Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!


Greg Anderson Wins 5th K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt)

 

Greg Anderson won his fifth K&N Horsepower Pro Stock Challenge in his Summit Racing Equipment Camaro at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He takes home a check for $50,000 and a custom made trophy. He now has more K&N Horsepower Challenge wins than any other Pro Stock driver.

“I just love this race. It is so much fun. You don’t have to worry about points you are just racing for a big check,” said Anderson. “This is a great start to the weekend for us. Feel like I’ve just won at the big craps table.”

Anderson faced his KB Racing teammate Jason Line for an all-Summit Racing Equipment final. Unfortunately Line’s car encountered problems during his burnout, leaking oil on the track, putting him out of the competition.

Anderson was not the only big winner today. Part of the K&N Horsepower Challenge pairs each driver up with a fan drawn randomly from contestants across the country. When Anderson took the win light, Eva Mack of Pennsylvania won a brand new Toyota Tacoma truck.

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“I want to thank the Toyota people for giving away a truck to a lucky fan; that makes you feel better than anything else,” said Anderson. “I feel great about getting to hand over the keys to a lucky lady from Pennsylvania more than anything else.”

Anderson now has the chance to double-up this weekend by winning the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals tomorrow afternoon.

“This is the biggest chance at a payday for us all year long. That gets my blood flowing competing for big money like that,” said Anderson. “It’s a great weekend so far; we’re halfway home. I would love nothing better than to find my way into the winner’s circle and hoist the Denso NHRA Nationals trophy.”

Jason Line nabbed the No. 1 qualifying spot this weekend at the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals securing a spot in the 2017 K&N Horsepower Challenge.

 
The K&N Horsepower Challenge Results
Round 1
Greg Anderson 6.692/206.35 def. Jegs Coughlin Jr. 6.807/203.52
Chris McGaha 6.746/205.07 def. Drew Skillman (red lights)
Erica Enders-Stevens 6.755/204.60 def. Allen Johnson 6.789/204.73
Jason Line 6.707/206.70 def. Shane Gray (broke before staging)

Semifinals
Greg Anderson 6.744/206.16 def Chris McGaha 20.720/32.38
Jason Line 6.720/205.94 def Erica Enders-Stevens 6.810/204.39

Finals
Greg Anderson 12.336/89.67 def Jason Line (broke before staging)


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