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Top drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. stopped at K&N Engineering, Inc. in Riverside,
California one day after his EZ Lube Team Drift Challenge at Long Beach.
Vaughn Gittin Jr. at K&N Engineering Headquarters
The K&N sponsored racer and his Team Drift Alliance finished 4th overall. “We
only had two cars and each scored an eight out of ten,” said Gittin. “We beat
two teams that had three or more drivers.”
The teams were judged on speed, angles and crowd reaction. Judges were also
looking at each team’s choreography and ability to work together.
Gittin has done demos and events all over the world with Team Drift Alliance.
“It’s amazing because as teams we don’t compete against each other in this race,
we drive in sync,” he said. “Think of the Blue Angels in the air and how they
work together, it’s almost the same for us. Drifting is about going fast,
sliding and having smoke streaming out of the back of the car.”
Chris Forsberg and Ryan Tuerck were on Gittin’s team. “I’m very comfortable with
them,” said Gittin. “We’ve done some really crazy stuff together on the track.
There are always mistakes and if you don’t’ know who you’re driving with enough
to read them, there will be problems. It felt good to run with the guys.”
Gittin has put his heart and soul into this sport. He also used K&N products
long before starting his professional career. “I read all the flow charts and
realized K&N was the best for me because of the abuse I put my cars through,” he
said. “When I’m in a cloud of smoke on the track, it’s not just smoke. That
cloud is filled with rubber parts and without K&N Air Filters my $40,000 motors
would be damaged. K&N Oil Filters also keeps metal debris out of my engines.”
Gittin will spend a few days in the California sun before he heads back to
Virginia. “I love Long Beach,” he said. “It’s like no other event. The crowds
are great and it’s definitely a thumbs-up situation all the way.”
Donny Schatz scored his third straight runner-up finish in the 2007 season
Friday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Schatz raced from an early
4th place position into a three way battle for victory during the final four
laps of the 30 lap FedEx Outlaw Thunder World of Outlaws “A” Feature.
Donny Schatz at Eldora Speedway
“We came on at the end and almost got the win,” said Schatz. “It was
important for us to come to Eldora and challenge for the win. It’s no secret
that this hasn’t been my best track, but we’ve really gained on it the last year
or so. We were strong early in the night and in the dash, but the track fooled
me just a bit by how slow it got.”
Schatz and ParkerStore Team use K&N Carbon Airbox
In the late stages of the feature Schatz was able to run around Jason
Meyers for second place. Meyers was then able to pass Schatz. In the end Schatz
came in second place. “We use K&N Engineering products,” said Schatz. “Our K&N
Airbox helps us achieve maximum horsepower at every race.”
Schatz’s second place finish was also his third consecutive runner-up at Eldora
Speedway, following last year’s runner-up finishes in July and August. Friday's
race will air on SPEED-TV May 13th at 2 p.m. est.
The ParkerStore Team will stay in Ohio this week. They return to action on
Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. On Saturday they will travel to southwest
Indiana at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt.
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The 2007 Corona Rally Mexico is the third qualifying round in the FIA World
Rally Championship. The event begins and ends in the same place, Leon,
Guanajuato Mexico.
Fans line up to witness 2007 Corona Rally Mexico
Benito Guerra Jr. at Corona Rally Mexico
International competitors pitted themselves against some of the world’s
finest racers over 530 miles of different kinds of terrain. At least 80
registered drivers raced through 20 challenging stages. On the first day, tens
of thousands of fans crammed the narrow streets to watch the first run through a
duel lane, mixed surface super special stage at Leon Race Track.
Benito Guerra, Jr. uses K&N Air Filters
Corona Rally Mexico is part of FIA World Rally
Benito Guerra Jr. holds the title of youngest Mexican Rally Champion in the
World. He drove a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 8 equipped with K&N Engineering Air
Filters.
“We were having a great rally and at the end of the day I was in the top 10 of
the production class,” said Guerra. “At the end of the second day my suspension
broke and I lost a wheel. I had to restart the next day but my penalties hurt
our times. On day three we retired with a broken gearbox. The one thing we don’t
have to worry about is our K&N Air Filters. They don’t fail while racing, ever.”
France’s Sebastien Loeb took first place in his new Citroen C4WRC, ahead of
Marcus Gronholm and Mikko Hirvonen.
The season is far from over for Guerra. His next rally will take place in
Argentina on May 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.
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Driver Josef Machacek is a European racer from the Czech Republic who likes long
distance races under very difficult conditions.
Josef Machacek on podium at 2007 Dakar Rally
Josef Machacek
He began his career as a motocross driver in 1974. By 1983 he added a Six
Day race win from England to his resume. Machacek was always on the lookout for
bigger and more extreme challenges.
Dakar ATV Class winner used K&N Products during the race
The Dakar Rally fit the bill for this extreme racer.
It is the toughest motor race in the world and covers 5000 miles of
grueling terrain over 16 days. The heart of the race is in the middle of the
shifting sands of the Sahara Desert where temperatures can reach 130 degrees
every day.
K&N Engineering sponsored ATV overall class winner Machacek in the 2007 Rally
Lisboa-Dakar. “He used K&N Air Filters (RU-2780) during the entire race on his
Yamaha,” said Robert Hordossy of K&N Filters in Europe. "Our products worked well during the extreme conditions of the Dakar."
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Defending World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz and his ParkerStore Team will
return to the high banks of Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio this weekend for two nights of
racing.
Donny Schatz uses K&N Engineering Products
K&N on Schatz's No 15 Spint Car
“I’m really looking forward to racing some more as our schedule picks up
over the next few weeks,” said Schatz. “But I’m more excited that we’re headed
to Eldora. It’s one of those places where we haven’t been real stellar in the
past, but last year we had real good finishes. We were just one spot short
of first place both times. I think we may finally have things figured out there,
but it’s been quite a challenge for us to get to that point.”
Defending World of Outlaws Champion Donny Schatz
Schatz and ParkerStore Team headed to Eldora Speedway
Even though Schatz admits to having a tough time at the track, he’s been a
consistent top ten finisher at Eldora Speedway since 1996. That consistency
carried over to the 2007 campaign, where he finished in the top six 11 times in
12 starts. He has three victories and nine top three finishes and is 12 points
behind leader Joey Saldana.
Schatz and the ParkerStore Team use K&N Engineering products. “The K&N Airbox
works flawlessly for us at each race,” he said. “We are able to attain maximum
horsepower. K&N builds a superior product.”
Saturday’s race at the track will be the first televised World of Outlaws race
of 2007. SPEED TV and ESPN2 will carry the programming. “It provides great
exposure for our sponsors,” said Schatz. “The television schedule includes races
at some of the most exciting tracks in the country. It should help attract new
fans and help the sport.”
Cold weather slowed the team down last weekend and forced the cancellation of
last Saturday's race at Pevely, MO. "If you look at Eldora's races in April over
the past ten years, we haven't always been able to race both nights," said
Schatz. "We've had snow and rain stop shows in the past. We're hoping the
weather warms up so we can work in the track enough to have a surface that
offers plenty of passing and action in order to put on a good show."
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