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Greg Anderson wins 2010 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals
From what many may have considered to be battling from behind, multi-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion and two-time K&N Horsepower Challenge winner, Greg Anderson showed the entire drag racing community that he and his team should be far from counted out by the time the dust settled during the NHRA's most recent stop in Norwalk, Ohio for the Summit Racing NHRA Nationals.
Two-time K&N Horsepower Challenge winner Greg Anderson
Second-seeded in the 2010 K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson hadn't, to this point, had the season one had come to expect from him and his Summit Racing Equipment Pontiac GXP. All it took was one weekend, not to mention the biggest weekend of the year for the NHRA Pro Stock Class, for Anderson and his team to make a huge turn around.
With only two hits at the track for the eight drivers qualified for the K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson knew just how important those Friday sessions were going to be for racing on Saturday.
"It's a very important race to make sure Friday really counts," explained Anderson. "Race Day is Saturday and you only have Friday to get ready. I got out there for my first round and I don't even get into second gear and I have a transmission problem. I come back and I think 'Oh boy, is this how this weekend is going to go'. You get one run right behind the eight-ball and you can hardly ever make that up."
The second session on Friday was later in the evening for the Pro Stock class, due to a couple of accidents during a previous classes qualifying session. This made the air and track conditions quite different for Anderson and many of the other drivers.
"Then we came back in the next session and we just made [pauses] a decent run," he continued. "We just got into the middle of the pack in the number nine spot and nothing to scare anybody over, that's for sure."
"Maybe that was a good thing and maybe that fooled everybody into a false sense of security for Saturday's race," he added referring to his competitors in the 26th Annual K&N Horsepower Challenge.
After a full year of qualifying, the elite eight Pro Stock drivers took to the track to lay it all on the line for their shot at the single biggest race in all of NHRA and the $50,000 purse for the Champion.
Anderson reflects on the chain of events that led him to the final round during the big event on Saturday.
"We came out on Saturday and found a little performance in the car during our first round and got around Rodger Brogdon. I got lucky since they had a little advantage on the starting line," he said. "By second round, we got the car a little bet yet when we ran Allen Johnson. He had a small problem with some tire shake and that led us to the final to take on 'Superman'."
Mike Edwards, or "Superman" as Anderson referred to him, had made his way to the final round on his side of the ladder from the number one spot, by first taking out, the winningest driver in NHRA Pro Stock history, Warren Johnson and then easily slipping by Jeg Coughlin, when he had a tire rattle problem as well.
Although Edwards has sewn up numerous event championships, garnered tons of number one qualifiers and is the reigning NHRA Pro Stock Champion, the K&N Horsepower Challenge Championship had still eluded him and he was considered to the odds on favorite coming into the event in Ohio.
Only Greg Anderson stood in his way and Anderson was showing that his testing following the previous NHRA event in Bristol was paying off.
When the finalists lined up for all the marbles, it was Edwards' third final round and Anderson's sixth in K&N Horsepower Challenges with Edwards looking to grab his first win and Anderson his third.
In the history of the shootout, it was their first meeting in any round, let alone the final.
Anderson was out of the gate first and held his .015 starting line advantage through the stripe for the holeshot win, denying Edwards the shootout victory for yet another season.
In the 26 year history of the K&N Horsepower Challenge, Anderson's final round holeshot victory was only second of the event.
"As the day went on we just gained more and more confidence," said Anderson. "Timing is everything. I got the right guy at the right time and just put it all together."
The 2010 K&N Horsepower Challenge Championship was only the first race of the weekend for Anderson and his team and winning by the second, or the NHRA National Event now at hand, would mean another $25,000 bonus in his pocket for doubling up. A feat Anderson has managed to accomplish before.
"And then to get that check," said Anderson of the third K&N Horsepower Championship. "Then you are so confident going into Sunday. You are thinking gee, can it be another day like that, can we do no wrong?"
Anderson went on to have a carbon copy day during Sunday's festivities to win the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals and the double up bonus and all at his sponsor's event.
"We kept wondering what race, what event, was it going to be to snap us out of our funk," said Anderson. "Obviously it took K&N's race to get it going. I just thank the Lord for K&N and Steve Williams and all the great people K&N has working for them. It totally turned our season around, nothing but kudos to K&N."
"The K&N Challenge is the most fun race we have as Pro Stock drivers for the whole season," he added. "We just go out there and race for big cash. We don't have to worry about points or anything like that. It's just very exciting and I count my lucky stars that K&N decides to hold it Summit Motorsports Park, right at my sponsors race and track."
Anderson jokes about pulling off the whole weekend at his sponsor's race. "Some people probably think it was rigged, how in the hell could all that happen? It sure as heck turned out better than I expected."
Jeg Coughlin wins Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk
With the 2010 K&N Horsepower Challenge now in the books, the slate was wiped clean and the push is on again for each Pro Stock driver to do all they can to land one of the eight precious spots in the next season's shootout.
2009 K&N Horsepower Challenge winner Jeg Coughlin
Points are earned for final qualifying standing only, at each NHRA National Event starting with the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk through the event just before the shootout itself the following season.
In addition to garnering max K&N Horsepower Challenge points available during each NHRA event, event pole sitters also bank a $3,000 bonus check from K&N Engineering.
2009 Challenge winner Jeg Coughlin, who bowed out in the semi-finals of this season's K&N Horsepower Challenge, took full advantage of the cooler night time air during the second qualifying session on Friday, at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals in Norwalk, Ohio, when laid down the quickest pass of the weekend, a 6.592.
The second session of Pro Stock qualifying on Friday had been pushed back due to several drivers getting crossed up on the North Central Ohio track, including some in the Pro Stock class itself.
"It was one of those tricky runs, where the lighting at Norwalk is good but it's still kind of a dark atmosphere," said Coughlin of his Friday night pass. "By the time we ran, there also a little fog in the air, if you will and that made it even that much trickier."
"I heard Alan Reinhart say over the loud speaker that you can't afford to list on the night session, because that's where your best opportunity is to make your best qualifying pass," he continued. "And I think that's how some teams get into trouble."
When Coughlin lined up on the track for the pivotal session, he had all the faith in the world that his car was ready to make a good pass, possibly even into the fifty's.
"We were fortunate enough that when I let the clutch out, I obviously couldn't see very well but I could feel the car was going nice and straight," reflected Coughlin on his number one pass. "Once I cleared the last bump there around a thousand foot, the car was still accelerating and going perfectly straight."
"Our goal was to run a high fifty, as we felt like there was a fifty-eight or fifty-nice out there, maybe lower for [Mike] Edwards, should he have knocked one out of the park," he continued. "We were very happy to grab our second K&N Horsepower Challenge pole of the year. That was extremely exciting and a very good way to start off the 2011 season for the K&N Challenge."
Coughlin starts off the new K&N Horsepower Challenge season sitting at the top, but there is a whole year left for qualifying and the excitement is only just getting underway.
The NHRA Pro Stock competitors will enjoy their first weekend off, after four in a row, over the July Fourth Holiday weekend before heading out west for the three event "Western Swing". The "Swing" begins with the first event in Seattle, Washington, then on to Sonoma, California and wraps up with a stop in Morrison, Colorado, just outside Denver.
K&N makes replacement air filters for just about anything, even many industrial equipment engines. K&N part number E-4551 is a replacement industrial air filter for Onan QD 8000, Onan QD 7500 and Onan QD 6000 generators.
Replacement Industrial Air Filter for ONAN QD Equipment
The E-4551 is one of the K&N replacement filters in our new line of industrial replacement air filters. This filter uses the new K&N hybrid filtration medium which is very strong and incredibly easy to clean. The new hybrid media does not require any oil and is robust enough to be cleaned using power sprayers, pressure washers or standard truck washing equipment. Instead of repeatedly throwing away expensive disposable air filters, now you have a choice! This washable air filter is designed to improve the generator's performance and make filter maintenance a snap. Using a K&N reusable industrial air filter can help reduce waste and the cost of buying disposable filters over and over.
The E-4551 has a height of 4 inches with an outside length and width of 6.75 inches X 4.063 inches and fits Onan QD generator engines that use Onan OEM number 1402897, see the list of engine types below.
ONAN OEM air filter number 1402897
ONAN QD 8000 - HDKAK - Spec Letter A-H, OE#140-2897
ONAN QD 7500 - HDKAJ - Spec Letter A-H, OE#140-2897
ONAN QD 6000 - HDKAH - Spec Letter A-H, OE#140-2897
To find the right K&N products for your replacement air filter needs use the application search on KNFilters.com. You will also find many small engine and light industrial air and oil filters on K&N's Industrial Air & Oil Filter page
or if you know the OE part number use our
cross
reference search. Use the K&N dealer search to find a K&N dealer near you.
K&N Air Intake Installed on 2008 Pontiac Solstice 2.0L Turbo
Dyno Chart for 2008 Pontiac Solstice 2.0L Turbo
The Pontiac Solstice upon its release has boasted impressive styling, highly
respectable performance, and excellent control, all for an economical budget. This model was Pontiac's first design of a two-seater roadster and with its formidable ingredients of a powerful front-mounted engine, rear-wheel drive, a fully independent suspension, 18 inch wheels and a near perfect weight distribution. This vehicle has certainly gained drivers' attention. The Pontiac Solstice 2.0L Turbo adds to this repertoire of performance features by increasing acceleration and power, turning this economical compact into a top-down road-ripping machine.
K&N Air Intake System for 2008 Pontiac Solstice 2.0L Turbo
K&N has released a newly engineered Typhoon Air Intake System (69-8433TTK) for the 2008 Pontiac Solstice 2.0L Turbo to boost its already impressive performance.
This cold air intake also fits the 2008 Saturn Sky with 2.0
liter engine. This intake has a free-flowing mandrel-bent aluminum tube
with a black powder coated finish. This K&N intake systems replace your vehicle's restrictive factory air filter and air intake housing, replacing it with a precisely designed intake and filter assembly (RP-5182) for
outstanding performance and a great horsepower gain. As in all K&N intakes, the new 69-8433TTK is designed to dramatically reduce intake restriction resulting in additional power and torque.
The 69-8433TK
system redirects the intake filter to deep along the passenger side of the
engine compartment allowing it to draw in cooler air for better performance.
By isolating the filter, fresher, outside air can enter your air filter
resulting in more power.
K&N air intake 69-8433TTK is specially designed to increase horsepower in the 2008 Pontiac Solstice and the
2008 Saturn Sky with 2.0 liter engines while providing outstanding engine
protection. Dyno testing for the Pontiac Solstice revealed an additional
gain of 10.98 HP @ 4900 RPM.
Installing a power gaining cold air intake system on your Pontiac Solstice is much easier than many would think. A typical installation takes less than 90 minutes and requires common hand tools, and K&N provides detailed installation instructions which make adding more horsepower quick and simple.
K&N air intakes are backed by a Million Mile Limited Warranty and a guarantee to increase horsepower.
You can find K&N products for your vehicle using the K&N application search then use the K&N dealer search
on KNFilters.com to find a K&N dealer in your part of the world.
Once Currie and his crew got the new custom built V-8 Pro-lite truck dialed-in to Crandon, there was no looking back.
The Off Road Championship Racing Series (TORC) kicked off with a statement-making Victory on the legendary Crandon off-road track for Casey Currie. The "Big House," Crandon International Off-Road Raceway, which also hosts the World Championship Off-Road Races, was this year's opening site for the TORC Series.
Currie started third from the inside in Sunday's race.
The Traxxas TORC Series continues to be the fastest, most punishing short course racing series on the planet. TORC events are packed with flag-to-flag fender banging, with drivers pushing the limits over whoop and jump filled natural terrain racetracks, much to the thrill-seeking delight of spectators. This season opener at the famed Crandon, Wisconsin track lived up to every inch of its reputation for thrilling race action.
Massive crowds gathered in spite of the threat of rain to watch the classic west versus mid-west rivalry. The weather remained reasonable, but the racing got heated as the newly modified Crandon track allowed for more passing and alternate line choices. Some of the top names in short course racing showed up, geared not only with the intention of standing on podiums, but also gunning for the large purses put up by series sponsors Traxxis, Amsoil, and BOSCH, making this the largest payout for a short course in recent history.
For Casey Currie, the Anaheim, California racer, it was not only the first race of the series, but also the debut of his new custom built V-8 Pro-lite.
"We went into Crandon with a truck that was built in-house at Casey Currie Motorsports, and we did manage some testing, but none on a long track like Crandon," remarked Currie.
"When we arrived we were a little behind the ball with gearing but after qualifying we settled in nice and the truck worked great. We had some small issues with the carb, but we pulled it together in time to finish on top."
Currie stated after the race that he knew his gearing was off right away, and compounding that he began to have issues with the brakes and carburetor.
"The return piston was caught, so my brakes were stuck on the entire race. You could see my rotors glowing the entire race."
Proof yet again though, that winning races begins in the garage, Currie and his team dialed in the new truck in time for its winning debut.
"Yeah, I would have to say that having everything built at Casey Currie Motorsports definitely helped my confidence, because I knew everything was built to how I wanted it."
Currie Enterprises has long been recognized in the off road world for specializing in building superior rear ends, drivelines and suspension kits. And, Currie says he only uses K&N products on his truck, from air and oil filters, to the greases and oils, and he has never once had a single complaint.
"The motor builder says everything is staying clean and we know power is maximized using K&N air filters," comments Currie. "Also, K&N is so good at having product in stock, I always seem to need things at the last minute, and they are the first to rush it out the door for me."
As for his plans regarding the rest of the season Currie says, "We are planning on being at X games, and we are really focusing on the TORC series. I would love to finish off the year at the Lucas Oil Series, and just get behind the wheel as much as possible."
