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Dominic Scelsi has been racing since the young age of five, and is presently racing sprint cars for team Gary Scelzi motorsports.
At a very young age, Dominic Scelzi had already been bitten by the racing bug. Recently turning sixteen, Scezli still has a burning passion for the sport. In fact, he is now engulfed in the fast and furious action of Sprint car racing.
"Dominic has been driving for Gary Scelzi Motorsports since he was five-years-old," explained his father and owner of the team, Gary Scelzi. "He has won championships in everything he has driven, from Go-karts to Micro Sprints."
Although one would suspect that the young driver has experienced his share of exciting races during the past 11 years, Dominic recently embarked upon what he considered the most important race of his career. And rightfully so, as the young driver debuted in a series sporting drivers that many consider the "best of the best."
Dominic Scelzi recently embarked upon the biggest race of his career when he lined up against some of the greatest drivers in the sport of Sprint Car racing in a "World of Outlaws" event.
"In Tulare, racing with the World of Outlaws at age 15 and being his first 410 class race," recalled his father. "It doesn't get any better than that. At that age, racing with the best sprint-car drivers in the world and making the main event was a pretty big deal."
Beginning the qualifying race in the back of a 32-car field, he managed to work his way to the 26 position by the run's end. Starting seventh in his heat Dominic Scelzi crossed the finish line in the eighth spot, earning a place in the B-Main.
To cinch a spot in the A-Main, the driver had to make an impressive showing. In spite of his efforts, a flat ended his night early.
"I thought he did really well for his age," recalled Gary Scelzi. "It is very difficult just to make the Main event with the Outlaws. Like Dominic said, and I quote, ‘You're driving as hard as you can up on the cushion, and a guy like Donny Schatz blows by you; and you think. . . how are these guys that good?'"
A team meeting at the beginning of the following night left Dominic with a little different perspective. The young driver's nerves calmed upon changing his approach. Not putting as much emphasis on expectations, Dominic went into the final night of the event with an eagerness to have fun and learn from the best. And it didn't take long for the change of mentality to show its worth.
The young driver hit the track with confidence. After finishing fifth fastest in the hot laps, Scelzi started in the eleventh position in his heat. At the waving of the green flag, he wasted no time muscling his way to the front of the pack and crossed the finish line amongst the top five drivers, earning his rightful spot in the A-Main.
With twenty-one drivers positioned in front of him, Scelzi was faced with a long hard climb. But he was obviously eager and ready for battle. Working his way around the track, Dominic challenged his competitors for position. And as the laps wound down, the young driver crossed the finish line in nineteenth place.
Although the podium was far from his reach, Dominic Scelzi and his team were elated at the outcome. Not only had the young driver had fulfilled a dream of racing in the World of Outlaws and going four wide with some of the best drivers in the world, but he had acquired years of experience in a single race.
With many years of racing ahead of him, Dominic Scelzi will likely experience a plethora of exciting events in the years to come. He and his team are acutely aware that future success will depend a great deal upon keeping his race cars properly maintained. They are advocates of keeping the internal components of their engines contaminant free. That in mind, they depend upon K&N products for their filtering needs.
"I have been using K&N products since I was a kid riding dirt bikes," recalled the team owner. "That's all I've ever known. When Dominic started racing Go-Karts, we ran K&N, and now with the sprint car, that tradition has just carried on.
"All I know, is in the beginning, K&N had the only quality air filter that could be cleaned and re-used and helped performance. If I didn't think K&N products were the best, they simply wouldn't be on my race cars ."
Looking to the future, Scelzi continued, "I think you are going to see Dominic win more races, and I think he will continue to build his fan-base with his personality. In conclusion he said, "And I think you may see him driving other people's cars in the future."
Related K&N News Articles about Dominic Scelzi: Sprint Car Driver Dominic Scelzi Races 360 Class with Future Plans in 410 Sprint Car Class; Sprint Car Racer Dominic Scelzi Dominates Rebel Wing Main at Kings Speedway in Hanford, California; Brothers Dominic Scelzi and Giovanni Scelzi Keep Winning and Inspiring; Scelzi Brothers Dominic Scelzi & Giovanni Scelzi Clinch 2011 Lemoore Raceway Championships
Formula Drift USA series racer Aurimas "Odi" Bakchis drifting Nissan 240SX at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, CA
It's amazing what a single trip to the track can do for you. When a friend brought Aurimas "Odi" Bakchis to watch Thursday night drifting at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside, CA, he had no idea that on that night his life would change forever. Over four years later, Odi had not only become a regular at AMP but a top driver in the Formula Drift USA series in 2011 and 2012.
Never failing to show to practice in his Nissan 240SX since a few weeks after that first night in February 2009, Odi learned to drift at AMP. Attending AMP's Racing Academy, Odi made good use out of the facility's drift track. Within a year, he started competing in local amateur competitions. Shortly thereafter, and within his first season of competitive drifting, Odi earned his professional Formula Drift license after placing first overall in the Vegas Drift ProAm series!
Even after placing second overall in the Top Drift ProAm Series, Odi still calls AMP his home, and rightly so. The Southern Californian facility has been found in the Inland Empire for over 50 years, providing enthusiasts and racers a venue for kart racing, drifting, time attack, pocket bikes/mini-moto, motorcycles or supermoto racing.
In 2011, Odi entered the Formula Drift USA series and earned the coveted honor of being the 2011 Formula Drift Rookie of the Year by finishing the season as one of the Top 16 drivers in the series. Today, Odi is usually found at the Thursday night drift sessions at AMP for practice in his Nexen Tire Nissan 240SX; that is when he's not competing in the 2013 Formula Drift season.
Only last year did AMP and K&N Filters partner up, thanks to a chance meeting at the Formula Drift Long Beach event in the Fall of 2011. It took very little time for the two join forces, with K&N supplying product for AMP's weekly drift show as well as in the Pro Shop. But Adams Motorsports Park isn't all about drifting, although the facility created its own series - the Grassroots Drift Series - in 2010, as well as expanded its weekly program to include Sideways Sundays in 2011. It also is the longest-running karting facility in the country, having opened its doors in 1959, and helps support a variety of charities and organizations such as Donate Life, Cade Foundation, Children's Foundation of America, blood drives, and local high schools.
Related K&N News Articles about Formula Drift racing:Formula Drift's Vaughn Gittin Jr. Takes Second in North American Professional Drifting Season Opener; Team Retaks Racing's Ryan Tuerck Takes 2nd in Formula Drift Round 5 at Evergreen; Formula Drift Driver Matt Field Challenges Vaughn Gittin Jr. at Evergreen Speedway; Vaughn Gittin Jr. Leads Formula Drift Championship After Second Win in a Row
On Sunday Bradley Morris went toe-to-toe with the 2012 Pro Buggy champion for win.
Being a teenager and one of the most talented off-road racers around bears its own brand of burden. At the end of the 2012 season K&N's Bradley Morris stood atop the overall yearend podium in three classes, he finished third in both Pro Lite and Modified Kart and second in Limited Buggy. The 2011 Limited Buggy class Rookie of the Year in fact only narrowly missed the overall 2012 title. So understandably when Bradley Morris and the BME Motorsports Team recently visited their home track, Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park in Lake Elsinore, California, confidence and expectations were great.
In Saturday's race Bradley Morris was in third place and moving forward before a snapped output shaft ended his Pro Lite chances.
Bradley Morris came into the event as the 2013 points leader in the Pro Buggy Division and fourth in the Pro Lite class. The weekend started out promising enough with the practice sessions going well. Bradley Morris was the fastest in his group in Pro Lite and second fastest in Pro Buggy. Saturday morning continued strong with Morris qualifying second in the Pro Buggy and sixth in the Pro Lite. However, after that, the proverbial racing rollercoaster ride began for the BME Team. The first challenge came in the Pro Buggy race, where things seemed to be going great. Bradley Morris was running in second with the top-three racers, going at it bumper-to-bumper, when going into a turn Bradley Morris got tagged in the rear causing a flat tire. The flat was then immediately overshadowed by the more damaging broken crankshaft, ending the race for Bradley Morris.
Displaying the kind of maturity that's fast becoming his trademark, Bradley Morris put the Pro Buggy race behind him as he set his sights on the Pro Lite contest. When the race started Bradley Morris was focused and moving forward before the green flag stopped waving. He worked his way up to third place within three laps, when suddenly he lost all the drive in the truck. The output shaft had snapped in the transmission to end that race early as well. His team was now left looking at a late night in order to have both vehicles race ready for Sunday.
Despite a rollercoaster weekend Bradley Morris remained focused all through his mechanical problems.
Sunday morning started out with the team in high spirits once more, joking around because they knew they had the vehicles ready to go. No one was going to allow the previous day to cast a dark cloud over the new day of racing.
Qualifying went great with the Pro Lite, Bradley Morris earned the number five spot, and in the Pro Buggy he was first, as well as also running the fastest lap of the weekend in that Division. Starting on the pole in Pro Buggy with the champion starting right next to him on the front row, Bradley Morris knew this was going to make for a great race. Right from the get-go the relentless battling began, with Morris holding the lead. After settling in he even managed to put some distance between himself and second place, until a caution flag came out and negated the lead Morris had gained.
The BME Motorsports team took home two podium finishes at Lake Elsinore.
Immediately from the restart the Champion gave it his best shot to get by, but Bradley Morris wasn't having any of it. Bradley Morris held his lines and stayed focused on only his driving, allowing him once again to build a sizeable gap, which he continued to stretch until the checkered flag for the win. Morris was also awarded the Optima Fast Lap Award.
After a rocky start the BME Motorsports team capped off their up-and-down weekend in grand fashion, finishing with two podiums on Sunday. "Sunday's racing couldn't have happened without the BME crew's hard work and dedication getting both vehicles back together and race ready," Morris said.
Exercising his continuing development as a racer, the young driver was able to remain poised and focused on the task at hand. The next stop for the K&N Filters and Kicker Audio Team is Salt Lake City in June. "It's going to be a great race and a challenge to have the fastest lap of the weekend again for the third time in a row," added Morris "but I'm very focused on making it happen."
Related K&N News Articles about Bradley Morris:Bradley Morris' Finishes 2012 3rd in Pro Lite & Modified Kart, 2nd in Limited Buggy; Bradley Morris Rules LOORRS Prolite Class in Rounds 9 & 10 at Glen Helen; Bradley Morris Becomes a Fixture on The Podium During LOORS Events; Bradley Morris Serves Notice at Lake Elsinore with Four Round 3 & 4 LOORRS Trophies;
The Chevrolet Camaro is an American muscle car that automotive enthusiasts have been in love with since its initial release in 1966. That love and those looks have continued throughout the decades into today with the 2012 and 2013 Chevy Camaro models. The styling of the modern day version combines the beautiful old school simplicity with the new technology of today. 2012 and 2013 Chevy Camaro models offer a 3.6 liter V6 engine choice that was designed for fans who want the better fuel efficiency of a 6-cylinder motor without sacrificing horsepower. The V6 is not part of the wimpy 6-cylinder motor club as the 2012 model puts out 323 horsepower at the crank and yet still manages an EPA estimated 28 highway mpg.
K&N Air Intake System for Chevy Camaro
As with any muscle car or hot rod, owners are always looking to add just a little more or give their baby that customized look. For these owners, K&N offers the 69-4523TP air intake system. This K&N air intake system is easy to install into the factory intake location using a few simple tools. Simple installation instructions are included. To understand how simple installation will be watch the 69-4523TP air intake installation video and see for yourself. The 69-4523TP air intake will add performance to your Camaro. Power testing showed an estimated gain of 15.6 horsepower at 5800 RPM and 11.7 ft-lb of torque at 4700 RPM at the wheels with this intake installed on a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro with 3.6 liter engine.
The 69-4523TP air intake system includes all the necessary components needed for installation. This air intake system includes a mandrel bent aluminum tube, heat shield, oversize high flow air filter and all of the hoses, hose clamps, nuts and bolts that are required. In addition, the air intake tube has a mass air sensor specific adapter as well as a threaded hole and fitting to reconnect the stock crank case vent tubing.
Dyno Chart for K&N Chevy Camaro Air Intake 69-4523TP
The K&N RC-5107 performance air filter is designed to reduce restriction and improve air flow while it provides outstanding filtration to protect your engine. This high flow air filter can go up to 100,000 mile before cleaning is needed depending on driving conditions. With the K&N Air Filter Recharger kit 99-5000, cleaning will be a breeze. If you find you are driving in dustier than normal conditions and having to clean the air filter more often, K&N also offers DryCharger air filters wraps to help extend the service interval of the K&N air filter. Lastly, the 69-4523TP air intake system is covered by K&N's Million Mile Limited Warranty and is designed to last the life of your vehicle.
The K&N 69-4523TP air intake system will fit the
2015 Chevrolet Camaro 3.6L V6
2014 Chevrolet Camaro 3.6L V6
2013 Chevrolet Camaro 3.6L V6
2012 Chevrolet Camaro 3.6L V6
K&N Air Filter Base for the KIA Picanto and Hyundai i10
The KIA Picanto with its distinctive all-black dashboard and door trims, a sporty steering wheel and dials backlit in orange, has owned a fair share of the market in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom since its introduction in 2004. The Picanto, based on a shortened platform of the Hyundai Getz, can now also be spotted zipping through the streets of South Africa, the Philippines, and Lebanon. In fact there seems to be no shortage of developing markets.
Top of the KIA Picanto and Hyundai i10 K&N Air Filter
For 2013 the all-new Picanto is bigger – longer, taller and wider, clearly reacting to the success of sister company Hyundai's very capable i10. The productive competition between these two South Korean automotive giants continues to benefit both sides. Last year it was reported that Kia felt the sting over the glowing reaction to the Hyundai i10's chassis set-up, so for 2013 it has given the new Picanto's settings a few revisions of its own.
The 2011 to 2016 Picanto's run on a variant of KIA's Kappa engine and there are two versions, a 1.2L four-cylinder and a 1.0L triple-cylinder, which is also used in the 2013 and 2014 Hyundai i10. Yet another commonality these friendly rivals share is K&N. Simply upgrading the existing air filter on either engine option, with a K&N 33-3000 reusable air filter, can help to increase both horsepower and torque while still providing excellent air filtration. This K&N high-flow air filter is designed to simply drop into existing factory air box, without any modifications needed, so improving the overall performance of your Picanto or i10 only takes minutes.
The 33-3000 reusable air filter will be the last air filter you'll ever need to purchase – you have K&N's famous Million Mile Limited Warranty backing that claim. Depending on your driving conditions, servicing intervals can go up to 50,000 miles before maintenance is necessary, and cleaning the filter is as easy as following the four simple steps on a K&N Recharger Kit (part no. 99-5050).
K&N 33-3000 fits the following vehicles:
2013 KIA Picanto 1.2L
2016 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4 - Euro 5
2016 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3 - Euro 5
2015 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4
2015 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3
2014 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4
2014 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3
2014 HYUNDAI I10 1.0L L3 - OEM 2811304000
2013 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4
2013 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3
2013 HYUNDAI I10 1.0L L3 - OEM 2811304000
2012 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4
2012 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3
2012 HYUNDAI I10 1.0L L3 - OEM 2811304000
2011 KIA PICANTO 1.2L L4
2011 KIA PICANTO 1.0L L3 - from 4/11
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