Bakersfield, Calif. – Jesse Adams attended the 2010 NHRA Heritage Series March Meet for one purpose; to win. After 7 rounds of competition, the 28-year old Yuba City, Calif. based driver accomplished his mission and captured the Hot Rod category championship at the 52nd running of this historic event.

Driving his K&N Filters sponsored classic 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, Adams took home the hardware and the exclusive title of March Meet Champion after outlasting 127 fellow competitors over three days in the bracket-style Hot Rod category. He also captured the Kern County number one qualifier trophy for running 0.009 seconds off his first round 11.220 second dial-in. The victory for Adams was one he will never forget.

Jesse Adams drove his K&N Filters Camaro to a final round victory with a dead-on 11.23 et.

“I’ve had the honor of winning several races in my 12 years of drag racing,” noted Adams. “But I’ve never been so excited to win a single race like this in my life. I knew coming down to this event at Famoso was not about winning money, it was about the prestige, the honor of simply competing at the March Meet. 52 times this race has been contested at this historic racing facility and I can proudly say that Jesse Adams won the March Meet. This is something I can tell my son about. That‚s how much it means to me.”

Adams march to the final round did not come easily. During his 6 previous rounds of eliminations his average margin of victory was less than 0.01 seconds. He received a bye-run in the quarter-final round advancing him to the semi-final round. After capturing the semi victory, Adams was scheduled to face Mike Rogers from Covina, Calif. in the final round.

Adams 383 cid Small Block Chevy powered 69 Camaro

The money round was a classic Chevrolet versus Ford affair, with Adams K&N Filters 383 small block Chevrolet Camaro matching up against Rogers potent 1965 small block 302 cubic inch Ford Mustang. As the light turned green, Rogers was on his game and captured a slight starting line advantage over Adams, however, as the cars approached the finish line, Adams was faced with a difficult decision. He decided to let Rogers take the stripe, assuming his opponent would break-out. Adams gamble paid off as Rogers ran 0.010 seconds quicker than his 12.14 second dial-in, while Adams was 0.007 slower than his 11.230 index, handing the 2010 March Meet championship to Adams.

“Sometimes you just have to hand the other guy the stripe, even in the final round,” stated Adams. “I knew the K&N Filters Camaro was running well on this day and I felt I cut a pretty good light, so I just let him take the stripe. Fortunately for me, he broke-out. Winning the event was even more special because I got to share the winner‚s circle with my CRX Promotions team mate Adam Sorokin who won in Nostalgia Top Fuel. It was a great weekend indeed.”

To learn more about Jesse Adams, please visit his team page. And to learn more about his marketing partner’s at K&N Filters, please visit knfilters.com .

Jesse Adams Trophy for the Hot Rod Category from March Meet

The 2010 edition of the famous late-winter pilgrimage to the Famoso quarter-mile began with three CRX clients competing at the historic event. James Day entered the March Meet driving the “Foothill Flyer” Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster. Adam Sorokin competed in the same category behind the wheel of the brand new Champion Speedshop / Van Dyke Motorsports hemi-powered dragster. Jesse Adams raced in his 1969 Camaro in the very competitive Hot Rod category.

Jesse Adams drove his K&N Filters Camaro to a final round victory with a dead-on 11.23 et.

Jesse Adams drove his K&N Filters 1969 Chevrolet Camaro to a victory in the very competitive Hot Rod category with his final round victory, recording a dead-on 11.23 second elapsed time in the money round to take home the coveted March Meet title. “Tim, I just won the March Meet,” was the text message Adams typed to CRX Director of Communications and Marketing Tim Charlet only 4 minutes after he crossed the finish line.

“Winning this race had nothing to do with the money, it was about the history and prestige,” noted Adams. “Several drag racing legends have won races here at the March Meet. To be included in the same category as those guys is a huge honor. I’m just glad the K&N Filter’s Camaro was on fire this weekend. And the driver didn’t do that shabby either,” Adams said with a chuckle.

Adam Sorokin runs a 5.764 at 241.64 to win the final round at the 52nd Annual March Meet.

Second generation driver Adam Sorokin accomplished a life-long goal of winning the same historic race his legendary father, Mike Sorokin won in 1966. 44-years after his dad’s greatest victory, the “son of the surfer” has his own March Meet AA/FD championship. Sorokin’s final round 5.764 second elapsed time at a speed of 241.61 mph was the winner over Howard Haight’s 5.93-second 246 MPH effort. The triumph has been a long time coming for the Champion Speedshop / Van Dyke Motorsports team, who brought the all-new hemi-powered dragster to the 52nd March Meet with only a single test run complete, recorded one week before the race in Sacramento. Once at the March Meet the car went quicker and faster with each pass.

“It was an unbelievable race weekend for the entire team,” said Sorokin. “My mom told me I was conceived at this race track during this race when my dad won and to come back after all these years and win it is too big a dream to be true.”

The weekend did not end up as veteran nitro-pilot Day would have wanted, as cold track conditions threw the ‘Foothill Flyer’ crew a curve-ball and the make-shift team went home after a first round defeat. “I was simply honored to race this weekend,” noted Day. “This deal came about so quickly for us and the entire crew did a fabulous job, we just were not able to lay down a representative run. Hopefully, we’ll be able to compete at future events with this team.”

All-in-all, this weekend will go down as a historic one for the CRX Promotions team. It marked the first time two CRX Clients captured victory on the same day. The wins by Sorokin and Adams are victories number 2 and 3 for the CRX team of drivers while under the CRX banner. Tony Bartone and Rick Jackson Racing became the first clients to bring home a trophy for the CRX team when they captured the NHRA Division 4 LODRS event in Belle Rose, LA last year.

If this weekend is any indication of future performance, several other CRX clients will be adding to our team win total shortly.

Bakersfield, Calif. – Hundreds of the best nostalgia drag racers on the planet will be invading ‘The Patch’ at Auto Club Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. this weekend for the 52nd running of the March Meet. And 28-year old Jesse Adams from Yuba City, Calif. will be there looking to put his K & N Filters 1969 Camaro in the winner-circle in the very competitive Hot Rod division.

“This is one of the most historic races in our sport,” noted Adams, a very diverse driver who currently holds competition licenses in nine NHRA categories. “No matter where you go, whether it is in the pits, the staging lanes or the grandstands, you always run into several legends of the sport of drag racing at ‘the meet’. People like Garlits, Kalitta, Snake and The Greek are always available to chat with a young racer like me. I hope to do them proud by putting our K&N Filters Camaro in victory lane.”

Adams classic Chevrolet is your run of the mill NHRA Stock Eliminator car, however this weekend the K&N Filters Camaro will be in bracket racing trim, powered by a 383 cubic inch displacement small block, using a power-glide transmission with a 4.30 rear end gear ratio. Propelled by Hoosier Tires and using Biondo Racing products, Adams is cautiously optimistic his K&N Camaro will hit the number all weekend long.

“This is the first time I’ve ever race at the March Meet, but a drag strip is a drag strip. We’ve been racing our Camaro up at Sacramento Raceway the past few weeks and we’ve got lots of run data stored, which should give us a good base-line to dial our car with at Famoso. There is not a lot of money to be won in the Hot Rod category, but this weekend is not about the money. This event is about history; it’s about racing against the best and proving you can win against anybody. Just to say “I raced at the March Meet” is a distinguished honor. I am very excited for this opportunity.”

To learn more about Jesse Adams and his K&N Filters Camaro, please visit his CRX Team Page.

Tickets are still available for the March Meet. The Super 3-Day Pass for $75 can be purchased online and can be picked up at the track the week of the event. There are no service charges for tickets purchased online . Individual day tickets for the event will go on sale Mar.1, but will be available only at the track. Ticket prices are $25 for Fri., Mar. 5; $30 for Sat., Mar. 6; and $30 for Sun., Mar. 7.

Auto Club members also receive a $ 2 discount off daily admission tickets by showing their cards when they purchase tickets at the track. Daily tickets for children ages 7 to 12 are $10 and kids 6 and under are free when accompanied by an adult with paid admission.

Jesse Adams Driving Joe Mitchell's Competition Eliminator A/Nostalgia Dragster

Bio

Jesse Adams is one heck of a drag racer who has worked his way to becoming one of the most talented and diverse drivers in drag racing today. And the 28-year old from Yuba City, California is following in the footsteps of previous sportsman greats and now NHRA Professional Category Champions such as Jeg Coughlin Jr., Dave Connolly, Hot Rod Fuller and his good friend Fast Jack Beckman. In 2010, Adams will have his hands full with a full schedule in several different categories.

He is driving Dennis Sarmento’s Top Sportsman car in 2010 which competes in the West Coast Top Sportsman Association. Joe Mitchell’s injected alcohol NHRA Competition Eliminator A/Nostalgia Dragster and is being considered as a driver of several other top rides in 2010.

Adams will also be running a full Sacramento Raceway Summit E.T. Series Schedule in 2010. He will be driving the 1969 K&N Filters backed Camaro, defending his 2009 Super Pro Track Championship and attempting to improve on his 2009 Pro E.T. second place finish. The K&N Filters Camaro will make several appearances at multiple Big Buck bracket races in 2009.

Racing History

• (2) Time Division 7 Top Ten Finisher
• Finished 14th in the World- NHRA Stock Eliminator in 2005 on a limited schedule
• Multi Time Divisional and National Open event winner
• Winner of many Big Buck bracket races, as well as countless Summit E.T. Series Sportsman, Pro, and Super Pro wins.
• (5) Time Sacramento Raceway Track Champion in multiple categories, Including 2009 Super Pro Champ
• Multi time Division 7 E.T. Finals “Race of Champions” competitor
• Finished 4th overall in my 2009 “rookie” season of the West Coast Top Sportsman Association

Has driven more than 20 race cars, and have won in more than 50 percent of them.

Currently holds Competition numbers in:

• Stock Eliminator
• Super Stock
• Super Street
• Super Gas
• Super Comp
• Top Sportsman
• Top Dragster
• Competition Eliminator
• Advanced E.T.

Competition Numbers coming soon in:

Top Alcohol Dragster and A/Fuel Dragster
Nostalgia Top Fuel

Sponsors

Adams would like to thank Steve Williams and Bob Harris from K & N Filters for making this partnership possible.

For more information about Jesse Adams Marketing Partners at K&N Filters, please visit their website at http://www.knfilters.com

Personal Info

Jesse Adams
Born: 4-13-1981 28 Years Old
Resides: Yuba City, CA

Long time Girlfriend and Companion: Heidi Kitchens
One Child: Cade Maverick Adams, born 2-22-09

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