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KALITTA MOTORSPORTS / KB RACING, LLC
2008 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
Event 3 of 24
ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals
Gainesville Raceway
Gainesville, Fla.
March 13-16, 2008

Media Contact: Todd Myers
tmyers@kalittaracing.com



Hillary Will and the KB Racing, LLC team looking for win lights and 3s in Gainesville

GAINESVILLE, Fla., (March 12, 2008) – At the first two events of this season’s 24-event NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, rising rail star Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horspower KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, has set the track record for speed, for either gender, at both of the quarter-miles at Phoenix Int’l Raceway (334.32 mph) and at the Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Calif.) (334.56 mph). Will’s speedy blast in California also established her as the fastest female in the history of NHRA drag racing.

This weekend, March 13-16, Will and her team will try for their third consecutive track speed record at legendary Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Fla., during the annual running of the ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals. The current speed record on the famed Florida drag strip is 333.95 mph.

“That would be a great accomplishment for my team, but we’re looking for something more,” Will, a 27-year old native of Fortuna, Calif., said. “Our team has been working so hard to give me a great race car to drive. It would be incredible to pick up our first win (NHRA) in Gainesville this weekend. The Gatornationals is near the top of every driver’s ‘want-to-win’ list. Maybe we can have the best of both worlds and do both this weekend.”

Will recently returned from a 10-day trip to Afghanistan as part of a goodwill military tour with NASCAR drivers Ricky Craven, Randy LaJoie, and Jeff Fuller. “The trip was very rewarding,” Will stated. “Seeing what our troops go though over there every day makes you cherish the freedoms that we have that we often take for granted. It was an eye-opening experience, to say the least.”

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 ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals begins Friday for the nitro-fueled classes with two qualifying sessions at 1:00 p.m. (ET) and 3:30 p.m. Two more qualifying opportunities take place Saturday at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The top sixteen qualified cars will race Sunday in final eliminations beginning at 11:00 a.m.

All times and dates subject to change.

The ACDelco NHRA Gatornationals is the 3rd 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 Toyota Solara 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 Toyota Solara 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.