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Fickle weather that continued to turn on a dime became one of the overriding challenges for everyone.
Fan reaction to Round 2 of the British Drift Championship at Norfolk Arena pegged the excitement meter at near maximum limits. After Round 3 returned to the Teesside, Autodrome in Redcar, England, where it all got started, it became apparent the BDC would need a new meter, one capable of absorbing a much larger induction of sheer exhilaration.
Billed as "Return to the Thunderdome" this was the second visit to the Autodrome for BDC. Drivers where challenged and kept on their A-game by a completely new track layout, yet the overriding challenge for all the teams was the multi-personality weather that changed from rainy to windy and sunny by the hour.
The Team Triple Drift event during Round 3 at the Teesside,Autodrome surpassed all excitement expectations.
Drivers struggled at first getting a handle on the tricky conditions, which only contributed to upping the ante for the fans already fully invested the action.
Round 3 marks the halfway point for the championship and drivers and teams are fully aware that this is the time to turn up the heat and readjust game plans. Track conditions during Friday's qualification session were slippery at best, and they changed once again for Saturday's action, pitting drivers to draw on all their skills, while fighting the greasy track surface. Drivers artfully slithered around the course bumpers-to-doors, teetering on the edge of bedlam, much to the delight of everyone in attendance or watching on TV.
Racing on the edge brings with it the prospect of occasionally crossing over its limits.
Before the final 16 drivers in each class waged their high-speed duals, fans were yet again given the opportunity to get thoroughly engaged in the Meet-and-Greet out on the Teesside tarmac. This highly popular feature allows spectators to mingle with the drivers and teams, making it one of the more unique characteristics of this motorsports.
Spectators were treated to another special and highly anticipated feature as well during the Round 3 festivities called the annual Team Triple Drift event. This yearly assault sees teams engage in full-on show-time mode as they line up door-to-door with their team mates to hit the highest score possible in knockout battles with other teams. The event follows the same format as the normal rounds; in the sense that there is qualifying sessions and then it get's skimmed down to 16 teams for the knockout stage. The main morning buzz in the pits and on everyone's lips in the stands was - Triple Drifting.
The podium was once again filled with the customary champagne bath and frivolity.
Once the smoke and dust lifted on the weekend, the biggest overall winner of the Round 3 contest proved to be Maxxis tires, as all three tiers of the podium enlisted the advantage of the company's exceedingly consistent MA-Z1 rubber. Team Japspeed driver Shane O'Sullivan clinched his second victory in three appearances, while teammate Steve 'Baggsy' Biagioni took the third spot, picking up some valuable championship points. SATS Motorsport's Mark Luney completed the podium for Maxxis by claiming second place.
The Return to the Thunderdome will go down in the books as one of the most eventful and thrilling events of the BDC to date, for both spectators and participants alike. So far each round has surpassed the expectations set by the previous, and as zealous fans continue to spread the word about this thoroughly entertaining motorsport, we can only hold on to see where Round 4 at Lydden Hill on August 11th and 12th will take us.
Former NHRA Pro Stock K&N Horsepower Challenge Champion Allen Johnson
As one of the most coveted chases in all of NHRA Pro Stock, the K&N Horsepower Challenge is in the record books for 2012 with the youngest winner to date, Vincent Nobile inking his name in history by grabbing the sought after K&N trophy and the $50,000 single day race championship check. The slate has now been wiped clean and the quest to earn a shot to compete for the next K&N championship is underway with Greenville, Tennessee's Allen Johnson leading the way.
With his strong qualifying performance, as of late, Johnson was somewhat of a favorite to do very well during the 2012 running of the K&N Horsepower Challenge event at Summit Motorsports Park, but it was not to be this season for the former K&N Horsepower Challenge champion.
2013 K&N Horsepower Challenge Point Leader after NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series win in Norwalk.
Johnson had a very uncharacteristic first round which turned into an odd loss during the K&N Horsepower Challenge and when asked what happened he responded, "Oh you wouldn't believe it if I told you. Crew chief was backing me up and he was hollering 'Right, go to your right' and I was going right, right, right and I knew I was way out of the groove, but I thought he was trying to keep me out of something on the track or he was trying to keep me from somewhere he didn't want me to be. In all actuality, he meant left. So I had backed up into the clutch dust and the marbles and got them all over my right tire. By that time I had to pull forward and back to get straightened up and I had stuff all over my tires."
"When I dropped the clutch, I about went over the centerline," he added. "Mistakes happen, and you just have to put them behind you and move on."
However, Johnson did manage to put his Mopar Dodge Avenger at the top of the Pro Stock heap for qualifying and did so starting with the very first lap on Friday. With a track temperature of nearly one-hundred fifty degrees, Johnson outran his fellow competitors by being the only car to sneak into the 6.60's range with his 6.699 at 207.18.
"Oh man, it was hell actually," Johnson confessed of the wicked temperatures and humidity. "Putting on and wearing those [SFI] 15 fire suits was certainly something to reckon with."
With the horrific temperatures that plagued the majority of the event, teams knew that the second session on Friday, which was during the slightly cooler evening hours and less sun on the track, would be their best shot to make a move. As track temps settled to a now more manageable one-hundred nineteen, numerous teams made their best runs of all four sessions and once again Johnson powered above the rest by laying down what would remain the number one run for qualifying.
It was no surprise that Johnson's smooth 6.663 from Friday evening held through the final two sessions on Saturday, when air and water grains peaked, pushing the heat index well over one-hundred ten degrees.
By taking full advantage of the conditions on Friday evening, Allen Johnson qualified number one for the sixth time this year and the twenty-fourth time in his career. For his efforts, Johnson grabbed the maximum one-hundred seventy-five points for the kick-off of the 2013 K&N Horsepower Challenge chase, as well as the $3,000 K&N Low Qualifier bonus check.
"Norwalk is an overall great event and a fantastic facility," he noted. "It's all around the K&N people that we focus on and I know I had a bad event for the Challenge, but ended up qualified number one and was able to get a great start on my points for next year's chase. So, we have a little heads up and something in the back on that and hopefully we can take that and run with it."
"The K&N Horsepower Challenge is a very important program for the NHRA Pro Stock class and we take every event and every race very seriously right from the start," he added. "We are looking forward to getting up on the mountain to see if we can do it again in Denver."
2009 to 2016 Vauxhall Astra MK6 & Opel Astra J 1.4L Turbo and 2011 to 2016 Chevy Cruze 1.4L Air Intake Installation
This K&N performance air intake 69-4521TS was designed for the 2009 to 2016 Vauxhall Astra MK6 & Opel Astra J 1.4L turbo models and also fits the 2011 to 2016 Chevy Cruze 1.4L. This K&N air intake modification showed an estimated gain of 6.6 horsepower at 4800 RPM when tested on the K&N in-house dynamometer. Discover how easy it is to install power-gaining performance in your 2009 through 2016 Vauxhall Astra MK6 or Opel Astra J 1.4L Turbo. 2011 to 2016 Chevy Cruze models equipped with the 1.4L engine also find additional power and torque with K&N's 69-4521TS cold air intake system.
2009 to 2016 Vauxhall Astra MK6 & Opel Astra J 1.4L Turbo and 2011 to 2016 Chevy Cruze 1.4L Air Intake Installation
2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Kia Forte 2.0L and Forte Koop 2.4L Air Intake Installation
K&N's 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Kia Forte 2.0L and Forte Koop 2.4L air intake system adds style and power. This textured black K&N 69-5307TTKcold air intake showed an estimated horsepower gain of 6.6 at 4800 rpm. Watch as K&N installs this simple air intake modification as a guide for 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Kia Forte models with the 2.0 liter and Forte Koop with the 2.4 liter engine.
2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Kia Forte 2.0L and Forte Koop 2.4L Air Intake Installation
Here's a little Ford truck 101. In 1900 Henry Ford built his third vehicle - it was a truck. Seventeen years later Ford introduced the Model T one-ton truck chassis, the first ever chassis built specifically for trucks. In 1925 the first factory-assembled Ford pickup became available with a sticker shock busting price tag of $281.
The new truck was outfitted with a cargo box, an adjustable tailgate, four stake pockets and heavy duty rear springs. In 1975, during the lingering haze of bellbottoms and paisley shirts, the Ford F-150 first debuted and immediately locked its hold on the American truck market. Since then it han't just been the best selling truck, but the best-selling vehicle in U.S. Evolution in terms of power and variety of features, which is why the F-150 holds tight to its top-dog status.
The Ford F-150 continues to lead the way by offering 10 different trim levels ranging from bare-bones basic to leather-trimmed lavish, with three different bed styles and a selection of engines that vary from a twin-turbo V6 to a 6.2-liter V8. There's also Ford's Sync technology, which makes connecting and using cell phones in hands-free mode easy.
K&N clearly understands and appreciates this amorous relationship between drivers and their Ford F-150 truck, and to that end they have created a line of simple performance upgrade options specifically geared for them. Starting at the top with K&N's washable and reusable Ford F150 air filters, these premium woven cotton media filters can be used for up to 50,000 miles before cleaning is needed, depending on driving conditions, and they have a one-million mile limited warranty. Upgrading to a K&N air filter is as easy as replacing the factory installed air filter.
Many truck owners are so impressed by the performance gains they receive from simply upgrading their air filters, that they often go one-step further with K&N's performance Ford F150 air intake, or they just jump right into it from the get-go. K&N offers a full line of air intakes and cold air intakes for the F-150, which includes black non-metallic and polished aluminum intake tubes. Regardless of your preference K&N's exclusive intake design is engineered to lower the air restriction created by the factory air box resulting in a guaranteed power gain, while providing outstanding air filtration.
K&N air intakes also provide a lifetime of use thanks to the washable and reusable cotton gauze filter element. These intakes are easy to install, usually requiring 90 minutes or less, and for that time investment you'll be reward with an increase ranging from an estimated 6 to a whooping 20 horsepower, depending on your engine option and air intake choice. That's why a large number of truck owners consider a K&N air intake a simple and inexpensive way to add power and performance to your F-150 pickup.
K&N air intakes are installed with common tools and they use factory mounting points when possible to make installation quick and easy. Several Ford F-150 air intake installation videos are available so you can see how easy installation is before you buy. View this video of an AirCharger air intake installation on 2011 & 2012 Ford F150 5.0L or visit the K&N installation video page to view more air intake installlation videos.
K&N offers Performance Wrench-Off Gold oil filters, Pro Series oil filters and washable, reusable oil filters by Pure Power. These Ford F150 oil filters afford the highest levels of protection against harmful contaminants and damaging debris, while allowing higher-flow rates. Almost all K&N Performance Gold oil filters come with a one inch nut welded to the top of the canister so they can be easily removed with a standard hand tool.
The housing on K&N's reusable oil filter, bypass valve and call plate are all CNC machined from Billet 6061 T6 aluminum, so under normal operating conditions, they are built to last the lifetime of your truck. Show your Ford F-150 just how much you appreciate all it does for you by upgrading to K&N.
Proud owners of a Ford F150 also use K&N's reusable cabin air filter to freshen and clean incoming air. Designed to control odors and capture most allergens including most mold, mildew, fungus, spores, bacteria, germs and pollen, K&N's cabin air filters help you and your family breathe easier and come with a 10 year/100,000 mile limited warranty.
