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KALITTA MOTORSPORTS / KB RACING, LLC
2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
Event 2 of 24
Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals
Firebird Int’l Raceway
Phoenix, Ariz.
Feb. 22-24, 2008

Media Contact: Todd Myers
tmyers@kalittaracing.com


Hillary Will, KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster – No. 3 qualifier, advanced to round one


NHRA’s Hillary Will solidifies fastest female status in Phoenix

PHOENIX, Ariz., (Feb. 25, 2008) – For the second consecutive 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event, rising Top Fuel dragster star Hillary Will and her KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster team set a new track speed record. The latest fast filing came at this past weekend’s Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals at Firebird Int’l Raceway in Phoenix, Ariz.

Two weeks ago at the season-opening event of the NHRA drag racing season, Will became the fastest female in the sport’s history with a blistering 334.65-mph blast down the famed quarter-mile track in Pomona, Calif. That mark also set a track record at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. During a qualifying run Saturday in Phoenix, Will set the speed bar higher at Firebird Int’l Raceway with a stellar 334.32-mph blast.

During yesterday’s final eliminations at the Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals, Will and her team entered the day’s competition as the No. 3 qualifier (4.532 seconds) to take on No. 14 qualifier Mike Strasburg. Will’s rail shook its big rear tires quickly after the race began and, despite an intrepid effort by Will to get her race car to regain valuable traction, she had to give up the win to Strasburg, 10.431 sec., 76.27 mph to 5.568 sec., 174.59 mph.

A former standout in the Top Alcohol Dragster class, Will moved up to the quickest and fastest NHRA professional class, Top Fuel, in 2006 behind the wheel of a newly formed team owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black and managed by Kalitta Motorsports, the multi-car team founded and owned by drag racing icon Connie “the Bounty Hunter” Kalitta. She won her first Top Fuel event trophy in Norwalk (IHRA) in her rookie season and made her first NHRA final-round appearance in Memphis. She finished the season in tenth place in Top Fuel championship points in ‘06.

The Checker Schuck’s Kragen NHRA Nationals was the 2nd of 24 national events in the 2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.


About Kalitta Motorsports

Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Kalitta Motorsports is a Top Fuel and Funny Car drag racing team in the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) POWERade Drag Racing Series. The racing operation was started in 1959 by now legendary drag racer and team owner Connie “the Bounty Hunter” Kalitta. His son, Scott Kalitta, drives the DHL Funny Car. Scott’s cousin, Connie’s nephew, Doug Kalitta drives the flagship Top Fuel dragster for Mac Tools. Native Australian Dave Grubnic drives the Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel dragster, while Hillary Will drives the Ken Black-owned and Kalitta Motorsports-managed Top Fuel dragster.

Connie serves as head tuner for all Team Kalitta entries. He is assisted by crew chiefs Jim Oberhofer (Hillary Will-driven dragster) and Jon Oberhofer (Mac Tools dragster). Connie serves as crew chief on the DHL Funny Car with assistance from co-crew chief Glenn Mikres and as the crew chief on the Kalitta Motorsports dragster with assistance from co-crew chief James Riola.

Associate sponsors on all Kalitta Motorsports’ race cars include Red Line Oil, Summit Racing Equipment, Technicoat Companies, and K2M.

For more info about Kalitta Motorsports, please visit www.teamkalitta.com.


About KB Racing, LLC

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 entries, one driven by Greg Anderson and the other by Jason Line, and a Top Fuel dragster, managed by Kalitta Motorsports and driven by Hillary Will.