Anderson Pleased with Raceday Ladder at Summit Racing Southern Nationals

Anderson Pleased with Raceday Ladder at Summit Racing Southern Nationals
 
Atlanta, Ga., May 10, 2013 – When qualifying was abbreviated to two rounds instead of the usual four for the bulk of the Pro Stock field due to persistent rain showers at Atlanta Dragway, Summit Racing Equipment Pro Stock drivers Greg Anderson and Jason Line had no trouble sticking to the intended plan. For the third consecutive season, Anderson and Line qualified on opposite sides of the ladder, setting the stage for a third straight all-Summit Racing final at their sponsor’s title event, the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals.

Nasty weather plagued the originally scheduled running of the event and delayed completion by one week, and on Friday, Team Summit arrived rejuvenated and ready to roll. In the first of two allotted qualifying sessions, Anderson reeled off a quick 6.616 at 208.91 mph that was fifth quickest, and the four-time Atlanta victor improved to a swift 6.600, 209.79 mph in the closing qualifier for a start from the No. 4 position. Anderson also gained a valuable qualifying bonus point as the third-quickest car of the session.

“We have more than a few reasons to smile today,” said Anderson, the defending event champion who will square off with relative Pro Stock newcomer Chris McGaha in round one on Saturday. “It was very important to us to be on opposite sides of the ladder here because this is a Summit Racing race, and we’ve had some great, great all-Summit Racing final rounds here. It’s the best you could possibly hope for to accomplish in front of your sponsor, so that is what we want. It’s very hard to do, and it really comes down to the luck of the draw – and we had a little luck.

“We made two decent runs with our racecars, and the cars so far are very smooth and very happy. We’ve got a great chance of going rounds and hopefully, for both of us, finding our way to the final round. We’re feeling a whole lot better, and we’re not over-confident, but we’ve got more confidence than we’ve probably had all year. We’ll go into tomorrow and see if we can create that dream final – Jason and I racing for the Summit Racing trophy. The table is set, now it’s up to us to see what we can do.

“We also made a personnel change this weekend and added Tim Freeman to the roster,” continued Anderson. “We’ve observed him for many, many years out here, and he has a lot of experience. We just felt that we need a little bit of a different counterpoint on how we race; maybe it’s time for a set of eyes from the outside world to take a look at what we’re doing. Sometimes when you look from the inside, you don’t see the forest through the trees, so we’re hoping that Tim can help us with that. He’s very positive, and he’s a hardcore, old school racer, and he’s a welcome addition. This should be fun. We’re looking forward to the challenge, and so is he.”