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Cam Reimers Walks Away From Loretta Lynn's With Two Overall Wins

Sep 19, 2011

Although Cam Reimers was not able to attend every round of the 2011 AMA Championship Series, he has made a showing and experienced success at the venues where he has raced.

When Cam Reimers recently rolled into Hurricane Mills, Tennessee, the rider arrived with anticipation of racing in the AMA ATV Motocross Championships, at Loretta Lynn's a raceway located at Loretta Lynn's Ranch.

Cam Reimers recently earned to Overall Wins while racing at Loretta Lynns in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Although not able to race in all of the previous ten rounds, of the 2011 AMA Championship series, Reimers managed to make his presents known during every event that he had attended. In fact, of the five races in which he had competed to this point, Cam managed to grab nine Moto wins, four Overall wins, eleven Overall podiums and 14 Overall Top Fives. Preparing to embark upon his sixth race of the series, the rider had aspirations of continuing success.

"I have been to Loretta's the past three years and we have always had pretty good luck there," recalled Reimers. "I love the track, because I feel so comfortable with the layout and the way the dirt is. It is a lot like what I have been riding back in Iowa for years," he continued. "I enjoy a lot of the other tracks the National Series goes to, like Redbud and Millville too. These tracks have a bunch of big, fun jumps, and really fun, loamy dirt. Those tracks are really free flowing and Loretta Lynn's track isn't the same way. Loretta Lynn's has a lot tighter corners and takes a lot of techniques to try to make the track flow at all. I guess that style of track fits my style of riding."

After setting the fastest lap times during all three practice session, Cam was confident that he and his Can-Am DS450 would experience success. Sure enough, the rider shot from fifth to second place early in the first lap during his first moto of the "College Boy 16-24" class, and eventually took the win.

Lining up in the Open class later in the day, Reimers started midway in the pack and worked his way into second place in the third lap. As the event continued, he managed to hold on to that position throughout the remainder of the race.

On the following morning Reimers lined up against nineteen fellow top qualifiers in the "College 16-24" class and upon the waving of the green flag, the race was underway. Nearing the famous "Ten Commandments" section of the track, the rider made an aggressive move and in turn gained two spots, putting him in third. Reimers worked his way into second place shortly thereafter, and at the end of the second lap passed the first place driver. Crossing the finish line first, Cam Reimers earned the checkered flag and the Overall win.

Many riders might have been satisfied with their accomplishment at this point, but not Cam Reimers. With one victory under his belt, he then focused on taking the Open A class as well. At the gate drop, Cam shot to the first corner, but was edged out by fellow rider, Caleb Baumann. Pushing it to the limit in the next few corners, Reimer took and held the lead throughout the remainder of the race, earning yet another Overall victory at Loretta Lynn's.

"A good start is important at this track," explained Reimers. "The track funneled down in a lot of spots, so it was hard to work your way up easily. I believe a big key to winning at this track has to do with charging in between sections. There are a lot of drastic changes in speed on the track, and you have to take advantage in those areas. During both, my "College Boy 16-24" and Open A second moto on Sunday, I had to pass the KTM rider of Caleb Baumann to take the lead," he continued. "I believe he hole-shot both moto events. I was able to run him down and pick up both wins."

Of course to experience consistent success the riders must practice a strict maintenance schedule. When asked if he used K&N products on his ATVs Reimer said, "Oh, for sure! I use the CM-4508 air filter, the CM-4508DK Precharger, as well as the KN-560 oil filters. I have been using K&N products for the past four years. I was excited to be a part of their team this year. K&N products are in a class of their own. The Air filters are absolutely incredible. They make insane power over the stock foam filters, are super easy to clean, and never lose their integrity."

Also crediting his team for his success, Reimers said, "I could not be doing any of this if it wasn't for the awesome people helping me out this year. I have a ton of great companies behind me as well as my family and friends. Knowing that there are so many people supporting you, really helps to put your heart and soul into it."

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K&N's Peter Biondo Dominates for Double at NHRA Division Event at Old Bridge Raceway

Sep 19, 2011

2000 Firebird NHRA Super Stock Driver Peter Biondo

Business owner, race promoter and sportsman racer phenom, Peter Biondo, put together thirteen awesome rounds of competition during the NHRA Div 1 event in Englishtown, New Jersey to bring home both the Super Gas and the Super Stock victories. With his latest feat, Biondo currently holds down the top spot in the country in both categories and has his eye on double 2011 NHRA Lucas Oil National Championships.

Peter Biondo's 1963 Corvette Roadster NHRA Super Gas Car

Prior to heading to the New Jersey event, Biondo had just wrapped up a week long race at the U.S. Nationals, where as he puts it, "there was quite a lot of drama" with his Super Gas car.

"We had put a new motor in it and at the first race out, it was running great. 168-169 MPH and in a Super Gas car, that's quite a lot of MPH," he said. "We won the first race out with it, but when we got it to Indy, we were really struggling. It went anywhere from 9.80 to 10.07 [9.90 Index]. So between time runs at Indy, we were changing everything we could think of trying to get it figured out. Mr. "K&N" himself, Steve Williams was one of the guys who came over to our pit to try and help, along with fellow K&N racers, Gary Stinnett and Tommy Phillips and pointed out to me that I didn't have very much space between the carburetor and the scoop. There just wasn't much room there for it to breathe. We ended up taking the spacer out and putting an air pan on and a new K&N filter system, that was all molded in and we picked up a lot."

"Let's put it this way, I was set up to run a 9.90 on my first pass [time run] at Englishtown and I ran a 9.73 at 172 MPH," he continued. "So, problem solved. I was ecstatic and I knew from the seat of the pants going down track that it was a better run and wasn't detonating at the finish line like it did at Indy. The car was just flawless from there on in and we took it from there." Right off the bat, first round would be somewhat of a special one for Biondo. "I certainly didn't have a gimmie the first round," he pointed out. "I had to run a guy that my seventy-four year old dad used to battle it out with, let's say thirty years ago. Ken Bowers is a smart guy, that's for sure. I had a twelve light and got to the finish line first with a little bit of room. He had a twenty light and dumped to a ninety-two. [9.92]"

Biondo notes that although the car was now running great, the weekend wasn't without its chaos. "Right when they called us up for third round, I went to start the car and my starter failed, so I had to change it," he said. "I was a little bit lacking on help that weekend, especially with having two cars in and it seems like everyone went home on Saturday night, so I had to go ask my neighbor to come over and help me change it [laughs]."

"Probably the biggest round though in Super Gas was the fourth round against Jason Kenny," he confessed. "He is very well respected and the reigning Div 1 champ and that round was for the bye into the final. I knew that if I wanted any chance at winning the championship, I had to win this race. So to get by Jason, it was a two-for-one and a very big round. Fortunately for me, and unfortunately for him, he missed the tree bad and I was .008. That made my life easy going down track."

With the earned bye, Biondo laid down a near perfect run during the semi-finals in his '63 Corvette Roadster, that should make anyone shake in their shoes, .003 light with a perfect 9.900 ET.

"Well, when you are going to run Mike Sawyer, you better be ready," Biondo said of his semi-final timeslip and his final round competitor. "He's kinda low-key, doesn't travel too much, but without a doubt I would put him easily in the top five in the country, if he traveled every year. He's tough, nothing seems to faze him and it's the second time I've run him in the final and fortunately, it's the second time I've beat him. It was a very close run."

Biondo put together a .010 package and didn't leave much room at all for Sawyer in the Super Gas final, forcing Sawyer to take .003 at the stripe and breakout by .006 to Biondo's beautiful 9.902.

"Things were just really clicking in the Super Gas car," he said of first win of the weekend. "I was pretty hungry for it, so I was aggressive on the tree. I knew it was do or die and I was double-oh a few times on the tree. I wasn't really messing with the [delay] box much, because I wanted it pretty bad. If I was going to get beat, it was going to be by a very close race or a really close redlight on my part."

Over in Super Stock, Biondo was having the same kind of race, winning rounds and lots of them. "Our Super Stock car is pretty unique in that it's powered by a 428 Pontiac engine; there aren't too many Pontiac engines out there in Super Stock. I had to abort one of my qualifying runs because the car was shaking really bad. It turned out that I had lost one of the wheel weights, so the wheel was completely out of balance. So it really wasn't a great feeling going into first round, not being exactly sure if it was really just that or something in the drivetrain that caused it, there was still that question mark in my brain saying, I hope that was it."

Unlucky for Biondo's competition, that's all it was and he went on to pound through seven rounds in his GT/DA '00 Firebird. "Because of having to lift in that last qualifying pass, it put me in a really good spot on the sheet, which that was just total luck," he said. "The guy I ran first round, had to abort his run, so that was like a bye run there," he said of his fortunate spot of the ladder and the pairings that followed. "I had an actual bye in round two and it just went from there. It was a lot of rounds jam-packed into a little bit of time, so it was really exciting."

Biondo saved one of his best lights of Super Stock eliminations for the final in which he treed his good friend, Anthony Bongiovanni and sewed up his second victory of the weekend.

"I can't thank Steve Williams from K&N enough for not only all his time and help with the Super Gas car at Indy, but also for all that K&N does for sportsman drag racing year in and year out," he added. "You can't put that many rounds on these engines in a weekend like that without being protected with K&N oil and air filters. And the seven MPH I picked up in the Super Gas car after Steve's help with the new K&N filter configuration is just awesome."

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Teddy Hodgdon Takes Nine Consecutive Checkered Flags at Stafford Motor Speedway

Sep 19, 2011

Ten yeart old, Teddy Hodgdon, recently one nine features in a row at Stafford Motor Speedway, earning the championship title.

After losing the lead on the green/white checkered flag, ten year old, Teddy Hodgdon, didn't let up throughout the remainder of the race and eventually passed the first place kart in the Ceric Fabrication Season Finale, earning his ninth consecutive feature win at the Stafford Motor Speedway, at Stafford Springs, Connecticut. After an exciting season, the victory put the young Danbury, Connecticut native in the points lead in the Tiger Sprint A class, and earning him the title of 2011 champion.

Teddy Hodgdon, his family, fans and team pose for a photo after the driver clinched the championship at Stafford Motor Speedway.

Qualifying three-tenths faster than the field, Hodgdon started out on the front row. Upon the waving of the green flag, he took an early lead, but lost his first place spot on the restart. With no intentions of bidding farewell to his winning streak, Teddy overtook the two drivers after a caution flag and never looked back during the 25 lap event until crossing the finish line and earning the checkered flag.

Granted, a driver and his or her team savors every win, but Hodgdon considered this particular race even more exciting than the norm and rightfully so, as he had anticipation of walking away with the championship. With eight consecutive wins already under his belt at this particular venue, the young driver's confidence level was high. Hodgdon entered the race without any doubts about his abilities or the set-up in the kart.

"Teddy has made a lot of progress as a driver this year," explained his father, Ted. "He has been looking at the big picture and understanding what is happening around him. In prior years, he would just drive the kart. He has grown by leaps and bounds this year. Teddy has been running smooth, consistent laps, and thinking outside the kart during the race," he continued. "He is growing into a fine young man and racer. His confidence is through the roof, in and out of the kart. The experience that he is gaining will carry with him the rest of his life! The season has been a dream! He has won eleven features at two different tracks (50% of all races run thus far) and a track championship!"

Teddy's string of victories were eventful, and lent to a couple of races that wouldn't soon be forgotten by the driver and his team. In fact, according to his father, Teddy's sixth consecutive win was action packed and exciting. "He started in the fifth position and charged to the front," recalled the driver's father, Ted. "He led for a few laps until he got stuffed back to the fourth position. He kept a cool head and picked them off one by one, until he was leading again," continued the proud father. "He took the lead just in time for the checkered flag."

Recalling the importance this race, Ted said, "He was trailing by one point in the standings and knew he had to have a good finish to help in the points. He did a great job and won the race."

When asked what he enjoys most about racing karts, the young driver said, "Learning about how parts of the karts work and learning race strategy." Referring to becoming a better driver with each and every race, Teddy continued, "I've been learning from on-track situations. My dad and I talk about what happened during each race."

As one might suspect, Teddy Hodgdon's kart has been running on the mark for the entire season. That said, the crew is obviously aware of the importance of proper maintenance, and has been using K&N air and oil filters on the Briggs and Stratton Animal Engine and in the tow vehicle as well, for the past two years. According to the Teddy Hodgdon team, "K&N provides a quality product. Not only does it keep the air clean, but also provides a performance gain. We would never race without a K&N filter again."

The kart driver's team is also acutely aware of the importance of their sponsors and fans. That in mind, in closing they said, "Without them, this would be very difficult. We as a family, and racing team, would like to thank them very much. Teddy has started to gain quite a list of sponsors and supporters. Once they meet him and see the passion he has for the sport, they want to be involved. We are very lucky!"

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2010-2017 Fiat 500 and 2011-2017 Lancia Ypsilon Reap Performance Boost with K&N Air Filter

Sep 16, 2011

Replacement Air Filter for 2010 to 2017 Fiat 500, 500L, Punto and Panda models and 2011 to 2017 Lancia Ypsilon models

The 2011 Fiat 500 and Lancia Ypsilon share a common Italian DNA heritage as they are both an updated version of a charismatic original. Also known as Cinquecento, the 500 is the first Fiat offering to come stateside since the Fiat X1-9 of the early 1980's. The "supermini" Lancia Ypsilon has been around for 25 years, and odd as it may appear, the 2011 Lancia that debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, is only the fourth generation of the Ypsilon platform. Both cars feature celebrated Italian styling and a joy for road. They also both share the ability to garner a performance boost with an uncomplicated K&N filter upgrade.

Restriction Chart for 33-2981 Air Filter

Precise air filtration design is every bit as critical to K&N as painstaking styling is to Fiat and Lancia car design. A good air filter design gives both these instant classics the added benefit of outstanding engine protection without impeding air flow or engine performance as a result of air restriction.

The 33-2981 K&N drop in air filter simply fits in the factory air box of various 2010 to 2017 Fiat 500, 500L, Punto and Panda models and 2011 to 2017 Lancia Ypsilon models, just like the OEM air filter element. This K&N replacement air filter, as are all K&N air filters, is designed to increase both horsepower and acceleration while providing legendary K&N efficiency. Extensive testing is performed to ensure that every K&N air filter will fit and function properly for each application. You can be absolutely confident in knowing that this filter replacement provides outstanding engine protection for long engine life.

The 33-2981 K&N replacement air filter is washable and reusable and has the capability to run up to 50,000 miles before servicing is required depending on driving conditions. K&N stands behind their product by including a million-mile limited warranty - which means you will never need to purchase another air filter for your Fiat 500 or Lancia Ypsilon.

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K&N Fire Truck Air Filters Help Extinguish Campbellsville Fire Department's Budget

Sep 16, 2011

After replacing the air filter on their KME fire truck with a K&N 38-2001S filter, the trucks mpg's went from six to nine.

"Simplicity is the root of all genius," believed Albert Einstein, leading us to conjecture he would have truly gotten a kick out of the Campbellsville, Kentucky Fire Department's simple move towards improving an increasingly complicated issue - the relentlessly, staggering, increase in maintenance and fuel costs..

Billy Despain is a 48-year-old firefighter with 29 years of experience. He is a fireman for the Campbellsville Fire Department, and he's also responsible for maintaining the fleet. Last December Billy and his son Elliott made the trip to Orlando, Florida to attend the PRI show (Performance Racing Industry).

Campbellsville's 85,000 pounds ladder truck averaged 1.3 to 1.5 mpg before the K&N HD air filter was installed, now it's running at 2.7 to 2.9 miles.

Elliot has been a K&N sponsored racer for the past four years and a visit to the K&N booth was near the top of their to-do list.

At the booth, they struck up a conversation with Greg Boutte, a Product Specialist for K&N. The subject of fuel costs in racing came up, and Billy explained to Greg that his department back in Kentucky was getting squeezed financially with shrinking budgets and increasing fuel costs too.

Greg mentioned to Billy that K&N has a new line of reusable commercial heavy duty air filters that have low restriction, are easy to clean with a power washer, don't require oil and they come with a 3 year or 300,000 mile limited warranty. One of these K&N air filters can replace 10 or more disposable fire truck filters and that alone provides a great savings potential.

One thing lead to another, and Greg and Billy came to an agreement that the Campbellsville Fire Department would become a real-world field test for K&N's Heavy Duty, Hybrid, washable air filters.

Allen Johnson, fire chief of the Campbellsville, Kentucky Fire Department, says that adding K&N products to their trucks has greatly assisted in reducing the financial burden surging fuels cost have place on his budget.

The Campbellsville Fire Dept serves 10,000 people in an area measuring roughly 6.1 square miles, and they routinely make about 700 runs a year. One of their trucks is a 1990 KME (Kovatch) fire truck with a Cummins diesel engine.

"I took the truck to Louisville, Kentucky, for service," explained Billy, "It's a 180 mile round trip. The truck had another brand filter on it and it used 30 gallons of fuel at six miles-per-gallon."

"On the second trip I installed a K&N 38-2001S air filter, and taking the exact same route, the truck used only 20 gallons this time. Three miles to the gallon is a huge difference," continued Billy. "It really helps with our annual budget for fuel expense. Also helps with our maintenance budget by not having to buy air filters each year. They can go for as much as $300 a piece. K&N HD filters wash out and are replaced, which saves time and money."

Campbellsville Fire Dept also has a 2010 Pierce ladder truck weighing in at 85,000 pounds, which was running at about 1.3 to 1.5 mpg. Billy installed a K&N 38-2002S air filter on that truck and he says it is now running at around 2.7 to 2.9 mpg.

"The turbo on the KME truck is running about 75 degrees cooler," adds Billy, "And on the Pierce it's running nearly 80 degrees cooler. Cooler turbo temps mean less wear on the turbo, better life span, and less maintenance problems."

The fire chief of the Campbellsville, Kentucky Fire Department, Allen Johnson, was so pleased by this uncomplicated answer to his department's growing problem, that he wrote a letter to Steve Williams, Vice President of Product Engineering and Research and Development at K&N.

"With today's economy on such a roller coaster," wrote Johnson, "We are constantly looking for alternatives to assist in cutting expenses. One of the largest expenses our department has is maintenance. We are already seeing an increase in the fuel mileage and better performance after adding your products to our trucks."

Your company has greatly assisted in reducing the financial burden placed upon our budget. I cannot thank you enough."

To find a K&N Heavy Duty Air Filter for your fire truck, semi-trailer truck, RV, or other class 4-8 truck use your current air filter part number and its manufacturer to look up the K&N replacement for it on the K&N Cross Reference Search on KNFilters.com. Find K&N products for your car, truck, motorcycle, ATV or just about anything else use the K&N vehicle application search then use the K&N dealer search to find a K&N dealer in your part of the world.

Due to differences in driving habits and vehicle designs, results will vary and the statements made in this story may not be typical. K&N does not test for differences in fuel consumption.

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