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Bo Butner took the win at Maple Grove Raceway In Pennsylvania

A group of Gold Star Moms, whose children have died in combat fighting for the United States military, placed decals with the names of their children on Butner’s car. He counted them over the weekend. There were 27 decals on his car. “I needed them all,” Butner said. “It didn’t hurt.”

After the races, the Gold Star Moms joined a contingent that visited Washington, D.C. the Sunday of the races at Maple Grove Raceway. Butner said the pressure of producing for the Gold Star Moms was greater than any of the races over the weekend. “That was the most pressure,” Butner said. “I haven’t done a lot military-wise in my life. I have some military in my family. But when you actually get to meet the moms and they’re there and they’re hugging you and you’re saying, ‘Yeah, I’m going to get your kids in the winner’s circle.’”

Butner was true to his words. He won at Maple Grove. It was his fourth career win in NHRA Pro Stock, all coming in 2017. It also put him in first place in the Pro Stock standings, 41 points ahead of Anderson, after two races into the six-race Countdown to the Championship playoffs. But winning for the Gold Star Moms trumped taking the lead in the Pro Stock standings. “I am glad we can do that for them,” Butner said. “I’m sure they’re all very happy and I’m sure I will hear from each and every one of them. It’s a good cause and we’ll do something else with them I’m sure.”

Pro Stock Driver Bo Butner takes home his fourth Wally in Pro Stock at Maple Grove Racway

“He’s learning the car,” Butner said. “I’m pretty sure he knows a lot about the car. Way more than Jason. He’s been great. He’s learning. It’s great to have him.

“The KB team is strong and we showed it today and through qualifying.” Butner talked about winning the NHRA Pro Stock championship at the beginning of the season. He entered the season without a win in Pro Stock. He has four now and his team is clicking at the right time.

“It’s kind of hard for me to grasp,” Butner said. “Four more races left. We have to do our job.

“Very fortunate for those three days in a row. It’s tough. You can win from 16 here. A lot of people have done it. I didn’t do the best job driving, but I did just good enough. I’ll take that.”

The Winners Circle after the races at Maple Grove Raceway featured Butner, Force, Capps, and Krawiec

The next NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event is at Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois, the third race in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.

Queen Racing is flying high in the performance UTV world

Queen’s passion for making things go faster is the fruit of his competitive nature. The durability of his products and the quality of his builds reflect rigorous testing and an amazing attention to detail. K&N sat down with Queen to find out what makes him high-performance powersports royalty.

K&N: How did you get started in racing and wrenching?

Mark Queen: I got into racing as a child. I was 8 years old when I did my first snowmobile race and that is when the addiction took over. I have been racing ever since. I started off racing sleds in the wintertime and started racing motocross in the rest of the seasons. I started doing really well in both sports, getting wins and moving up into the semi-pro races and winning there also. Things were looking great, and I was getting some good support from sponsors, but I was extremely abusive on my equipment. It seemed I could break anything out there with my riding style, so I started working on my bikes and sleds every day after school at my family's body shop.

Queen Racing's Lake Havasu City home base is perfect for both desert and water racing

MQ: When I was 17, I had a severe accident. I crashed hard and broke my femur, back, and pelvis. I came out of surgery with zero feeling or movement from the waist down. It was a tough day not knowing how I would end up. Fortunately, after a few days, I started to get some feeling back and the rehab process started. One of my sponsors, Aquatrends, invited me to come and race one of their jet skis once I got back in race shape. So I took that chance and went to my first jet ski race. I got a bad start in the first moto, but came back from last all the way to second place. Now knowing how the start system worked, I was ready for moto 2. I got a 3rd place start and ended up lapping the 2nd place finisher. Needless to say, I was hooked. That year I went to the IJSBA World Finals and dominated, and again lapped 2nd place in the second moto. I left the Finals with a new factory Polaris sponsorship and new boats.

K&N: So how did that morph into your involvement in UTV realm?

Mark Queen's high performance tuning is driven by testing and data analysis

K&N: What are your current racing efforts?

MQ: I took some years off from racing while starting my business and fatherhood. I am currently racing a Polaris RZR XP Turbo car in several race series. This season was a test season to try out several series to find what I want to try to compete in for a full championship series next year. If I can pull the funding and support together, I want to race the TORC series next year and win that championship.

K&N: How has your involvement in racing impacted your powersports business?

MQ: We sell parts that are race tested and win races. We specialize in working with race teams to help get their equipment up to race winning level, from the chassis setup to the engine tuning and clutching. The best part of racing myself is that I am usually testing something that if I prove it to work well, we can start to release it to customers. So when someone buys a Queen Racing product or tune, they know it works.

K&N: Tell us a bit about your relationship K&N.

Queen puts his trust in K&N filter technology to protect his high performance builds

K&N: What are your goals and aspirations going forward?

MQ: My future goals are to represent my sponsors to the best of my ability by giving them product feedback and development, and also in marketing. I fully plan to be a championship contender in either the Lucas Oil series or the TORC series next season! I also want to be able to add more championships to the Queen Racing team roster. Currently, I have built and tuned 31 world championship winning machines between jet skis and SxS.

K&N is proud to partner with an innovative powersports company like Queen Racing. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship and continuing to develop the best products for powersports community.

Système d’entrée d'air à haut débit K&N 69-9503TFK

La Jetta 2006-2008 a été entièrement refaite. Avec l'ajout d'un moteur économique, Volkswagen a donné à sa ligne populaire une nouvelle impulsion. Les clients intéressés par l'Audi A3 d'inspiration européenne trouveront des proportions extérieures qui ressemblent à la Sportback.

K&N Engineering vient de sortir un système d'entrée d'air à haut débit (le 69-9503TFK) de couleur noire pour le moteur de 2,0 litres de la Volkswagen Jetta , le moteur turbo de 2,0 litres de la Volkswagen Golf GTI et le moteur de 2,0 litres de l’Audi A3. Voir ci-dessous une liste complète des utilisation du 69-9503TFK.

Les tests au dynamomètre effectué par K&N montrent un gain de 18,62 chevaux à 4500 tours/minute. Le conduit d'air frais d'usine s'attache au bouclier thermique de l’entrée d’air K&N pour assurer un apport régulier d'air extérieur sur le filtre à air haute performance de K&N (le RU-4960).

Beaucoup de véhicules tirent leur l'air du garde-boue, mais la boîte à vent est sur le moteur sur la Jetta, la Golf et l'A3, ce qui entraîne le besoin d’un conduit pour l'air extérieur. Les ingénieurs de K&N ont déménagé le filtre dans le coin du compartiment moteur pour permettre l'utilisation d'un filtre à air conique K& de grande taille qui est conçu pour fournir une surface accrue et une meilleure rétention de la poussière. Son emplacement profite du conduit d'air frais d'usine pour alimenter le filtre à air K&N en air extérieur. Le design de l’entrée d’air de K&N a une restriction inférieure à celle du système de boîte à vent d’usine, ce qui entraîne un gain de puissance que vous remarquerez immédiatement.

Le tube en aluminium à écoulement libre tordu au andrin est conçu pour le design spécifique du véhicule. Le 69-9503TFK est conçu pour améliorer les performances du moteur et est facile à installer, généralement en 90 minutes ou moins. Les systèmes d'entrée d'air à haut débit de K&N sont livrés avec la célèbre garantie K&N sur 1,6 millions de kilomètres.

Le 69-9503TFK convient pour les utilisations suivantes:

2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V GTI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2008 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 SKODA OCTAVIA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 SEAT TOLEDO III 2.0L L4 F/I - TFSi
2008 SEAT LEON 2.0L L4 F/I - 200/240BHP
2008 SEAT ALTEA XL 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 SEAT ALTEA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2008 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Non-US, Turbo, 200BHP
2007 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2007 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2007 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V GTI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2007 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 SKODA OCTAVIA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 SEAT TOLEDO III 2.0L L4 F/I - TFSi
2007 SEAT LEON 2.0L L4 F/I - 200/240BHP
2007 SEAT ALTEA XL 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 SEAT ALTEA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2007 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo, 200BHP
2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2006 VOLKSWAGEN GTI. 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V GTI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2006 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 SKODA OCTAVIA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 SEAT TOLEDO III 2.0L L4 F/I - TFSi
2006 SEAT LEON 2.0L L4 F/I - 200/240BHP
2006 SEAT ALTEA XL 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 SEAT ALTEA 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2006 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo, 200BHP
2006 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo
2005 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP, 3C Model
2005 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2005 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V GTI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2005 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2005 SEAT LEON 2.0L L4 F/I - Exc., 150BHP
2005 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo
2004 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V GTI 2.0L L4 F/I - All
2004 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF V 2.0L L4 F/I - 200BHP
2004 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo
2003 AUDI A3 2.0L L4 F/I - Turbo

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Nicole Behar is in ninth place in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West standings after 11 races.

The next race on the K&N Pro Series West schedule is Meridian Speedway in Idaho. She finished third at Meridian last year and she said she thinks it is a track she can win at.

“We had a good run at Meridian last year,” Behar said. “Hopefully we can do that again this year and come home with a win. Every driver wants to win. I really want to. We’re just trying to go in and win one of these last three.”

Behar has put together a successful season so far. She is ninth in the K&N Pro Series West standings after 11 races. She has two top-five finishes. For a small, family-run team, there have been some high points. She started the season with five top-10 finishes in a row and her team was building confidence.

“We’ve had some really good races,” Behar said. “We have some good races coming up. But we’ve had some down races. Not necessarily the best of luck. We’ve blown a motor. Sonoma, we knew we probably weren’t going to be the best there because we didn’t have a road course car. We bought one a couple weeks beforehand and just tried to get it the best we could.”

The 19-year-old Behar started the season with a 10th-place finish in the season opener at Tucson Speedway in Arizona. She posted her first top-five finish with a fourth-place at the first race at Irwindale Speedway.

“The first couple of races we went down there with all of our cars, be as prepared as we can, put our mindset to do really good in those races,” Behar said. “Those are the ones you want to focus on to start off good.”

Nicole Behar has two top-five and six top-10 finishes in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West.

“That’s a place where you’re either going to finish or you’re going to crash,” Behar said. “I was just hanging out, letting the leaders hit on each other, bang it out. Unfortunately the cars in front of me got tangled. I was almost around it and the 19 car (Derek Kraus) clipped me in the rear and put me in the wall.

“I think we were running like fourth at the time. I think we really had a car to win. Sometimes those things happen and you have to move forward. It really sucks, but you keep going.”

She blew a motor in the race at Colorado National Speedway and finished 17th again. Her team didn’t have a road course for the race at Sonoma Raceway in California, the only road course race on the K&N Pro Series West schedule. Her team bought one a week before the Sonoma race.

She came in 27th in race at Iowa Speedway, a race that pits the teams and drivers from the K&N Pro Series West and East.

“We’ve had some really good races. But we’ve alo had a few bad ones,” Behar said. “With everyone being so close in points, when you have a bad race, you drop pretty fast. Our first goal isn’t to go in and focus on points, it’s just to do the best we can. Where you end up in points, that kind of happens. When you put your mindset to the points, you don’t do really good anyway.”

Nicole Behar finished in third place in the K&N Pro Series West race at Colorado National Speedway.

Being on a small team, Behar said she needs all the help she can get, Having K&N as a sponsor and supporter of the Pro Series West gives her the help she needs.

“They’re always willing to help you, help with filters,” Behar said. “Every little bit helps, especially with a small team it adds up. Without K&N there wouldn’t be a series. Without them, the West Series probably wouldn’t be here. Us drivers wouldn’t be able to race the tracks, race the cars that we do. That means a lot.”