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NORWALK, Ohio (June 26, 2007) – Jason Line, driver of the KB Racing LLC Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTO, is looking to get back to business at this weekend’s inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at a new venue – the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park – the newly renovated track owned by Bill Bader and family.
“We have one of the greatest sponsors in all motorsports,” said Line as he gets ready to vie for the Pro Stock title in Norwalk, Ohio. “The people from Summit Racing support not only KB Racing and other teams in drag racing but they support all types of motorsports. I appreciate being able to represent them.
“It will be great to see all the Summit folks at Norwalk from their headquarters in Tallmadge, Ohio and since I have never been to the winner’s circle at a Summit Racing sponsored event, now would be a good time to do it. The odds are getting in my favor. Eventually, the tide got to turn and things are going to come around. What better place for it to happen than Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
“I’m excited about going to the track in Norwalk. I‘ve tested there but never raced there, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about the track. From what I hear the Bader Family has poured a lot of dollars into the facility and I looking for to seeing the finish product.
Line has been to three finals rounds in 2007, winning one. For his career he has 13 wins in 27 final rounds.
After 10 events, Line is currently fourth in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock point standings, 326 points behind his teammate, Greg Anderson, who leads the Pro Stock standings in the first segment of the Countdown to the Championship. Line has 628 points; while, Anderson has 954. (For a brief description of the Countdown to the Championship, see below.)
QUALIFYING: Pro Stock begins qualifying for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Friday, June 29, with two sessions at 4 and 7 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Qualifying for the Pro Stock classes conclude on Saturday (June 30), with two sessions at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Final eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin for all teams at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 1. All qualifying and eliminations times are local Norwalk time (ET) and subject to change.
TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD on Saturday (June 30) beginning at 10 p.m. and concluding at midnight. ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of eliminations on Sunday (July 1) from 8-11 p.m. The elimination show repeats early Wednesday morning, July 4, 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 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen on Sunday (July 1) 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: In its simplest form, the Countdown breaks the $50 million, 23-event NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season up into three distinct segments: the 17-race Countdown to 8, the four-race Countdown to 4 and the two-race Countdown to 1.
After the 17 regular season races, all teams will continue vying for points, with full fields, but only the top eight drivers continue to vie for the championship in the four-race second segment. The top four drivers after the four-race playoff then move to the third and final segment that will be run over the final two races – the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals in Las Vegas and the NHRA Auto Club Finals in Pomona. While all teams will continue vying for points, with full fields, only one of the four can be crowned the 2007 champion.
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 (Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030), 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.
Jason Line wants to visit winner’s circle at sponsor’s race
NORWALK, Ohio (June 26, 2007) – Jason Line, driver of the KB Racing LLC Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GTO, is looking to get back to business at this weekend’s inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals at a new venue – the Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park – the newly renovated track owned by Bill Bader and family.
“We have one of the greatest sponsors in all motorsports,” said Line as he gets ready to vie for the Pro Stock title in Norwalk, Ohio. “The people from Summit Racing support not only KB Racing and other teams in drag racing but they support all types of motorsports. I appreciate being able to represent them.
“It will be great to see all the Summit folks at Norwalk from their headquarters in Tallmadge, Ohio and since I have never been to the winner’s circle at a Summit Racing sponsored event, now would be a good time to do it. The odds are getting in my favor. Eventually, the tide got to turn and things are going to come around. What better place for it to happen than Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park.
“I’m excited about going to the track in Norwalk. I‘ve tested there but never raced there, but I’ve heard a lot of good things about the track. From what I hear the Bader Family has poured a lot of dollars into the facility and I looking for to seeing the finish product.
Line has been to three finals rounds in 2007, winning one. For his career he has 13 wins in 27 final rounds.
After 10 events, Line is currently fourth in the NHRA POWERade Pro Stock point standings, 326 points behind his teammate, Greg Anderson, who leads the Pro Stock standings in the first segment of the Countdown to the Championship. Line has 628 points; while, Anderson has 954. (For a brief description of the Countdown to the Championship, see below.)
QUALIFYING: Pro Stock begins qualifying for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals on Friday, June 29, with two sessions at 4 and 7 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Qualifying for the Pro Stock classes conclude on Saturday (June 30), with two sessions at 12 noon and 2:30 p.m. (Pro Stock Motorcycles run first, followed by Pro Stock cars). Final eliminations for the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals begin for all teams at 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 1. All qualifying and eliminations times are local Norwalk time (ET) and subject to change.
TELEVISION: Qualifying highlights for the inaugural Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals can be seen on ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD on Saturday (June 30) beginning at 10 p.m. and concluding at midnight. ESPN2 / ESPN2 HD will also air same-day coverage of eliminations on Sunday (July 1) from 8-11 p.m. The elimination show repeats early Wednesday morning, July 4, 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 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals installment of NHRA Race Day can be seen on Sunday (July 1) 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: In its simplest form, the Countdown breaks the $50 million, 23-event NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series season up into three distinct segments: the 17-race Countdown to 8, the four-race Countdown to 4 and the two-race Countdown to 1.
After the 17 regular season races, all teams will continue vying for points, with full fields, but only the top eight drivers continue to vie for the championship in the four-race second segment. The top four drivers after the four-race playoff then move to the third and final segment that will be run over the final two races – the NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals in Las Vegas and the NHRA Auto Club Finals in Pomona. While all teams will continue vying for points, with full fields, only one of the four can be crowned the 2007 champion.
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 (Summit Racing - High Performance Car and Truck Parts | 800-230-3030), 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.
