Teammates Greg Anderson and Jason Line have raced in the K&N Horsepower Challenge Pro Stock shootout 12 times prior to this coming weekend. Anderson made history last year when he became the first driver in 30 years of the special competition to claim five victories. In 2010, Anderson doubled-up with the K&N trophy followed by a victory at the main event at the Las Vegas Nationals. Only eight drivers have ever scooped up the coveted shootout/main event Pro Stock double-up bonus that amounts to big cash and massive bragging rights.

"I love that K&N Horsepower Challenge race," said Anderson, who is the No. 2 seed and will race Allen Johnson in the first round. "It's all about prestige and that fantastic trophy. I look forward to it all year long, and I missed it for two years and it killed me. Now that I'm back and qualified, I have a chance to win it again. I love it, and I can't wait. It's the biggest race of the year as far as I'm concerned."

Line was the guy in the other lane when Anderson won last year, and so far in his career, the K&N Horsepower Challenge trophy has been elusive for the driver of the blue Summit Racing Chevrolet Camaro, despite four trips to the final round.

"The K&N Horsepower Challenge has lived up to its name for me – it's been a challenge, but it's one I look forward to," said Line, who enters the bonus race as the No. 1 seed and will go head-to-head in the first round with fan-vote recipient Erica Enders. "One of these years, I'm going to win that thing – and I'm doing my best to make that happen this year. There have been many times I've had a good car and just couldn't make it happen, whether I haven't driven well or I've had some bad luck, but that's just racing. It's just not easy, but it's not supposed to be. That's what makes it special when you do win that K&N trophy." (Adam Cranmer photo) [03/29/17]

Stanfield Racing Engines has signed on as the Sportsman Performance Bonus Award sponsor for Super Stock and the 2017 Division 4 NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series.

The Stanfield Racing Engines Sportsman Performance Bonus Award will aim to increase payouts to racers in the Super Stock Eliminator class at all six NHRA Division 4 Lucas Oil events. NHRA’s Division 4, the historic South Central Division, is the home of “The Good Guys” and includes tracks in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

The Sportsman Performance Bonus Award is worth an additional $500 for the winner and $250 for the runner-up. [03/29/17]

The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Southeast Division arrives at South Georgia Motorsports Park for the third of seven events in the division. This Friday through Sunday, March 31-April 2, drivers will be racing to earn points leading to divisional and national championships as well as a chance at a share of the year-end purse of more than $519,000.

Sportsman race categories include Comp Eliminator, Super Stock, Stock Eliminator, Super Comp, Super Gas and Super Street. The division’s Top Sportsman Series and Top Dragster Series will also be run in conjunction with the event. The NHRA Summit Jr. Drag Racing League will also be in action beginning on Saturday. [03/29/17]

Kallitta Motorsports VP of Operations and Crew Chief, Jim Oberhofer (known to all as Jim O), spoke to a standing room only group of Idaho Transportation Department employees as part of an ITD Operations Conference held at the Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho. Jim O spoke of this life on the road as a crew chief, building and maintaining a team. He also passionately spoke about his life experience dealing the cancer that claimed his late wife, Tammy. He spoke about how he was blessed enough to take that experience and turn it into a positive, that will guide him for the remainder of his and his daughter, Ashley, lives. At the end of the hour-long presentation Oberhofer received a standing ovation from the group. (Brian Losness photo) [03/29/17]