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Brasstown, North Carolina native Ray Cook captured the biggest win of his racing career at the 41st Annual Hillbilly Hundred sanctioned by the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. Cook won $41,000 at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, West Virginia.
Late Model Dirt Series Racer Ray Cook Won 41st Annual Hillbilly Hundred, photo by Todd Turner
K&N supported racer Ray Cook drove his No. 53 with K&N air and oil filters to victory in the Hillbilly Hundred, photo by Thomas Hendrickson Photos
At the start of the race Cook was in eighth place. He battled his way up to the front, passing his competitors in lapped traffic. The first caution came out on lap 32. On the restart, Cook took the lead and proceeded to pull away from the rest of the field.
Peggy and Ray Cook with daughters celebrate in the Winner's Circle at Tyler County Speedway in Middlebourne, West Virginia, photo by Todd Turner
Brasstown, North Carolina Native Ray Cook celebrates big payday with his crew after winning the 100 lap Hillbilly Hundred, photo by Todd Turner
Rain put an end to the first round of the race after 39 laps. Drivers and track officials went to the pit area to wait for the lightening and rain to stop. Ninety wet minutes later, the event was postponed until Monday afternoon.
When the 100 lap race resumed, Cook took his position in first place and went for the win. He managed to stretch out his lead despite several cautions that put a stop to the racing action. After 87 laps, second place runner Earl Pearson made a push for the lead. With only a few laps remaining, drivers once again were forced to stop for the final caution of the night.
In the dash to the finish, Cook never looked back and took his fifth career Lucas Oil Series victory of the season and the biggest paycheck of his career.
“My No.53 MasterSbilt race car has been great all season,” said Cook. “Our K&N filters protect our engine from the flying mud and debris. K&N also gives us additional horsepower and filtration. I’ve used K&N for a decade and would not use anything else on the race track or on my personal vehicles.”
The Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series returns to action on Friday and Saturday September 15 and 26 at Brownstown Speedway in Indiana. The 30th Annual Jackson 100 will pay $20,000 to win.
Driver Andrew Comrie-Picard had a tough time at Rallye Defi Ste-Agathe in Round 4 of the Canadian Rally Championship Series near Montpellier, Quebec. Comrie-Picard and co-driver Robbie Durant were forced to abandon the contest at the mid-point in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X.
Racer Andrew Comrie-Picard in Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X at Canada's Rallye Defi Ste-Agathe, photo by onalimbracing.com
The next Canadian Rally Championship Series is the Pacific Forest Rally in Merritt, British Columbia, October 2-3
“We were running a strong third overall in the rally when a rock thrown up in the right wheel well damaged the oil cooler,” said Comrie-Picard. “We stopped between stages, re-routed the lines to delete the oil cooler, drained the oil from a spectator vehicle and transferred the oil into the rally car.”
2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX and Andrew Comrie-Picard will return to the United States for Rally America Round 8 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Rallye Defi Ste-Agathe in Montpellier, Quebec was Andrew Comrie-Picard's first
rally event since his top-five result at X Games 15 in Los Angeles, California
Unfortunately, the spark of roadside ingenuity took too long. Comrie-Picard and Durant were just over the thirty minute time limit and were not allowed to continue the race. Subaru Rally Team Canada competitor Patrick Richard also stopped on the same leg of the race with gearbox damage. Richard was leading the event until he was sidelined.
“It was very frustrating,” said Comrie-Picard. “We would have probably finished second and could have used the championship points. But you have to have the endurance to push on.”
There are still two events left in the Canadian Championship Series that will allow Team ACP to pull back up in the standings. The Canadian Rally Championship consists of six events from February through November. The next event on the Canadian Rally Championship
calendar is the Pacific Forest Rally in Merritt, British Columbia, October 2-3.
Comrie-Picard also remains a top contender in the North American Rally Championship Series and is on the way to Colorado for Round 8. Once there, he will drive his NOS Energy Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.
He is currently in fourth place, only two points behind Subaru Rally Team USA driver Ken Block. “It’s a tight battle, but I’m confident I can move up,” said Comrie-Picard. “There’s going to be some great racing in the final two rounds. We’re playing catch-up to the other guys, but we’re going to make every round count this season and claw our way back up the ranks.”
Rally America allows two event drops in the season, counting seven of nine rallies toward the championship. “Some teams, like the factory-backed Subaru Rally Team USA, run all nine events,” said Comrie-Picard. “We contested seven rounds in 2009, so every rally counts for
our team’s points standings.”
Team ACP Rally uses K&N filters on his vehicles. “I’ve used K&N since I began rally racing more than a decade ago,” said Comrie-Picard. “We compete under tough conditions, with dust, mud and water splashes. We do the most extreme things we can do in a car and K&N is the perfect formula for our turbo charged motors. There is no compromise with K&N.”
Rally car racing is considered the extreme sport of automobile racing and is often described as real cars, real roads and real fast. This all season motorsport tests drivers and their modified vehicles to the limit as they achieve blistering speeds over courses that cover hundreds of miles of gravel, dirt or snow covered roads. Fans are allowed to witness the action up close in the service areas or catch all the action from designated spectator points located at the best spots along the route.
Rally America Round 8 resumes September 19 and 20 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Kings Speedway in Hanford, California hosted a race in the USAC Ford Focus Midget Series. The Swanson Motorsports Team rolled into the central valley ready to compete on the 3/8 banked clay oval track.
K&N sponsored driver Cody Swanson and his father Kirk Swanson in the Winner's Circle after a USAC Ford Focus Midget Series race at Kings Speedway in Hanford, California.
K&N sponsored driver Cody Swanson knew he had to be prepared. “I was a little bummed about running on the big track,” said Swanson. “I prefer the tight racing on a smaller track. I talked to my driving coach about it and received some last minute advice.”
Cody Swanson took the checkered flag with a 7 car lead in the K&N Filters No. 71 at Kings Speedway
The advice worked because Swanson finished 2nd in the heat race and won the 25 lap feature.
Swanson started in the 5th position for the heat. “It was a clean race with no real drama,” he said. “I drove to a 2nd place finish in my Goodwine Glass, K&N Filters, Lucas Oil No. 71.”
In the feature race, Swanson started in 5th position. He took the lead coming out of the turn before the first lap was finished. “I couldn’t believe my eyes,” said Swanson. “It was as if they all knew I was coming and just moved out of my way. It must have been because of the additional horsepower from my K&N filters.” In the end Swanson took the checkered flag with a seven car lead.
“It was awesome,” said Swanson. “I have so many people to thank for helping me get here. K&N has provided the air filters, oil filters and breather filters for me since
my early days of kart racing. The Kings Speedway track was very dry and dusty. K&N protected my engine and kept all of the dust and dirt out. I would not set a tire on
a race track without my K&N filters protecting my engine.”
The Swanson Motorsports team will head back to Kings Speedway on October 3rd for the next USAC Ford Focus race.
The popularity of Ford’s F250 Super Duty does not come as much of a surprise. Ford offers an incredible number of options for its Super Duty line. This means that the F250 can be equipped as a hard working fleet vehicle, or a fully loaded luxury hauler.
Performance Air Intake for Ford F250 Super Duty
2008 Ford F250 Super Duty with 5.4 liter V8
Whatever the owner’s needs are, the F250 Super Duty is sure to satisfy. After all, the F250 can handle colossal payloads while still being easy and comfortable to drive. To add even more power and driving ease for those hefty loads, owners of the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Ford F250 (F-250) can add K&N’s performance air intake system
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Air Intake installed on 2008 F250 Super Duty 5.4 liter V8
Dyno Chart for F250 Super Duty 5.4 liter V8
With the addition of K&N's new Performance Air Intake System (77-2577KTK), F250 owners can realize a gain of nearly 14 extra horsepower. K&N's Research and Development Department tested a 2008 Ford F250 Super Duty 5.4 liter V8 on our in-house dynamometer.
Results showed horsepower gains across the RPM range with an impressive 13.93 horsepower gain @ 4077 RPM at the wheels! K&N’s
77-2577KTK air intake system gives F250 Super Duty 5.4 liter V8 owners the power they are craving.
K&N intakes are designed to dramatically reduce intake restriction as they smooth and straighten airflow. K&N cold air intakes completely replace the factory air intake assembly with an aerodynamically engineered tube and an oversized conical air filter. With a K&N Performance Air Intake System, consumers can count on increased acceleration and horsepower whether towing a toy hauler trailer, or heading to the job site.
This air intake system uses a conical shaped chrome top high-flow air filter (RC-5173) and powder coated aluminum heat shield in place of the vehicle's stock air box lid. The result is a high-flow air filter that captures harmful particles, provides a large surface area, and has a long service life. This K&N air filter performs for up to 100,000 miles before service is required, depending on driving conditions.
Improving the air path between the filter and the engine is the black powder coated, mandrel bent aluminum intake tube. Our black powder coated aluminum intake tubes offer power and a stock appearance.
77-2577KTK takes about 90 minutes or less to install, requires no cutting or drilling, and is covered by the
K&N Million Mile Limited Warranty®.
For increased protection and style, K&N offers Drycharger® filter wrap number
RC-5173DK that can be used in conjunction with
77-2577KTK. Drychargers® are made from a durable polyester material containing uniform micron openings which will stop small dirt particles and repel water; yet add little restriction to the airflow of the filter.
First Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association Victory in Silverdale, Washington
The Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association (ULHRA) has been racing
automotive powered hydroplanes since 1995. This year, K&N sponsored a relative
newcomer to the sport, Darren Bartels and his UL-11 Power Punch Racing Team. The
boat is powered by a GM 468 cubic inch, blown, alcohol injected engine that puts out nearly
1000 horsepower and can reach top speeds in excess of 150 mph.
The team, coming off a first year finish of fourth place in National High
points, had lofty goals for 2009. The season started in Phoenix Arizona,
but the UL-11 had some mechanical issues in its first two heats. During its
third heat it ran flawlessly and won but too little, too late, as it didn't make the
final.
“We had some down time after Phoenix”, says Bartels, “So we decided to take off
in two different directions.” A weekend crew worked on repainting the boat,
and a Tuesday/Thursday night crew worked to ensure there was no repeat of
the events that happened in Phoenix.
“We got everything done in time to do a couple displays and a couple parades and then got out to Chamberlain, South Dakota for our second race of the
year”, Bartels said. This was an important race with a golden opportunity to
do well. The engine
however, would not sustain power at high RPM and would practically die. The
problem was eventually found to be in the pickling process used between races, but it was too late for that weekend. “We sent the engine
back to Seattle for repairs and received it back the following Friday morning in
Polson, Montana.” Bartels added.
Going into a turn the boat's propeller sheared a blade,
pretzled the shaft and ripped out the transom of the in boat Polson, Montana
The boat ran very strong at Polson. “I’d never seen it go that fast” said
Bartels, "but going into turn one on the restart of the first heat, the propeller
sheared a blade, pretzled the shaft and ripped out the transom of the boat,
eventually sinking the boat in the cold waters of the Flathead river.” The team
plans to repair the boat in the off-season this winter.
Over the next several weekends Bartels leased and renumbered several boats in
the circuit, to the UL-11, and continued to support his sponsors, sometimes
leasing two boats during a weekend to cover everyone. Eventually, in Silverdale, Washington after several different
boats and drivers, Bartels teamed up with Bob Schellhase, who owned the UL-12. A
deal was made, the boat was renumbered with new graphics applied. The boat
was then called the Power Punch Performance Lubricants / Roxy Radio 94 five / K&N
Filters UL-11. All of that fancy footwork certainly paid off, because after a fierce
battle throughout the weekend, Driver Brian Perkins took the new UL-11 across the
finish line first and gave Darren and his team their first victory!
“I know I will relive the excitement of that first victory for years to come,”
said Bartels. “A lot of what we are able to do throughout the season is because
of the support of sponsors like K&N. Their oil filters and breather filters are by far
the best in the business and we are proud to be associated with such an iconic
name in the industry.”
John Lynch, “Voice of the ULHRA” had this to say. “It’s an old racing adage to
do the best you can with what you have. Darren Bartels' commitment to his
sponsors and doing the best with what he had rather than folding the tent
ultimately led him to his first ever race victory.”
