The first day of qualifying at the Virginia NHRA Nationals featured clear blue skies and
temperatures in the 80's, which slowed the naturally-aspirated Pro Stock category. As a result the
twenty cars attempting to qualify for Sunday's final eliminations graded their performance against
that of=2 0their fellow competitors.
Coming into the day second in the championship standings, Jason Line and the Summit Racing team
continued to be among the front-runners, with their 6.630-second, 208.39 mph best placing them
third midway through qualifying. Despite this lofty standing, the KB Racing crew was more
encouraged by the fact that they had been able to run close to current points leader Mike Edwards,
who had excelled in these conditions throughout the year. As a result, Line enters Saturday's
final two sessions cautiously optimistic about improving his standing for race day.
"I have to say that I'm fairly pleased with our Summit Racing Pontiac's performance today," said
Line. "We don't normally shine in these conditions, so to run as well as we did was pretty good
for us. We didn't run too bad and there's definitely more left in it, because we were a little
light on the clutch. Of course, if we get the cooler temperatures that are in the forecast, these
runs will become irrelevant. But still, we're pretty happy with how our weekend started. The
important thing now is to keep it going."
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