RIP MASON, Barbara Clements, 82, widow of M.L. "Buck" Mason
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I count myself lucky to have a CD made from a Joe Kelly 78 rpm copy of her song performed by Crazy Joe Maphis in 1951. R.I.P. Mrs. Mason
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RIP Roy Herbert VanDyke Sr.
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R.I.P. Roy. It has been a tough January for Richmond racing.
Henry C. "Dusty" Jones Jr., retired NASCAR official, dies at 90
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The Richmond area and NASCAR have lost another racing pioneer.
THE 46 or the 24 SOME MAY NOT KNOW THIS
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I read several places that the Big 3 automakers pushed for ZDDP levels to be reduced to preserve the life of catalytic converters. Being an all thumbs non-mechanic, I am clueless.
THE 46 or the 24 SOME MAY NOT KNOW THIS
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At Wilson, NC in the 70s, we all ran dark green 50 WT Wolf's Head.
THE 46 or the 24 SOME MAY NOT KNOW THIS
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Bobby, back in 1985, when Southland's family of corporations -7-Eleven/CITGO/Chief Auto Parts - began sponsoring Wood Brothers Racing with Kyle Petty - Glen Wood, Leonard Wood and motor builder, Tommy Turner wanted to continue to use Valvoline oil on the sly, rather than the CITGO product.
That wouldn't do and CITGO chemists and engineers formulated a proprietary blend for the Wood race cars that was never available for sale to the public. The oil was shipped from the CITGO refinery in Lake Charles, Louisiana to Stuart, Virginia in 5 gallon cans. In Stuart, the Woods poured the oil into empty plastic CITGO quart bottles and put the bottles in cardboard CITGO cases before they went to the track to carry out the deception.
Exxon and Hendrick swore they used 30 weight Superflo just like the product sold to the public. Who knows what was really in those Dorton engines.
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Before that #46 Jeff Gordon Dupont car appeared in the Hendrick shop, the Superflo #46 for Cole Trickle was prepared there!
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One thing is the same on that Jeff Gordon #46 from 1992 and today's #24, besides both being Chevys. In 2014, Hendrick Motorsports returned to the Valvoline Motor Oil affiliation whose decals were on the 1992 Gordon car. That marked another Hendrick flip-flop - from Exxon Superflo to Valvoline to Quaker State and now back to Valvoline. I once pitched the Superflo account back in 1989, but it couldn't be wrested from old Hendrick chum, Max Muhleman, the former Ford Racing PR guru from the 60s who moved to L.A. for Ford from his Charlotte newspaper sports writing position then back to Charlotte to found Muhleman Marketing. Today Muhleman is best known for bringing NBA basketball (the Hornets) to Charlotte (Hendrick & Felix Sabates were both minority owners) and creating the Permanent Seat License (PSL) to help fund the Carolina Panthers NFL football stadium.
I'd guess that whichever motor oil adorns those Hendrick mounts, including Gordon, is also pumped in the service bays at Hendrick Automotive dealerships from coast to coast. "$$$ Talks, Nobody Walks."