K&N Engineering
Two power names in the NHRA have decided to join forces for the 2009 season: K&N Engineering and Warren Johnson.
In what came as a surprise development, the top air and oil filter manufacturer has announced that they are sponsoring the six-time Pro Stock Champion during the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season.
“Warren Johnson is one of the most accomplished and respected figures in the sport of drag racing, and we are excited to welcome him to the K&N family,” said Steve Williams, vice president of Product Engineering and Research and Development at K&N Engineering.
Against the Recession
Pro-Stock Racing Champion Warren Johnson
This is a gutsy move by K&N Engineering.
In a time when sponsors are pulling out, the company has chosen to stay with the former champion. It proves the company’s loyalty and it also proves that K&N must be doing something right.
In the past six months, many car manufacturers and aftermarket developers have foregone their sponsorships. And no, this is not just limited to General Motors (GM) companies. In fact, Honda pulled out of the F1 race grid late last year. This deal definitely comes as a surprise.
Even Johnson himself said it: “In today’s economic environment, I know what it takes for a company to invest in any marketing program, so I am honored to welcome K&N to our team.”
What’s the conclusion? Either K&N is ready to lose a lot of money or the company knows something we don’t.
April 7th, 2009 at 6:49 am
I think Warren Johnson is to pro stock what “Big Daddy” was to top fuel. But I feel he should vacate his driving seat to someone like Dave Connolly, who can be more productive at the tree. Warren should have gotten out of the seat when he was on his so called “schools out” tour. He can make the car run, but needs younger in the seat.
July 27th, 2009 at 6:39 am
the Economic Recession has been pretty hard on us. some of my friends lost their job because of the massive job cuts. i just hope that our economy becomes better in the following years.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:28 pm
the economic recession has been pretty hard on us. there is some good progress on the economy this year. i just hope that the economy will continue to recover in the following months and years.
August 15th, 2009 at 3:42 am
i am hoping that the global economy would recover from this economic recession. life has been very hard with these massive job cuts.
September 6th, 2009 at 3:27 am
Economic recession created huge unemployment rates around the world. I think the world economy is already on the road to recovery.
October 17th, 2009 at 11:38 am
the economic recession made a lot of workers jobless. my best friend and me lost our jobs because of job cuts. i hope that our economy would recover soon.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:12 am
the Economic recession made a lot of jobless people in my own country. We could only hope that our economy becomes strong again.