Line Scored Last Fall at zMAX, Now Wants 4-Wide Win
Mooresville, N.C., April 16, 2013 – Summit Racing driver Jason Line finally earned a zMAX Dragway victory at the race held at the prestigious Concord, N.C., facility last fall, and when NHRA’s Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns this weekend for the first of two annual stops there, the two-time Pro Stock world champion will be reaching towards a new goal: winning the fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals for the first time.
“It’s a great facility, so winning at zMAX means a lot to any driver,” said Line, whose home base is nearby in Mooresville, N.C. “I finally accomplished that last year at the fall race, but just like every other driver out there, I’d like to have a four-wide win on my resume. My Summit Racing teammate Greg Anderson has a couple, and I’d like this one. You know, I haven’t really used up any of my racing luck in awhile, so I sure wouldn’t mind using some of it this weekend.”
The KB Racing duo has been exceptionally successful in their own backyard, with victories earned for Summit Racing in four of the last six events contested at zMAX; Anderson won the fall event in 2010 and scored victories at the spring race in 2011 and 2012, and Line finally scored his first win at the racetrack coined the “Bellagio of Dragstrips” during the last leg of the Countdown to the Championship in 2012.
The once-yearly four-wide format provides a unique challenge for drivers in every professional category, with cars staging side-by-side-by-side-by-side in preparation for a thunderous, simultaneous launch towards the finish line. The unconventional – yet thrilling – format requires a level of concentration well beyond what is typically required of a driver, thus setting the stage for an even more gratifying win.
“Four-wide racing is something that the fans really seem to like,” said Line, the runner-up at the inaugural Four-Wide Nationals. “For a driver, it’s a pretty big challenge, but the basic concept is the same: you still have to get the car down the racetrack as fast as you can, and looking back, I’ve been very fast there. We’ve been testing and working hard trying to improve our program lately, and hopefully, Team Summit will be fast there again this weekend.”
Line, who secured his position as possessor of the track record for both e.t. (6.493) and speed (213.91 mph) at the four-wide race last spring, has been the No. 1 qualifier at zMAX four times in the past six events, including at each of the most recent two four-wide races.
“You won’t win many races if you depend on luck alone,” said Line. “But if we’re as fast as we know we can be and have a little bit of luck, too, then this team will have one of these Summit Racing Camaros in the winner’s circle.”
