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K&N Filters is proud to announce its sponsorship of the 2006 USAC Silver Crown Series. 'USAC Silver Crown Series, drivers, owners and crews will test new ground Jan. 20-22 with the traditional running of the "Copper World Classic" at Phoenix International Raceway. A dozen cars, built and prepared by four car constructors, are expected to be on hand when the green flag flies for Sunday's season-opening 50-lapper, one of nine pavement races on the 14-race schedule' According to USAC. K&N Filters will be the Presenting Sponsor of the USAC Silver crown Series beginning in 2006 and continuing through the 2007 season.
The track is twisted, with jumps, sharp turns and hairpin curves. The snocross
circuit is demanding on racers, allowing no room for distraction. There is no
doubt that the mother-daughter relationship is also demanding and powerful.
Tiina Duncanson is the mother, Kiersten Duncanson is the daughter. They are That
Girl Racing and both are world record grass drag racers.
Snowmobile Racers Kiersten & Tiina Duncanson of That Girl Racing
“My daughter and I were racing in a professional competition when her sled came
up hard,” said Tiina. “For a moment I wondered if I should let off the throttle
and go back to her, only for a moment.” Tiina decided to race. “It’s that
competitive mother instinct, I finished the race and I won.” Kiersten was okay
and would have been mad if Tiina stopped. Tiina also said she knew her husband
Peter was right there.
These races test the maneuverability and acceleration of the machines, while
putting the skill, agility and balance of racers to the test. The next
snowmobile race for That Girl is the Canada-USA Championship at St.George de
Beauce in Quebec. Some say this is where ice drags began. It is a split event
over two days of racing with regular points. The challenge is American vs.
Canadian. “I’ll drive my 800, with the K&N filter (RU-1480),” said Tiina. “If
you can’t keep the pistons alive you can’t win and if I didn’t have my K&N
filter there would be no way.”
Snowmobiles are sold with an air box and not an air filter. Extreme riders and
racers remove the air box which leaves them with no protection. To compete, they
put a filter on to aid in filtration. It’s necessary in grass drag racing to
keep dust and grass strands out of the motor.
“In grass drag racing you have to have a filter,” said K&N Engineering
Powersports Brand Manager Johnny Jump. “Without a filter all those grass
particles and dust will get into the engine, scar the pistons and tear the motor
apart.” As the sides of the skirts of the pistons get worn down from dust and
contamination, it breaks down the seal the piston has within the cylinder, said
Jump. “Less seal means less compression.”
Tiina said anybody who is anybody on the circuit runs a K&N. “I watched another
brand, with a green filter collapse on the course,” she said. “The K&N filter
keeps the dirt and snow out of my engine.”
Tiina is known as “That Girl” and Kiersten, 18, is known as “That Other Girl.”
Tiina got into the grass drags around 1997. “My husband, Peter used to show
antique sleds and that went hand-in-hand with the grass drags,” she said. “I
wanted to race and he figured I'd be over it in no time, not so.” Now Peter
Duncanson is in the racing business 24-7, said Tiina. Peter keeps the machines
running and is the crew chief.
Kiersten began racing at the age of 12. Tiina taught her to drive and to pick
lines on the track. “My daughter and I are like mirror images, “said Tiina.
“Kiersten is number 721 and I’m 127.”
“Kiersten turned pro when she was 14-years-old,” said Tiina. “We pulled her out
of the junior division and put her in the pro-division because she was winning
everything.”
It didn’t take Kiersten long to prove herself on the pro circuit. Kiersten broke Tiina’s world record three years ago, said Peter. “She did 5.2
seconds @ 93 MPH in the 500 open-modified.”
That Girl Racing uses K&N filter part
RX-4140 on the 1000 and
SN-2620 and
SN-2510 in snocross, said Peter. RX-4140 is a K&N
XStream filter, it works well in the 1000
because air can go into the sides and through the top of the filter and you also
gain filtration.
“On the 1000 open-mud I have a three year world record,” said Tiina. “Every year
I’d break it by dropping the notch a littler farther.”
That Girl Racing will have a new sled for the World Series in Sault Ste Marie,
Ontario. “We’re always keeping up with the latest technology,” said Tiina. “It’s
great to be a female driver with the fastest sled in the world!”
Racing season begins for Wolfe Motorsports in the Bullring at the Las Vegas
Motor Speedway in Nevada, and each one of its vehicles will have a K&N oil
filter this February, said owner Matt Wolfe.
The divisional and national championships are open to drivers competing in the
top class at each NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series track, including Late Model Stock
Cars, Modifieds, Dirt Modifieds, Dirt Late Models, Late Model Sportsman, Super
Late Models, Super Stocks and other styles of cars. Wolfe Motorsports tests
February 25th and the season begins March 25th, according to Matt.
“We race all four of our cars 56 times a year,” said Matt Wolfe. “We have 2
Super Late Models, 1 Late Model and 1 Modified.” All have K&N oil filters, said
Matt.
K&N Performance Gold Oil Filters.
Wolfe Motorsports installed K&N oil filters (HP-5001) in place of what the
company called “Brand X.” “We noticed after one race when we would normally
change our oil, that we could go two races,” said Matt. “After two races we
noticed that we still did not have to change our oil.” We asked the technical
staff what was going on and they laughed because they already knew the
capability of K&N filters and said we could go 4 to 5 races without changing our
oil.
“We race with K&N oil filters and only K&N oil filters,” said Matt. “To top it
off the oil filter is cheaper than ‘Brand X,’ and we don’t have to change our
filters as often as we did before we switched to K&N.” It cut our maintenance
budget by two-thirds, Matt said.
“Usually we smell the oil at the end of a race to see if it is okay,” said
Wolfe. “We even had it sent out and tested to see if it was still good.” Matt
Wolfe said they have really reduced oil changes with the K&N filter.
K&N Engineering’s premium Performance Gold Oil Filter has many features to
satisfy the demands of racers such as drilled safety wire holes for racing,
heavy duty construction and a sturdy one-inch wrench nut to make oil filter
removal quick and easy.
“The safety wire is a nice feature,” said Matt. “We use it when we run a long
race.”
Wolfe Motorsports won two Division championships two years in a row. “We won the
Super Late Model Championship in 2004 and 2005,” said Matt. “We also placed 4th
in the region among 12 race tracks and 180 competitors.”
K&N filters work extremely well in vehicles, but one southern California man
discovered K&N’s proven technology also works extremely well in the computer
industry.
Clean-Aire Computer Case with K&N Air Filter Keeps PC Components Clean in Dusty,
Dirty Environments
Commerce Technologies LLC of Santa Ana, California is in the computer
business. For years, employees downed servers and cleaned systems at companies
where computers get dirty. “Computer dirt is an afterthought in my industry,”
said Peter Maddox, managing member of Commerce Technologies. “When users see the
pop-up line, ‘the computer has performed an illegal operation and will shut
down,’ it’s usually not a hardware problem, it’s a dust problem.”
In order for a chip to remain cool air has to physically go across the top of
the chip. A computer chip attracts dirt because of its magnetic field, said
Maddox. “As more dirt builds up, the computer starts to heat up because the air
is not moving.”
Maddox said he wanted to improve the way he worked and went on a search for the
right filter. “HEPA filters are not reusable and depending on the size of the
filter can cost up to $30.00 a month,” he said. “I tested one filter after
another, from just about every store you can think of.” Maddox said they all
failed and some filters he tested would actually pass small pebbles.
One day Maddox was in an automotive store. “I stumbled across a K&N filter, it
was the right size and shape, a perfect 7 inch square, and it was reusable,” he
said.
Maddox brought it home and tested with baby powder and a fan. This simulated a situation that could bring down a PC. The K&N filter worked despite the baby
powder, said Maddox. “I didn’t have to look for filters anywhere else.”
With K&N’s multi layers of oiled cotton gauge, dirt is captured by tiny cotton
fibers as it attempts to travel through a passageway. This area is designed to
change and alter the direction of dirt particles. As a K&N filter is used its
efficiency rating goes up. It’s true the filter gets better as it gets dirty.
Microscopic view of a K&N Air Filter showing layers of specially oiled
cotton fibers ready to capture dirt particles.
The K&N filters work on computers in conjunction with Clean-Aire Computer
Enclosures at several companies, said Maddox. “One of my clients is a
greenhouse, and the dirt stays away from the computers.”
When I go into businesses people say, “Hey, I have those filters in my cars and
are amazed how efficient K&N filters are on computers,” said Maddox.
“I put the K&N filter in my enclosures and so far the same filters have been
running for 4 years at a sheet metal shop in Anaheim, California,” said Maddox.
“I used to go in and clean the PCs every 6 weeks, but the designed enclosures
with K&N filters brought about an immediate reduction in service calls, at least
40%.”
Maddox uses a black base in his enclosures to prove his point. “You should see
my customers when I advise them not to clean the K&N filter,” he said. “I want
them to wait until it is completely covered in dirt.”
“I also use the K&N cleaning kit to go with the filters,” said Maddox.
“I tell my customers about the K&N Million Mile Warranty,” said Maddox. “No PC
will go a million miles but I’m just starting to get an idea of how long these
filters will last. I haven’t had any complaints about the K&N filter in the
Clean-Aire Computer Enclosures in 4 years.”
“The filter was the key, nothing matters but the filter when it comes to keeping
a computer clean,” said Maddox. “K&N is it.”
K&N Engineering is a filter technology pioneer in automotive, motorcycle, and
marine applications. In addition to washable/reusable high flow air filters, K&N
offers several lines of high flow air intake systems and heavy duty performance
oil filters.
K&N is proud to manufacture air filters for more than 55,000 applications,
covering a fast majority of the vehicles on the road today. More than 600
employees research, develop and manufacture K&N products. Go to
KNFilters.com to find products for your
vehicle or to find a universal filter for just about anything else that needs
clean air.
The 2005 Pontiac GTO's 6.0-liter V8 is a torque monster that can deliver a good
performance package. Wind it up to the 6,500 redline and the dual exhaust belts
out a high-pitched wail. If a Pontiac GTO pulls up next to you at a stop light,
it deserves some respect. K&N Engineering now gives the GTO more of a boost under the
hood, with a 69-Series Typhoon Intake Kit (69-7201TP).
K&N's 69-Series Typhoon Intake Kit for the 2005 Pontiac GTO
69-7201 series Typhoon Installed in a 2005 Pontiac GTO
K&N intake systems replace your vehicle's restrictive factory air filter and air
intake housing. K&N intakes are designed to dramatically reduce intake
restriction allowing more air to your engine. On K&N's in-house Dynojet
dynamometer the Typhoon (Part Number 69-7201TP) produced gains of 10 HP. More air means more usable power
and acceleration throughout the engine's RPM range. The K&N 69-Series Intake
Kit for the 2005 Pontiac GTO consists of a aerodynamically-designed filter
that has a chrome top with the K&N logo stamp. It is 6 inches tall and has a
base diameter of 7 1/2 inches.
As with all K&N High-Flow Air Filters, the element included with the Typhoon Intake Kit for the GTO is washable and re-usable. K&N recommends cleaning the
filter every 100,000 miles (depending on driving conditions).
The Typhoon's polished aluminum finish also looks great and the Short Ram
configuration makes this kit easy to install.
