In many respects, Greg Anderson and the Summit Racing team had an outstanding day during Sunday's
final eliminations of the Virginia NHRA Nationals in Richmond, VA. In each of the four sessions,
he posted one of the quickest elapsed times in Pro Stock history, highlighted by his 6.517-second
clocking in the opening round. In addition, he was the only car to post four top speeds above 212
mph, rese tting the Pro Stock national record at 212.36 mph. Finally, he advanced to his fifth
final round of the 2009 season, and 87th of his stellar career.
Unfortunately, there were two missing elements that prevented this from being a perfect outing for
the KB Racing crew. After trading quick times throughout the day, Anderson and current points
leader Mike Edwards put on a tremendous display in the final running, the quickest side-by-side
pass in Pro Stock history. However, Anderson's 6.522-second, 212.03 mph run fell four thousandths
of a second shy of overcoming his opponent's slight starting line advantage, as Edwards used an
equally impressive 6.526-second run to gain the extremely narrow victory. In addition, Edwards
further padded his lead by resetting the national elapsed time record in the first round, building
an advantage that Anderson admitted would be hard to overcome. Even so, he found some reason to be
pleased leaving Virginia.
"For the most part, it was a great day for the Summit crew," said Anderson. "It ended with a heck
of a drag race in the final, where we lost to a tough customer. Still I'm proud of the way we ran
this weekend, and very happy that we were able to run with Mike Edwards. This is the closest we
have been to him in six to eight months. We're definitely gaining on him. With every race we're
learning and getting better.
"Unfortunately we're running out of races, and today we lost a tight battle with him that we had to
have, which dealt a severe blow to our chances in the Countdown. I certainly don't want to wish
anything bad on Mike or anyone else, but unless his wheels fall off in Las Vegas, we're probably
fighting20for second, which is certainly a let down. But I'm proud to say we're giving him a
battle, and today he had to dig down, and he did a little better job than we did.
"I know there are a lot of positive aspects to our performance this weekend. Jason and I put some
distance between ourselves and the guys behind us, and we both ran well. Still, we didn't come
here to finish second. We came here to win the race, and a championship. We had a great shot to
achieve that today and let it slip away. It hurts now, but we'll put today behind us and focus on
finishing the year strong. After all, there are two races left, and we plan on winning both of
them."
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