Jerome L

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I enjoy auto racing - NASCAR (National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing) in particular. I especially enjoy racing since the idiots who run and play major league baseball have tried so relentlessly and have made such great strides towards destroying that great sport....but that is another tale.... And through auto racing I learned of STP - The Racer's Edge. Ever since I got a car, I use STP products exclusively. And they work. Thanks to STP products, I got over 100,000 miles out of a car that already had over 40,000 miles on it. STP has also played a major role in American motor sports. From 1972 - 2000, STP was the primary sponsor of NASCAR's legendary #43 stock car, owned and operated by Richard Petty. The famed STP emblem adorned Petty's "43" car for 60 of his record 200 victories, and was the sponsor on four of his record seven NASCAR series championships. ( You can learn more of the racing exploits of Richard Petty by clicking on this line .) Additionally, STP has long been a primary sponsor of American open wheel racing, scoring several successes at the greatest race track on earth.....The Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 1969 Mario Andretti notched his lone Indianapolis 500 victory in the STP Oil Treatment Special. Gordon Johncock won the Indianapolis 500 in 1973 behind the wheel of the STP Double Oil Filters car and again in 1982 with the STP Oil Treatment Special. I toured the mammoth Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1994. As a race fan, it was incredible to see how unbelievable huge the Speedway was in person. It's sheer size cannot be displayed on TV nor can a sense of it's history. The Indianapolis 500 makes a driver a legend, not the drivers making the race important. No one would have heard of Johnny Rutherford had he never become a 3-time Indy 500 Champion. The same holds true for Gordon Johncock and Tom Sneva, and even A.J. Foyt, the first 4-time Indy 500 Champion says no one would have heard of him or the Unsers or Mario Andretti without their success at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Even NASCAR recognized the importance of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when they set a deal to run the Brickyard 400 at the track each August beginning in 1994. The Brickyard 400 quickly became one of NASCAR's Crown Jewel Races and for most competitors a victory at the Brickyard is nearly as important as winning the Daytona 500. If you ever get the chance to visit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, you should do so. From this world famous site have come many advances in automotive technology that are now commonplace in our automobiles. This track is virtually unchanged since it's construction. The track that challenged Mauri Rose, Bill Vuckovich, and Wilbur Shaw is the same layout that challenged A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Bobby Unser, Al Unser, Jr. and Rick Mears. I also follow Formula One auto racing. Here is where 1969 Indy 500 Champion Mario Andretti cemented his legendary status in auto racing with his 1978 World Championship. Several Formula One World Champions did the reverse route; Jim Clark, the 1963 and 1965 World Champion won the 1965 Indy 500 and 1962 and 1968 World Champion Graham Hill won the 1966 Indy 500.

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