BAKERSFIELD, California — K&N Engineering and the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series have formed an innovative partnership for the remainder of the 2010 race season.
“We’re truly elated to have a company like K&N come on board to be part of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series,” stated the SRL’s Brian Olsen. “It’s a great compliment to the race teams of the SRL to have a company like K&N step up to be associated and support our series, it says so much about the quality and professionalism of the series.”
K&N, the inventor and leading innovator of reusable cotton gauze filter technology, will become the “Official Filter of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series”, with all SRL teams using K&N Air Filters for the remainder of the 2010 season.
K&N will provide air and oil filters to all SRL teams this weekend at Stockton 99 Speedway, and will provide an additional product bonus package to all teams that have competed in each SRL race so far in 2010.
Additionally, K&N will be the presenting sponsor of the SRL “GoLiveStream.TV Season Finale” at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which will include the K&N “Power Bonus”. The K&N “Power Bonus” will be added to the winner’s share of the prize money for the October 30th series finale, increasing the winner’s payout to $6,000 at the Bullring event.
Finally, K&N will introduce an innovative new program to spotlight the depth of the young talent pool of the SRL with the “K&N FILTERS Young Guns Championship” as part of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series.
“Whenever possible we like to be involved with the youth of motorsports, and this is a great opportunity to do so,” stated K&N’s Tony Yorkman. “As tough as the competition is in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series, we wanted to be sure to draw attention to the talents’ of the younger drivers who have dared to enter this competitive series.”
The “K&N FILTERS Young Guns Championship” is a separate points championship within the SRL for drivers 23 years and younger. These young drivers will accumulate points beginning with the June 12th event at Stockton 99 Speedway through the SRL’s season finale at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The “K&N FILTERS Young Guns Champion” will receive the winner’s share of a special point fund presented by K&N.
K&N will also offer each host racetrack of the SRL, K&N merchandise giveaways for their race fans.
“After meeting with Steve Williams and Tony Yorkman of K&N, we knew that we found a great fit for the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour,” stated the SRL’s Larry Collins. “Racing runs deep throughout K&N, and we saw it as we toured their manufacturing facility and met their staff. What a great company and what a great partner for our series.”
The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series will be in action this Saturday night at Stockton 99 Speedway, in the “Mid Valley Iron and Metals 130”.
