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Tyler Clem has a famous father, but at the age of 6 he has already made a name for himself on the race track. Tyler’s father is Bubba the Love Sponge Clem, a radio personality and owner of the Clem Racing Inc. Team.
Tyler Clem races in Quarter Midgets of American Series at Tampa, Florida
Michael Atwell is in the Legends Car Series for Clem Racing Inc.
The youngest Clem ran his first race under the USAC flag in the Quarter Midgets of America Series in Tampa, Florida. He is also first in points. “We want him to do well in school and have fun,” said Bubba the Love Sponge. “Of course we would love him to be a professional racer. Right now he is one of the best six year olds in the country.”
9 year old Michael Atwell drives a Bandolero car for Clem Racing Inc.
Tyler Clem is K&N's youngest sponsored driver
Tyler Clem is also K&N’s youngest sponsored driver. “K&N was one of the first corporate sponsors to believe in us,” said Bubba the Love Sponge. “The products work on and off the track. I’ve always been a K&N fan and used the product long before we were sponsored.”
Michael Atwell is a new addition to Clem Racing Inc. “Michael has a natural racing ability,” said Bubba the Love Sponge. “He is driving a Bandolero in the Legends Series.” The Bandolero car is designed for entry level racers as young as 10 and cranks out 30 horses.
Bandolero cars are manufactured by 600 Racing, Inc.
Tyler is too young to get in the Bandolero, but is already practicing. He turns 7 in June.
Driver Ray Cook captured his third victory of the 2009 season by winning the annual “Bama Bash” at the Green Valley Speedway in Glencoe, Alabama.
Ray Cook Captured Bama Bash Title in Glencoe, Alabama, photo by mikesportimages.com
The Brasstown, North Carolina native set the fast time during qualifying and won the competitive heat race. Cook also earned the pole position for the 75 lap main event.
Cook drove his D&R Motorsports No. 53 MasterSbilt House Car with K&N products. He led all seventy-five laps around the one groove oval on route to the $7500 purse. “Our K&N filters protect our engines in this type of dirt racing,” said Cook. “We can count on great filtration and additional horsepower with K&N.”
Cook also competed in the $3000 to win Crate Late Model portion of the “Bama Bash” and took sixth place in the final rundown.
“We’re going to ride this wave as long as we can,” said Cook. “The car was great all weekend long. We probably won the race by setting the fast time and taking the heat race. That gave us the preferred starting position. I just had to make sure I stayed in the rubber and took care of my tires.”
The No. 53 team will next compete at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, Georgia. The Chattanooga area venue will host he “Cabin Fever 250” weekend series February 28. Cook has visited victory lane at Boyd’s already this year where he claimed a $5,000 top prize.
Andrew Comrie-Picard and the ACP Rally team want to secure another podium when they take on Rally America’s second round, the 100 Acre Wood Rally in south-central Missouri.
NOS Energy Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX Ready for 100 Acre Wood Rally in Rally America's second round,
photo by Scott Rains
“This race is about putting your foot down and keeping it there,” said Comrie-Picard. “The course is high-speed and it’s a battle of the brave to the finish.”
Rally Driver Andrew Comrie-Picard has secured an invitation to return to the 2009 X-Games
After a strong start in the NOS Energy Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX, the team is third in Rally America’s overall points standings and optimistic about this next round. Comrie-Picard finished on the podium at this event in 2007 and wound up a narrow fourth last year while nursing an ailing transmission during a fierce podium battle.
The early-spring event takes teams through Missouri’s scenic Ozark foothills. The course roads are consistently fast and flowing, but the big question mark is the weather. In previous years, conditions have run the gamut from balmy and sunny to below freezing, with pelting ice and snow.
“Bring it on,” said Comrie-Picard. “We’ve got the car for whatever Mother Nature can throw at us.” Rally car racing is considered the extreme sport of automobile racing and is often described simply as “real cars, real roads, real fast.” This all-season motorsport sees drivers and their co-drivers take modified road cars to the limit as they achieve blistering speeds over courses that cover hundreds of miles of gravel, dirt or snow-covered roads.
Team ACP Rally uses K&N Engineering products on their 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.”
The sport is also featured in the annual X Games, the premier action sports event on the globe, featuring athletes competing for medals and prize money in sports including BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard, and Rally. Comrie-Picard has been among the dozen invited drivers every year since the rally discipline was introduced to the contest, and he has already secured an early invitation to return in 2009.
The Rally America national championship includes nine events in a cross-continent season that extends from January to late October. Canadian Rally Championship has six events from coast to coast. ACP Rally will contest a busy season, with championship events on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, and the X Games.
The 14th annual SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge is the first of five SCORE off road races. It mixes desert racing with a spectator friendly man made short course.
Laughlin Desert Challenge is the first of five SCORE off road races
SCORE Off-Road Series Racer Damen Jefferies
K&N sponsored racer Damen Jefferies was ready for two days of racing on the rugged terrain. Racers start drag race style
which is two vehicles wide. They also must face a notorious man made jump named the Laughlin Leap in the harsh Nevada desert.
Jefferies Racing No. 22 Trophy Truck in SCORE off road race
Damen Jefferies will compete for the first time at King of the Hammers in the California desert
The new Jefferies Racing No. 22 Trophy Truck made its debut at the SCORE Laughlin Desert Challenge. It placed 10th in qualifying and
as a result, started in the fifth row. Jefferies truck ran most of the first day trouble free. “We lost second gear towards the end of the race on Saturday,” said Jefferies. “I could only shift from first to third. That left us down on power and made the tight turns in the infield hard to maneuver. The next day we battled additional transmission problems, but managed end with a respectable 8th place finish.”
The K&N Trophy Truck uses a K&N designed air induction system and a K&N performance oil filter. This provides Jefferies with the power and protection he requires for racing. “The K&N filters continue to attest that they can withstand any environment,” he said. “The desert is hard on our motors and K&N filters protect them time and time again.”
Next on the agenda for Jefferies was the Best in the Desert Parker 425. He raced
there as a substitute driver in the 1500 class. The 1500 class is the same as class 1 in the SCORE Series. Jefferies also was able to race one of the class 1 cars he built. As a result he was very comfortable with the car. He piloted the vehicle from the 49th starting position to a 4th place finish.
The next SCORE race for the Jefferies Racing No. 22 Trophy Truck is the 23rd annual San Felipe 250 on March 13-15. Jefferies drew a first place starting position, and the team is very excited. “We have put in a couple hundred miles of testing since Laughlin,” said Jefferies. “Our truck is ready for San Felipe.”
In the meantime the Jefferies Racing Team is headed for the King of the Hammers Extreme Desert Race and Rock Crawl at the Means Dry Lake area in the California Desert. He will compete against other K&N sponsored racers at the second annual event.
From the heart and soul of the American racetrack to the heart and soul of the American soldiers in Germany and Kuwait, there is goodwill. The goodwill comes from a USO sponsored tour with representatives of the National Hot Rod Association and K&N sponsored racers. The NHRA drivers spent a lot of time in the hospital rooms of injured American soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
in Germany.
NHRA Pro Stock Champions Warren Johnson and Jason Line visit American Soldiers on USO-Sponsored Morale Tour in Kuwait
NHRA drivers Warren Johnson and Jason Line sign autographs at Ramstein AB in Germany
NHRA Pro Stock Champions Warren Johnson and Jason Line were among the group. “I was impressed by the commitment level of the men and women of the Armed Services,” said Warren Johnson. “We visited the wounded and were aware of the high price they paid. They arrived from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with burns from IED blasts and gunshot wounds, and they all wanted to go back out to be with their buddies in the field no matter how injured they were.”
NHRA Pro Stock Champions Warren Johnson and Jason Line pose with American soldiers in Kuwait
American Soldiers take a break to meet and greet NHRA drivers group on USO Tour
Johnson signed hero cards and answered questions about racing. “It was a privilege to be out there,” he said. “I hope to go back again.” Line agreed with Johnson. “It breaks your heart to see some of the injured soldiers but makes you appreciate your freedoms. We’re lucky to have people who are willing and proud to pay the price.”
“The contributions made by K&N were a major factor in the overall success of the trip,” said Wayne Reed, Program Coordinator. “Troops were amazed that the shirts and hats
they received were free and they were grateful. They were also appreciative of the time that the NHRA drivers took to visit them. It makes you proud to be an American to be able to lift the spirits of the brave men and women who are thousands of miles away from home.”
The group also traveled to Camp Arifjan, which is about 30 miles from Kuwait City. Camp Arifjan provides permanent support facilities for American forces in Kuwait. Johnson, Line and the other NHRA drivers took part in a meet-and-greet session at the recreation center and talked to more than 300 Army, Marines and Navy soldiers. From there they travelled to Camp Patriot, Kuwait Naval Base.
The U.S. Soldiers 40 miles from the Iraqi border were not forgotten. The NHRA group spent time at Ali Al Salem Air Base, which is also nicknamed “The Rock.” Line is a former soldier and said he can relate to the troops. “I was in the Persian Gulf War and I know what it’s like to be so far from home,” he said. “I was honored to go on this trip and give them a small piece of America.”
By coincidence, Line met with solider Rick Friday in Germany. Friday and Line served together and the two friends had not seen each other in 18 years. “This defines how small the world is,” said Line. “To travel overseas and basically run into someone who I had served with in what seems like eons ago, was one of a number of highlights of a great experience.”
The Army Special Forces Association, Randall Shughart Chapter 64, based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania served as the vanguard for the group’s visit. The 435th Services Squadron at Ramstein Air Base hosted the group during the stay.
This was the fourth annual USO-Sponsored trip and Reed said it was an unparalleled success. The group plans to be back.
