Beaver Shredding Expands Relationship with Creasy Family Motorsports
BEECHER, Ill (March 8, 2008) - Beaver Shredding, a long-time associate sponsor of the Creasy Family Motorsports', Torco Race Fuels Nitro Funny Car will expand its partnership with the two-time...
Tags: Creasy, Dale Creasy, Funny Car, IHRA, motorsports, Nitro, race, TorcoClevite and Perfect Circle Provide Bearings and Piston Rings for McMillen Top Fuel Entry
Hoosier Thunder Motorsports announced today that the Amalie Oil / Torco Nitro Top Fuel dragster, driven by team owner Terry McMillen, will be outfitted with Mahle Clevite bearings and Perfect Circle piston rings for the 2008 racing season. Clevite and Perfect Circle will be major associate product sponsors....
Tags: IHRA, motorsports, Nitro, racing, Terry McMillen, Top Fuel, TorcoNHRA makes moves on NASCAR
January 26, 2008 by Robert
Filed under NHRA, Racing News
Comments Off
Drag racing took an economic hit last week with the announced departure of Evan Knoll and Torco Racing Fuel as a major sponsor for several teams on the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series.
On Thursday, in the heart of NASCAR country, the sport received a big boost - once again - from O. Bruton Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of Speedway Motorsports Inc...
Tags: drag racing, motorsports, NHRA, Powerade, racing, TorcoCreasy is ‘Back in Black’ for back to back championship defense
BEECHER, Ill (January 21, 2008) - After winning back to back championships, Dale Creasy will defend his titles in 2008 with a slight change of scenery. Creasy will continue to carry the Torco...
Tags: Creasy, Dale Creasy, IHRA, TorcoAnother driver affected by Torco’s pullout; Searching for sponsor
January 13, 2008 by Robert
Filed under Racing News
Comments Off
Jessie Harris, 25 of Rome, NY had been preparing for what she thought would be the time of her life this season driving the second car on Clay Millican’s, Evan Knoll owned Top Fuel team. Last week, Torco announced that they were pulling out for the year due to Founder and Owner, Evan Knoll’s health. [...]
Tags: car, Jessie Harris, Top Fuel, TorcoSponsor Hiatus Teams and Drivers Scrambling
January 13, 2008 by Robert
Filed under Racing News
Comments Off
The surprising withdrawal of Torco Racing Fuels from race team sponsorship for the 2008 season has many high profile teams and drivers scrambling for new sponsors so they can compete this season.
As quoted in the Peoria Journal Star:
Don Prudhomme lost sponsorship for Funny Car driver Tommy Johnson Jr., who moved to Kenny Bernstein's team, so Prudhomme is only running a Top Fuel car for Larry Dixon this season.
Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith is looking for work and Pro Stock driver Dave Connolly may start this season on the sidelines, as may Funny Car driver Mike Ashley. (Editor's note, Ashley has since signed a deal with ProCare Rx for 2008.)
Read full story at the Peoria Journal Star
Dale Creasy Jr., Bobby Lagana Jr., Scotty Cannon, Ricky Smith, Matt Hagan and others from the IHRA series are also impacted by the Torco Racing Fuels pullout.
Q&A: Aaron Polburn
IHRA president responds to the recent developments with Torco Racing Fuels as well as looks ahead to the 2008 racing season.
Q: The Torco announcement, did you know this was coming or did the news that Torco Racing Fuels was going to take a year off from sponsoring individual race teams come as a surprise to you?
Aaron Polburn: I found about it when the world found out about it. The first indication I had that this might be happening ...
NHRA hit by ill-timed ‘interruption’
January 10, 2008 by Robert
Filed under IHRA, NHRA, Racing News
Comments Off
A month before the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series season-opening Winternationals at Pomona Raceway, the sport was hit by a decision that will have far-reaching implications.
Torco Racing Fuels, a major player in drag racing under the ownership of Evan Knoll, announced Wednesday "an interruption" for the upcoming season. That means there will be no Torco sponsorships for Knoll Gas Motorsports' teams, including those owned by Knoll and sponsored by Torco.
[...]
That list of sponsored teams includes drivers Mike Ashley, Melanie Troxel, JR Todd, Clay Millikan, Dave Connelly and Gary Densham. According to industry sources, there could be as many as 50 teams that received some type of financial consideration from Knoll and Torco.
Read full story