Anderson Starting Second at Kansas Nationals

TOPEKA, Kan., May 23, 2015 – Greg Anderson is steadily creeping up on the competition in qualifying, and despite the fact that one entire session was lost due to weather, the driver of the red Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro gained enough speed at the NHRA Kansas Nationals to earn a start from the No. 2 position – his best raceday start of the 2015 season. Anderson, under the tune of crew chief Rob Downing, gained valuable bonus points and will square off with Dave River in the first round on raceday.

So far this year, Anderson’s best qualifying start was from the No. 3 position (at both Las Vegas and Houston), but with a strong 6.526-second pass at 211.20 mph in the first session, the KB Racing-powered driver was boosted into a position that was unreachable by all but one of his fellow competitors. He also earned two bonus-qualifying points for his efforts.

A respectable 6.550 at 206.32 followed on Friday evening, and on Saturday he clocked a 6.578, 209.56 before the action was curtailed for the day.

“The run today was a little off – we missed it some on the tune-up, but you always want more,” said Anderson. “Don’t get me wrong. But we should have enough to have determined a good direction to go. I really think we’re ready, no matter what the weatherman brings tomorrow.

“It could be a long day, but we’ll wait it out, and we’ll have our Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaros on the track as soon as we can. I look forward to it because we weren’t far off from where we needed to be in qualifying. Last Sunday in Atlanta, we had a great racecar – and I’m hoping that this Sunday it will be the same story but with an even better outcome.”

Anderson will race Iowa-native River, a part-time Pro Stock runner, in the first round for the first time.

“It should be a good race,” said Anderson. “We have the data we need, and now we know what direction to go. We’ll make those changes, bring our Summit Racing Camaro up to the starting line, and go race.”