Summit Racing Equipment Signs Hillary Will to an Associate
Sponsorship Agreement
*January 24, 2006
KB RACING
NHRA POWERADE DRAG RACING SERIES
KB RACING-owned, KALITTA MOTORSPORTS-managed TOP FUEL DRAGSTER
HILLARY WILL -- DRIVER
JIM OBERHOFER - CREW CHIEF
TALLMADGE, OHIO - Summit Racing Equipment, the world's largest direct
marketer of high performance automotive parts, has signed Top Fuel
driver Hillary Will to an associate sponsorship agreement.
Will, who joined KB Racing as driver of the team's new Top Fuel dragster
following the 2005 season, is excited to partner with Summit Racing in
2006. "I've been using Summit Racing Equipment as my source for
performance parts since my Super Gas days and will continue to do so in
Top Fuel," Will said. "We've won with Summit Racing in my alcohol
dragster and now we look forward to winning in Top Fuel. We appreciate
Summit Racing's excellent service and quality products."
Will began her racing career in the sportsman ranks in the Super Street
class. She then competed in the Super Gas and Super Comp classes before
moving to Top Alcohol Dragster in 2004.
In 2005, Will finished sixth in the Top Alcohol Dragster national
points, winning the SummitRacing.com Nationals in Las Vegas and was
runner-up at the Winternationals in Pomona and the U.S. Nationals in
Indianapolis. She also finished second in the Division 6 points
standings and became just one of four drivers of supercharged alcohol
dragsters to go over 270 miles per hour.
"Our successful relationships with Ken Black and the Kalitta Motorsports
team made this partnership a no-brainer," Kirk Heinbuch, Summit Racing
Equipment Manager of Motorsports and Events, said. "Hillary is a very
talented driver, and with backing from KB Racing and the Kalitta team,
we feel she has the potential to make an impact in Top Fuel very quickly."
In addition to its relationship with Hillary Will, Summit Racing is the
primary sponsor of 2005 NHRA Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson and Jason
Line, who finished third in Pro Stock in 2005.
The company is also an associate sponsor of Pro Stock drivers Warren
Johnson, Kurt Johnson, Larry Morgan, and Mark Pawuk; Top Fuel drivers
Doug Kalitta, David Grubnic, and Larry Dixon; and Funny Car drivers Tim
Wilkerson, Scott Kalitta, and Tommy Johnson Jr.
/Headquartered in Tallmadge, Ohio, Summit Racing Equipment
(www.summitracing.com) offers the largest selection of parts, lowest
prices, and best customer service in the high performance industry.
Summit Racing Equipment has retail locations in Tallmadge, Ohio; Sparks,
Nevada; and beginning in 2006, McDonough, Georgia.
KB Racing is owned by Las Vegas businessman Ken Black. In addition to
Hillary Will's Top Fuel Dragster, KB Racing also fields two Pro Stock
cars, driven by Greg Anderson and Jason Line on the NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series. Anderson has won three consecutive POWERade Pro Stock
Championships (2003-2005). Line finished third in the 2005 POWERade
point standings and was honored with the 2004 Automobile Club of
Southern California Road to the Future award, presented to the most
outstanding rookie in a professional category.
Kalitta Motorsports (www.kalittaracing.com), owned by the legendary drag
race driver and successful businessman Connie Kalitta, will field, in
addition to Will's dragster, three additional nitro fuel cars - two Top
Fuel dragsters and a Funny Car - in 2006 on the NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series. Doug Kalitta will drive the Mac Tools Top Fuel Dragster,
David Grubnic will handle the driving duties on the StriVectin-SD Top
Fuel Dragster and Scott Kalitta moves from Top Fuel to the Funny Car for
2006. In the final 2005 Top Fuel point standings Doug Kalitta finished
third, Grubnic fourth and Scott Kalitta eighth.