Connect With Kevin Harvick During Wednesday's #ChampionChat Session

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Racing fans will have another opportunity to chat live with NASCAR Sprint Cup driver and Champion brand spokesperson Kevin Harvick this Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET through Federal-Mogul’s #ChampionChat program. Each live #ChampionChat session enables fans to connect with the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 29 Chevrolet and learn more about the “Performance Driven” Champion brand of spark plugs, filters, wiper blades and performance chemical additives.

Harvick will answer questions for 30 minutes via Twitter and TweetChat.com, then devote an additional 30 minutes responding to questions on the VYou.com conversational video site. Fans can ask questions by logging on to TweetChat.com or Federal-Mogul’s @ChampionParts Twitter feed and adding the #ChampionChat hashtag to the end of their tweets. Harvick will respond to as many tweets as possible during the session.

Response to the #ChampionChat program continues to grow with each monthly session. The June chat, which was featured in an ESPN.com story, generated hundreds of tweets reaching hundreds of thousands of fans, according to Federal-Mogul.

“We’re now exceeding 1 million impressions during these chats, which is a significant achievement for the Champion product lines,” said Federal-Mogul Brand Strategy Manager Jessica Wynn. “Kevin has built a huge following, and we’re pleased Champion can help these fans connect with him on a more personal level.”

For additional information about Champion products and programs, visit www.AlwaysaChampion.com. To identify the right Champion spark plug or other product for any application, visit Federal-Mogul’s www.FME-cat.com electronic catalog.The company also offers a small-engine spark plug lookup tool via the GetChampion.mobi site for smartphones and other mobile devices.

Snap-on announces it has been approved by Nissan for direct access to their vehicle gateway module from Snap-on scan tools. The ability to work with Nissan secure systems is available on Snap-on Wi-Fi-enabled products operating the latest software, the company said.

Automobile manufacturers are developing solutions to protect their vehicles’ networks from unauthorized access, including potential cyber-attacks. Nissan, along with several other manufacturers, have recently implemented a secure gateway module that was introduced on a selection of their 2019 and newer model vehicles. For those vehicles with the secure gateway module, access to certain diagnostic functions requires registration and authentication through an approved device for all aftermarket scan tools.The Snap-on Security Link solution provides diagnostic platform owners a uniform method to access secured vehicle systems from their diagnostic tool gateway modules, the company said.