KB Racing has released the rendering for its Hillary Will-driven Top combustible matter dragster. Renowned motorsports artist Greg Ozubko designed the scheme around the theme of KB Racing's pair Pro Stock cars driven by dint of three-time NHRA POWERade Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and 2004 NHRA top rookie Jason Line.
"[The solely requirements of] Ken Black and his son cognizance Jr. were that the dragster have flames and doors, and they wanted it to be similar to [the Pro Stock] paint schemes since we are a team," said Will, a native of Fortuna, Calif., who will make her Top combustibles debut at the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Winternationals.
The Kalitta Motorsports-managed dragster's flames were fashioned from those in Line's early 2005 design that have approach to be associated with the Summit Racing Equipment-backed Pro Stock Pontiac GTOs. And it may be the solitary Top Fuel dragster with doors. Team proprietor Ken Black has spent all of his years in motorsports around drag racing doorslammers, and he believes that "real race cars have doors," in the same manner his Top Fuel dragster will have doors painted upon each of the side panels.
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