JASPER sponsored Chad Morgenthaler.  A tremendous amount of rain can result in extremely high water conditions in our lakes and rivers.  The situation of rising and falling waters can create unique fishing challenges for anglers.  The newly submerged foliage is a bait fish magnate, especially for crawdads.  Bait fish love the nutrients and the protection that it provides.  They will locate and live in these areas as long as the water stays high, which means the bass will follow.  Make sure to locate and target areas of submerged new growth and cover. 

When driving around town, your family car engine needs clean air to burn the fuel – and it needs a lot. In fact, a typical vehicle needs about 216,000 gallons of air for every tank of gas.

All that air passes through a filter that catches the dust and dirt. Eventually the filter gets completely full. Because the filter can only hold so much, dirt starts getting through. This dirty air passes through the mass airflow sensor, and starts to accumulate on the delicate sensor element. The mass air flow sensor measures how much air is getting into your engine. When the airflow reading is incorrect, your family car engine doesn’t get the proper amount of fuel. It runs rough and doesn’t perform as well as it should.

We do our best to budget for scheduled vehicle maintenance and it is hard to plan for unexpected family car repairs.  The truth is that our vehicles can stay on the road longer than ever before with proper maintenance. That’s because of improved vehicle design and manufacturing quality. But some of those same improvements also lead to higher repairs costs for every family car or vehicle.

There’s a tool that can be found on Edmunds.com that you can use to prepare your service and repair budget.  Let’s suppose you have a used Toyota Camry – a very popular car in the area…

Helpful Tips & Information:  An average of 13,000 Americans are killed between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day, some as a result of unperformed vehicle maintenance, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Each year, neglected maintenance leads to more than 2,600 deaths, nearly 100,000 disabling injuries and more than $2 billion in lost wages, medical expenses and property damage.

Most mechanical failures can be traced to neglected maintenance. For example, the U. S. Department of Transportation reports the leading cause of mechanical breakdown on our nation's highways is overheating, a condition that is easily avoidable. Other deficiencies that are simple to detect include low antifreeze/coolant, worn or loose drive belts and defective cooling system hoses.

ad Keselowski Takes First in NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series Events  It was a very good weekend for JASPER Race Products at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend. Brad Keselowski, running a JASPER Differential, took the checkered flag in both the NASCAR Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series events. Joey Logano, also running a JASPER Differential, placed fourth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, while Kyle Bush, running a JASPER 4-Speed Transmission, followed Keselowski finishing second in the Nationwide race.