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Valvoline’s rich history in motor sports dates back more than 100 years and includes championships in Formula One, Indy Cars, NHRA drag racing, World Rally Championship, and NASCAR racing and at such premier events as the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, Le Mans and Bathurst 1000.
The Valvoline Company made history by becoming the first consumer products company to own a NASCAR Winston Cup team.
Rookie of the Year candidate Scott Riggs, Valvoline America’s racing driver, was voted "Most Popular Driver" in the NASCAR 2006 series.
Valvoline not only sponsors Riggs' team, but the company is in its fourth year as 50-percent owner of the race team. The other half of the team is owned by MB2 Motorsports' Nelson Bowers. After years of success in NASCAR, Valvoline took the bold marketing step in 2001 of co-owning the team. As Riggs is fond of saying about his sponsor/owner, "They're in the car; they're on the car; and they own the car."
Valvoline has taken its racing program to new heights, introducing different paint schemes and collectibles to race fans, serving as the official motor oil of Daytona International Speedway.
Treading on Valvoline International racing lineage, Valvoline Cummins Ltd., tied up with JK Tyres for the 25 hour Dubai Karting Race held on the streets of Dubai on December 2004.
The Team India studded with celebrity names like Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok (Team Captain), Armaan Ebrahim
Valvoline Cummins Ltd., also became the first Lubricant Company to make a soft launch of a racing team named, “Team Valvoline”. The Team comprised, (a) Amittrajit Ghosh – National Racing Championships – Runners Up 2004 (b) Deepak Chinappa – Asian Zone and Indian National Karting Champion 2003-04 (c) Mr Amanpreet Ahluwalia- Indian National Rally Championship IInd position 2005. Excited about its success in the Formula Maruti category, Valvoline also sponsored Raymond Banajee (The reigning National Karting Champion) in the Formula LGB category.
The Team Valvoline drivers showing true colours of Valvoline, clinched both the Formula Maruti and Formula LGB titles in its debut outing itself. Team Valvoline was also nominated for “MOTORSPORT TEAM OF THE YEAR” award for the year 2005 NDTV Profit & Car & Bike Magazine alongwith the likes of Team MRF & Team JK Tyre.
Team Valvoline again finished with two podiums this season (2006-07) with Ajay Kini winning the National Racing Rookie Championship and Rayomand Banajee winning the LGB Hyundai championship. |
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