A Look Inside Greg Anderson’s Race Shop

Words and photos by Ian Tocher
7/9/04

n a nondescript building tucked away in the corner of an industrial park just outside Mooresville, NC, one of the world’s most successful race teams prepares its mounts for the NHRA Pro Stock wars. It’s a quiet spot, not one likely to be stumbled across by casual fans or even determined rivals, and that’s just the way Greg Anderson likes it.

When Anderson won his first Pro Stock trophy at Bristol, TN, in 2001, few could have predicted the dominance he now holds over the tightest professional class in drag racing. He won again that year at the prestigious U.S. Nationals, added two more with back-to-back wins at Englishtown and Columbus in 2002, then scored a record 12 Pro Stock wins last season on the way to his first NHRA POWERade championship. This season, after 12 events, Anderson has visited victory lane nine times, has nine number-one qualifying efforts to his credit, and rookie teammate Jason Line won two of the three races Anderson missed out on. As mentioned, dominance.

Early in June, Anderson opened up his raceshop to DRO and gave us a much-appreciated exclusive tour of the facilities.

There’s little to betray the existence of a veritable speed factory at the home of KB Racing, near Mooresville, NC.

First stop on the tour is an immaculate room where Anderson’s and teammate Jason Line’s fuel systems are prepped. Note the blue, cloth-covered item on the top shelf on the left side of the photograph where Anderson (right) took great care to conceal a new carburetor and intake manifold combo from the camera’s prying lens.

A full array of drill presses, lathes, and other heavy metal-working machinery occupy a second large room off the main shop floor.

That’s Jason Line, who not only drives the second KB Racing entry, but also is a master dyno technician, coming to Anderson’s team from Joe Gibbs’ championship NASCAR operation. Again, Line is strategically positioned to hide the carb/intake area of the engine being tested.