades and have, along with crew chief Rob Downing, built a team that now owns 150 national event wins and eight championships * Anderson is a four-time NHRA Pro Stock world champion (2003-05, 2010) * Anderson is the most decorated Pro Stock driver on the current tour. He has 91 national event wins and is the second-most winning driver of all time in the category (W. Johnson has 97) Quotes: "We got off to a little bit of a rough start with my car in Pomona, but we're putting that behind us and starting fresh in Phoenix. We like this racetrack, and we tested there just a couple of weeks ago, so we really don't have any excuses. We feel good about our team and our Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaros going into this race, just as we did in Pomona. We started the season with confidence, and that was reinforced in the final round at the Winternationals. Our goal is to add to that and get another win for Ken Black, Summit Racing, and Chevrolet." Anderson in Phoenix Two wins in four final rounds Won 2017 (defeated Drew Skillman) Runner-up 2012 (Jason Line) Runner-up 2006 (Warren Johnson) Won 2003 (defeated Troy Coughlin) No. 1 in 2006, 2004 Here last season: Qualified No. 4, reached second round Anderson's Career Stats (through 2019 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona) 4-time NHRA Pro Stock series champion (2003-05, 2010) Tied for No. 11 in 2019 Pro Stock standings 453 Pro Stock races 91 wins 61 runner-up finishes 152 overall final rounds 102 No. 1 qualifier awards Career best e.t.: 6.457 Career best speed: 215.48 Bo Butner KB Racing, Jim Butner Auto Group Chevrolet Camaro Car No.: PS8 Story Lines: * Bo Butner, the 2017 NHRA Pro Stock world champion, won the first race of the 2019 season and enters Phoenix as the points leader * Last October, Butner had decided to hang up his Pro driving gloves and return to his Sportsman racing roots to focus on the Jim Butner Auto Group family business and his growing family (his first grandchild will be born in April). When the schedule was shortened to 18 races, though, he was encouraged by his mom, Dottie, to reconsider. * Butner's victory in Pomona two weeks ago was the 150th Pro Stock win for KB Racing, the acclaimed group racing out of Ken Black's race shop in Mooresville, North Carolina * Butner, an accomplished NHRA Sportsman racer who earned the Comp Eliminator season title in 2006 and has four Division 3 championships, has one win in Phoenix – he beat Mark Faul in Super Stock for the trophy in 2002 * Butner has a total of eight Pro Stock wins on his scorecard * The Floyds Knobs, Indiana-based driver is engaged to Randi Lyn Shipp, a Stock Eliminator competitor who favors Phoenix; she won there in 2011 (her first national event win) and 2016 Quotes: "After winning Pomona last year, I didn’t win again until the second-to-last race of the year. We didn't have a bad car, we just didn’t have the luck. I do not feel that way this year at all. We have a great car, a great team, and I’m very excited to keep it going. We’re going to try to win them all. The KB Racing team is just as strong as ever, and we’ll get even better." Butner in Phoenix 1 win in 1 final round Won Super Stock 2002 (defeated Mark Faul) Here last season: Qualified No. 6, first round Butner's Career Stats (through 2019 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona) 2017 NHRA Pro Stock champion 2006 Competition Eliminator champion No. 1 in 2019 Pro Stock standings 90 races 8 wins 13 runner-up finishes 21 overall Pro Stock final rounds 8 Pro Stock No. 1 qualifier awards 23 overall wins, including NHRA Sportsman competition (8 Pro stock, 6 Comp Eliminator, 3 Super Stock, 5 Stock Eliminator, 1 Super Street) 48 overall final rounds, including NHRA Sportsman and Professional competition (21 Pro Stock, 13 Comp Eliminator, 6 Super Stock, 7 Stock Eliminator, 1 Super Street) Career best e.t.: 6.475 Career best speed: 214.28 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock Standings (following the NHRA Winternationals, race 1 of 18) 1. Bo Butner (1), 120 2. Jason Line, 97 3. Erica Enders, 80 4. Alex Laughlin, 76 5t. Matt Hartford, 52 5t. Chris McGaha, 52 7t. Steve Graham, 51 7t. Val Smeland, 51 9. Rodger Brogdon, 44 10. Deric Kramer, 37 11t. Greg Anderson, 35 11t. Kenny Delco, 35 Race Info 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Phoenix February 22-24, 2019 Run Schedule (all times local) Friday, February 22 8:00 a.m. – Sportsman qualifying 1:30 p.m. – Pro qualifying session 1 4:30 p.m. – Pro qualifying session 2 Saturday, February 23 8:00 a.m. – Sportsman eliminations 1:30 p.m. – Pro qualifying session 3 4:30 p.m. – Pro qualifying session 4 Sunday, February 24 11:00 a.m. – Eliminations #NHRAonFOX Television Schedule (all times ET) Qualifying / Friday – 11 PM-Midnight ET / FS1 Qualifying / Saturday – 7-8 PM ET / FS1 Nitro Finals / Sunday – 6-8 PM ET / FS1 Pro Stock Finals / Tuesday, February 26 – 9-10 PM ET / FS1 *Find event results at DragRaceCentral.com* KB Racing has 150 Pro Stock wins and eight NHRA Pro Stock Championships Media Contact: Kelly Wade, Team Summit PR kwade@summitracing.com 626.675.1679 ============================================================ ** (http://www.twitter.com/kbracing1) ** (http://www.facebook.com/kb.racing.10) ** (http://summitracing.com) Copyright © 2019 WinLight Communications, All rights reserved. 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