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Rick Braun's 2008 Chevy Cobalt driven by Dan Fletcher to his 4th straight Competition Eliminator Title at NHRA National Events
Tom Bayer now has two Super Comp wins at NHRA National Events
Mike Ferderer's K&N Filters 2004 Pontiac Grand Am
K&N Sponsored Racer Dan Fletcher took his 58th NHRA National Win at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix, Arizona
Tom Bayer's Team Lucas Oil K&N Filters Super Comp Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals
NHRA Racer Mike Ferderer tied Sheldon Gecker aka King Kong with the most national event wins ever in Super Gas
Three K&N sponsored Sportsman racers picked up big wins at the Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dan Fletcher won in Competition Eliminator, Mike Ferderer won in Super Gas and Tom Bayer won in Super Comp at Firebird International Raceway. “For two years in a row K&N has had great success at Phoenix,” said Steve Williams, K&N Vice President of Research and Development. “What a great start to the 2009 season for all our K&N drivers.”
Fletcher made his 58th NHRA National win at Phoenix and currently ranks No. 8 on the all time winning list. Fletcher drove Rick Braun’s 2008 Chevy Cobalt to his fourth straight Competition Eliminator Title at NHRA national events, something no one else has accomplished. “Thanks to K&N oil filters my engines have outlasted and outperformed,” said Fletcher. “K&N helps me win.”
Rick Braun is the owner of the cobalt and co-owner of R&B Auto Center in Fontana, California. “I don’t see how things could have worked out any better for us, Dan hasn’t stopped winning, and we’re in awe of his success,” he said. “I’ve been in the automotive industry for 25 years and I know cars. Competition Eliminator motors are high reviving, but thanks to K&N our bearings still look brand new after 40-50 runs.”
Thomas Bayer was trying to double up in Super Comp and Super Gas in Phoenix. “I was busted by Mike Ferderer in Super Gas,” said Bayer. “My air line on the throttle stop broke from the fitting and I didn’t have time to fix it. I could not give him any real competition. I like to think I would have beat Ferderer, but he’s tough and has been doing this for a long time. He’s one bad hombre. It would have been nice to give him a run for the money.” “Talk is cheap,” joked Mike Ferderer. “I think Tom broke his car on purpose so he’d have an excuse not to race me.”
Bayer was really excited to win in Super Comp. “It is a big deal to win a Lucas Oil National Event,” he said. “With my Lucas Oil and K&N products I can go round after round. K&N filters keep the debris from going into my motor. Along with my Toyo tires and B&M Racing Converters there were no flaws in the Super Comp race at Phoenix.”
Bayer said it’s hard to win a national event because it’s hard to outrace the teams who use the latest technology. “I had to be a little bit better than the guy in the next lane to move forward,” he said. “My Lucas Oil K&N Super Comp dragster outperformed everyone else in Super Comp.”
K&N sponsored driver Mike Ferderer beat Ryan Herem in the Super Gas final at Phoenix. He is currently tied with Sheldon Gecker, aka King Kong with the most national event wins in Super Gas. Ferderer drove the K&N Filters Pontiac Grand Am with a K&N hood scoop. “I get some of my best speeds on the track because of my K&N hood scoop,” he said. “K&N helps me get to the Winner’s Circle.”
Team Waggoner Racing is gearing up for its first rock crawling event of 2009 at the PIMA Motorsports Park in Tucson, Arizona.
One of the top teams in rock crawling history will be back in full force in the 2009 WE ROCK Championship Series
Pima Motorsports Park will host the WE ROCK USA competition in Tucson, Arizona
Cody Waggoner and his father, Jim, have competed since 2001 and are considered to be among the top rock crawlers in the WE ROCK USA Series.
Rock Crawlers Cody and Jim Waggoner will head to Tucson, Arizona for the first WE ROCK event of the 2009 season
Extreme Rock Crawlers Team Waggoner Racing has competed in seventeen championship WE ROCK Series
Team Waggoner Racing has competed in 17 Extreme Rock Crawling Championship Series and ranks 5th nationally. They are also the 2008 2nd place champions in the WE ROCK USA West Coast Series.
In rock crawling, officials set courses in rocky terrain with cones. Drivers must stay between the cones and get from start to finish in a set amount of time with minimum penalty points. If boundaries are broken or if the drivers hit cones they receive penalties. There are additional penalties for backing up, using rear steer or a winch to aid in progress. The winner is the driver who completes the two-day competition with the least amount of points.
Each driver is allowed a spotter to help them maneuver through the courses. They communicate with wireless headset radios, hand signals and the old fashioned way of yelling. The spotter suggests the best route to make it through the difficult terrain in the given amount of time.
Cody’s father Jim is the spotter and Cody is the driver. The Waggoner Team also consists of Lindsay Waggoner, Cody’s wife and Charley, the couple’s three year old daughter.
Team Waggoner Racing will compete once again, with K&N products “My K&N air filters are amazing,” said Cody Waggoner. “I run a total of four K&N filters. After two days of intense dust and dirt during competitions, K&N keeps the dirt out and I still have the horsepower I need."
Team Waggoner has 20 first place wins and five first place series titles. They also have 15 second place event wins and nine second place series titles.
The Monster Jam driver line-up read like the credits on a Hollywood movie at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Black Stallion flies the K&N Flag at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio
Major air and carnage were part of the tough competition at Monster Jam in Ohio
Michael Vaters and the Black Stallion, Vaters teammate Trey Myers driven by Iron Warrior, Grave Digger driven by Pablo Huffaker, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle with Aaron Basl, Bounty Hunter with Darren Migues
were part of the pack. The competition also included Rap Attack driven by Dave Rappach, Martial Law with Paul Strong and Bad Habit with Joe Sylvester.
Iron Warrior had problems with a faulty starter in Cleveland, Ohio
Monster Jam continues at the Wachovia Arena in Barre, Pennsylvania
The pit party was packed with fans so officials extended the opening time so the crowd could meet the drivers and get pictures taken with the monster trucks.
A wheelie contest was the first event on Friday evening. Grave Digger took the win with a 29 and Black Stallion tied with Bounty Hunter for second place. Racing continued to be close all weekend and photo replays were used to determine winners.
Michael Vaters worked his way through the freestyle field by defeating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle in round one. He also defeated Grave Digger in round two. Each truck was pushed to the limit. “The competition was so fierce I pulled out the reverser,” he said. “I did a backwards jump over the van stack.”
Black Stallion and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle broke rear axle parts. “The race of the day was in the pits between both teams with wrenches and parts,” said Vaters. “The crew guys were flying to get everything done at break neck speed.”
The repairs were done and Vaters made it back to racing. Unfortunately, a faulty starter plagued Iron Warrior and Trey Myers was unable to make it for the race. Vaters was narrowly defeated in the semi-finals against Martial Law. Vaters uses K&N Engineering products. “We use K&N’s injector and oil filters,” he said. “We’re hard on motors at every race and K&N protects our engines. K&N can handle the Monster Truck scene.”
On Saturday, Vaters was off to a raging start at the beginning of the show and took the win in the wheelie contest. “Rap Attack broke a rear axle and Martial Law lost a motor,” said Vaters. “With drivers out of the competition all of the remaining drivers turned up the heat to make sure the crowd got their money’s worth. The racing was very close and freestyle included some major air and more
carnage.
The Black Stallion and Iron Warrior will be in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania at the Wachovia Arena this weekend.
An annual racing tradition takes place in Glenco, Alabama at Green Valley Speedway. It is named the Bama Bash and hosted racers from all over the country
for 12 years.
Dirt Track Racer Ray Cook will drive his D&R Motorsports No. 53 with K&N air and oil filters in the Bama Bash, courtesy of Thomas Hendrickson Photos
Ray Cook, also known as the Tarheel Tiger around race tracks, is contending for a $7,500 top prize in the Super Late Model Division. He will also compete in the Crate Late Model portion of the Bama Bash where a $3,000 winner’s check is on the line.
K&N sponsored racer Ray Cook will compete in the Crate Late Model and the Super Late Model Divisions at Green Valley Speedway in Alabama, courtesy of Thomas Hendrickson Photos
Cook won once last year at Green Valley Speedway and ran fourth in last year’s Bama Bash. The Brasstown, North Carolina native will drive his D&R Motorsports No. 53 with K&N air and oil filters 75 laps around the dirt track in the Super Late Model Division. In Crate Late Model he will drive 50 laps.
Qualifying for starting positions at the Bama Bash in heat races will be 15 laps and drivers earn starting positions depending on their finish in heat races. “Our K&N filters protect our engines from flying mud and debris,” said Cook. “K&N also gives us additional horsepower and filtration. I’ve used K&N for a decade and would not use anything else on the race track, my race shop and on my personal vehicles.”
Cook’s last race was at the East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Florida. He entered six shows during their Winternationals and transferred his MasterSbilt race car into the feature event twice. Cook finished eighteenth in a $10,000 to-win Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and passed fifteen cars to run eighth in a rain postponed $5,000 to win event.
Cook will also race at Boyd’s Speedway in Georgia at the end of February in an unsanctioned $3,000 to win event.
Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California is virgin territory for James Buescher. The 18-year-old Sheridan, Texas native is scheduled to compete in Fontana for the first time in his third career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver James Buescher will compete at Auto Club Speedway, photo by Ronda Greer
“I’ve never seen the place,” said Buescher. “You can’t really prepare for a track until you’ve driven on it. But you show up, you go practice and figure it out by lap two.”
The International MaxxForce Diesel team will use an updated chassis in Fontana. Crew chief Jamie Jones expects it to be the team’s primary truck at the intermediate tracks throughout the season. Buescher will drive the MaxxForce Diesel Ford F-150 equipped with K&N filters. “K&N gives us the maximum horsepower we need in our Roush-Yates engines,” said Buescher. “We can depend on K&N for its reliability.”
“I’ve played the NASCAR video games, but they only give you an idea of track mapping,” said Buescher. “They don’t’ tell you what the truck is going to do at certain points on the track. Every track that we visit is going to be new for me this year because I haven’t been in a truck at too many of them.”
Buescher captured his second career ARCA RE/MAX Series victory in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway. The Circle Bar Truck Corral Racer’s first series win put him in the record books as the youngest winner in the ARCA RE/MAX Series history.
Buescher is competing for Raybestos Rookie-of-the-Year honors this season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He is currently fifth in the Rookie of the Year standings following a 26th place finish last weekend at Daytona.
The San Bernardino County 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is at noon on Saturday, followed by the Stater Bros. 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series Race around 4:30 p.m. The Auto Club 500 starts Sunday at 3 p.m.
