Honeywell Consumer Products Group Announces Winners of Autolite Loyalty Program
Honeywell Consumer Products Group’s Autolite team has announced the winners of its annual Autolite Premium Loyalty Program Counterperson and Installer Sweepstakes – an incentive program designed to promote the sales of Autolite branded spark plugs and ignition wire products among counterpeople and installers.
DENSO Announces 2005 Motorsports Sponsorships
DENSO Corp. has announced its motorsports sponsorship plan for the 2005 season. The company has been sponsoring motorsports since 1971. This year, DENSO is adding to the products supplied to motor sports teams with a new compact alternator for Panasonic Toyota Racing in Formula 1 and spark plugs to the Subaru World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship.
Clevite Nitro Club Members Take Top Fuel, Funny Car Championships at Pomona Raceway
Clevite Nitro Club Members Scott Kalitta and Tommy Johnson Jr. scored big wins at the NHRA season-opening 45th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals. Fellow Nitro Club members Doug Herbert and Phil Burkart Jr. were runners-up. The Nitro Club is a great option for NHRA teams without product sponsorships, giving them the ability to buy premium parts at discounted prices.
Vic Edelbrock, Jr. to Receive Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award
Hotrod & Restoration (HHR) magazine and Robert Petersen have announced Vic Edelbrock, Jr. as the fourth recipient of the Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award. Launched in 2002 at the HRR show, the inaugural Robert E. Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to NHRA founder Wally Parks. The award was presented to Carroll Shelby in 2003 and George Barris in 2004. Petersen selects the annual recipient based upon the candidate’s contributions to the evolution and prosperity of specialized automobiles. The trophy, a bronze sculpture by automotive artist Steve Posson, aptly titled “Running at the Lakes,” is on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
Bar’s Products Releases 2005 Catalog/Calendar
The 2005 Bar’s Leak product catalog has taken on a fun, new look this year. The Bar’s Leaks 2005 Product Catalog/Calendar combines a full-line product catalog with a 2005 wall calendar featuring photos and information about 12 of the car racing teams, drivers and clubs sponsored by Bar’s Leaks.
COMMENTARY: More Lean, Mean Machines
On a landmark Tuesday in which stock car racing rubbed wheels with Formula One in Dearborn, Mich., leaders of five auto racing sanctioning bodies agreed their sport faced some of its biggest challenges in years. Their message to a packed room of automotive engineers and racing industry veterans was clear: There must be a meaningful connection between race cars and production vehicles, or racing might be seen by manufacturers as too costly to continue to support.
Ray Motes Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in Drag Racing
Longtime drag racer Ray Motes was recently honored with the Lifetime Achievement in Drag Racing Award by the Heartland Hot Rod Association. The ceremony was held earlier this fall at the Great Bend Kansas Dragway, home of the first National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sanctioned event in 1955.
CARQUEST Named Title Sponsor of 45th Annual Winternationals at Pomona Raceway
CARQUEST Auto Parts has signed a multi-year agreement to become the title sponsor of the 45th annual Winternationals in Pomona, Calif. The agreement begins in 2005. It is the first of three NHRA event sponsorships for CARQUEST Auto Parts, which will also headline the CARQUEST Auto Parts Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., June 9-12, as well as the CARQUEST Auto Parts Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle, July 22-24.
Tony Pedregon to Appear at Clevite SEMA Booth
Tony Pedregon, the 2003 NHRA Funny Car World Champion, will appear at the Clevite Engine Parts booth #27923 at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
Motorsports Leaders to Share the Stage at SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference and Expo
Tony George, president and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League, will be one of five worldwide motorsports leaders featured on a business panel during the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Motorsports Engineering Conference and Exhibition on Nov. 30 at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Dearborn, Mich. Joining George will be FIA President Max Mosley, NASCAR President Mike Helton, NHRA President Tom Compton and SCCA President Steve Johnson. It is believed this is the first time that the heads of these leading sanctioning bodies will appear together in a panel discussion.