The Formula Drift circuit will continue on to Wall Speedway in New Jersey for the next round, while Gittin Jr. will be making an appearance at the Hyperfest event at Virginia International Raceway before the Wall, NJ event. | ||||
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One of the popular modifications to modern muscle cars is a cold air intake. Both the big V-8s and the turbo four cylinders respond very well to additional air. With extra air to feed the ponies, the car’s ECU can trigger more fuel, and what comes out the other end is increased horsepower, torque, and acceleration. This occurs without any other modifications and with an install that is around just 90 minutes to complete. We recently took a trip to one of the leaders in the cold air intake industry, K&N Engineering, to see what makes these intakes better at feeding these hungry motors the cold air they want.
To answer this, let’s break down what these cold air intakes consist of. Obviously each vehicle is different, but the majority of these kits contain three major components: a filter, an air box or heatshield, and an air tube. To start things out, we will examine how the filter differs from the stock air filter. K&N includes tubular or conical air filters with their cold air intakes. These filters are made of a pleated cotton gauze material. The cotton is soaked with a special type of tacky oil to trap dirt and dust impurities. It may come as no surprise that cotton gauze has the ability to flow more air than the folded paper that most OEM filters are made out of. These filters are also washable and reusable, so there is no need to buy a new filter every year.
All of these benefits help to add to that horsepower increase that K&N guarantees with every intake. Typically, you can see an estimated increase of 10-15 HP with the addition of a cold air intake. But, depending on your application, you could see more. The K&N 57-2571 kit for the 2007-2009 Shelby GT500 adds an estimated 56 horsepower and the K&N 69-2550TTK adds an estimated 39 horsepower to 2015-2016 Charger Hellcats. If you would like to see what K&N has to offer your muscle car, early or late model, check out knfilters.com | |||
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Jeff Burton, who raced in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, won a NASCAR Busch Series race at South Boston in 1991. Harrison Burton’s uncle Ward Burton also raced in the NASCAR Cup Series and started with Jeff Burton in late models at South Boston. Harrison Burton was definitely the hometrack favorite at South Boston. Friends and family were in the stands along the backstretch to watch him win the race. “I’m struggling to put it into words,” Harrison Burton said. “I’ve never had a place where I’ve been the favorite in the race track by the fans. Tonight was that night. I had a whole backstretch of family and friends. I got to stop and celebrate with them.That’s something I will remember for the rest of my life, to celebrate these great nights with the people I love. In a place like South Boston, it’s so cool I can’t get over it.” Harrison Burton led only three laps, the final three laps, of the race. He took the lead from Todd Gilliland on the final restart on lap 98. Harrison Burton fended off Gilliland and a surging Vinnie Miller to win his second K&N Pro Series East race of the season. “That’s how these races will go sometimes,” Harrison Burton said. “You’ll see guys that play their cards right. They end up getting after it and coming home with the checkered flag. Luckily for us that was us tonight.” Jeff Burton said he was surprised how the race ended and wasn’t quite sure of Gilliland’s strategy on the last restart.
Gilliland took the lead in the race from Chase Purdy on lap 82 and held it for 16 laps. Gilliland posted podium finishes in both K&N Pro Series East races at South Boston, but did not win either. “I thought we had that one won,” Gilliland said. “It really stings. We had a really fast race car tonight, and we’re going to move forward and go win the rest of them.” Chase Cabre won the pole and led the first four laps of the race. Purdy passed Cabre for the lead on lap 5 and was out front for 77 laps, the most of any driver in the race. Miller ended up in third place moving into position on the final restart. Cabre was fourth, followed by Ruben Garcia Jr. Purdy dropped all the way to 11th place at the end of the race. Burton extended his lead in the K&N Pro Series East standings to 18 points over Gilliland. “It was so cool to end up in victory lane in my hometown,” Harrison Burton said after the race. “I can’t really describe it.”
“Hands down we had the fastest car tonight,” Gilliland said. “I know we got third and second. Everyone at Bill McAnally Racing work super hard and all their hard work showed tonight. It didn’t quite pay off.” The next K&N Pro Series East race is at Memphis International Raceway in Tennessee. | |||
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The series has become the leading national touring sanctioning organization for dirt late model racing. To prove its success, the 2017 season will include 56 sanctioned events held in 36 different venues across 21 states of the United States. A V-8 engine that generates 800-horsepower powers the cars that race in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series The venues that have hosted or will host sanctioned events are located throughout the midwest and southern parts of the United States. According to Jeremy Shields, Marketing and Sales Relations for Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series, the series is sanctioning some of the industry’s largest events in 2017 including: • Super Bowl of Racing at Golden Isles Speedway • Lucas Oil Show-Me 100 at Lucas Oil Speedway • Sunoco North/South 100 at Florence Speedway • COMP Cams Topless 100 at Batesville Motor Speedway • $100,000-to-win Dirt Track World Championship at Portsmouth Raceway Park Each event pits vintage open wheel cars commonly found in Wisconsin from the 1950s to 1970s. Each event includes the following sections:
• Qualifying. Usually occurring before the start of the event, drivers race to qualify for upcoming heat races. Each driver gets two timed laps and their best time determines qualification. Qualifying is also used to line up the big crown jewel events. • Heat Races. Competitors who qualify for heat races participate in the “pill draw” to draw numbers that determine when each will start in their heat race. The heat races are the preliminary races for each class. These races may determine the starting race position in the main events and earn points. The top three or four winners qualify for A-Feature race. • Semi-Feature/B Main. Racers who have not qualified for the A Main race have another opportunity to do so in this race. Called the last chance qualifier or B feature, the race includes drivers who did not make the A feature through the heat races. This race is 12 to 15 laps. The number of racers who participate affects how many racers graduate to the A event. It is usually between two to six. Those racers who qualify for the A-Main from the B-Main start behind the drivers who have qualified through the heats. At selected racing events where there are a large number of cars participating, there may be a series of qualifying races known as “alphabet soup” -- C, D, E, F, etc. The number of cars participating in the event determines the number of alphabet soup races. A certain number of racers will race in the lower feature and the top two go on to the next race and on and on until final qualifiers for the A Main race is determined.
Point collection starts with every driver receiving 50 “participant points” as long as they pay the entry fee and compete in at least time trials, heat race, or a b-main event. Overall fast qualifier in groups A and B collects 10 points for the fastest time in each event. Points are awarded for racers who finish first to 26th in the B-main event. Over the years, Lucas Oil has increased the points fund to attract new racers into the sport. "Show-up money has increased, and we’ve added more high paying events,” said Jeremy Shields, Marketing and Sales Relations, Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. “New drivers are always looking to join the tour."
"We use social media to promote upcoming events, share post-race results, and promote our marketing partners," said Shields. K&N Engineering has been a major sponsor of the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Racing Series since its inception in 2005. "K&N was one of the original partners when the series began in 2005," noted Shields. "K&N has been instrumental in helping grow the series to the premier national tour for Dirt Late Models. Above all, the relationship that we have built among their company employees is second-to-none." Drivers who are competing in the Series in 2017 include: • Boom Briggs • Colton Flinner • Darrelll Lanigan
• Don O’Neal • Gregg Satterlee • Hudson O’Neal • Jimmy Owens • Josh Richards • Scott Bloomquist • Steve Francis • Tim McCreadie • Timothy Culp "The 2017 roster is bulging with superstar drivers boasting championship pedigrees. Combine the record number of events on the Series schedule with the strongest roster in Series history, 2017 looks to be the biggest year yet," concluded Shields. | |||||
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The Team 5 (T5) Foundation is changing the world in a very direct and tangible way. The team’s motto may just sum it up best, “In order to be involved, you must first show up.” As you will read, T5 certainly “shows up” for those in need around the world, so catching up with them at the Overland Expo in Flagstaff, Arizona, meant finding them in a rare sedentary moment. T5 provides critical medical care to the most remote regions around the world. The foundation sends teams of – you guessed it – five talented medical professionals to places that are in dire need of their services.
The team sees an average of 100 patients per day in the remote places they visit. T5 serves patients with chronic illnesses, deformities, and serious injuries. They also provide routine check-ups and help with real-world problems like de-worming. T5’s goal is to provide whatever is needed in any remote village, town, or tribe they visit. The most lasting impact T5 has on the places they service is education. Medical education allows the foundation to make a long-term impact after each deployment is complete. That education includes training in such skills as midwifery, wilderness medicine, advanced first aid and CPR, and even combat casualty care.
The Quick Response Force Toyota Tundra was on display at the Overland Expo in all of its life-saving glory, and Linder and his team were on hand to enthusiastically talk about the Tundra and its mission. The truck’s design goal is a bit of a departure from the rest of the T5 extreme vehicles. The Tundra is tasked with responding to stateside disaster situations. So, while the lion's share of the foundation's work is in remote locations outside the US, the QRF is a vital part of T5's rescue and relief efforts right here at home. Following a disaster, the QRF is deployed from Las Vegas, Nevada, with 1-2 team members who ultimately meet up with the rest of the team onsite. Upon deployment the Team 5 Tundra is outfitted with all the requisite gear for a mission including personal safety gear, tents, sleeping bags, dehydrated food, clean water, etc.
The K&N products provided for the QRF include air filters, oil filters, cabin filters, and a full intake (which is not currently installed). The Tundra build also includes gear from North American Rescue, Hurst Tools, Winkler Knives, and Vetter Bags. To help it reach remote and rugged places, the build sits on an Icon suspension and beefy General tires. Out front, a Warn winch is bolted to an Expedition One bumper. Ten different lighting options were added by Vision X for missions that require night vision. The build is completed by a series of lockers and bins under an innovative bed cap that can be raised to enhance the Tundra’s on-site readiness. K&N is honored to be part of the Team 5 Foundation’s vital worldwide mission. To find out how you can donate to the foundation’s effort, visit the T5 website. | ||||
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