Prolong Oil Additive
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FYI on Prolong oil Additive which is rated high among the racing set
over slick 50 and the others out there.
http://www.prolong.com/
J.R. Wright
over slick 50 and the others out there.
http://www.prolong.com/
J.R. Wright
Arch,
Additives for both the engine and tranny. You can find the nearest
distributor by going to their site.
J.R.Wright
>
> JR
>
> I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
> they also made motor oil products.
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
> In a message dated 2/17/99 8:03:33 PM Central Standard Time, powerjon
>
> >
> > FYI on Prolong oil Additive which is rated high among the racing set
> > over slick 50 and the others out there.
> >
Additives for both the engine and tranny. You can find the nearest
distributor by going to their site.
J.R.Wright
>
> JR
>
> I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
> they also made motor oil products.
>
> Take Care
> Arch
>
> In a message dated 2/17/99 8:03:33 PM Central Standard Time, powerjon
>
> >
> > FYI on Prolong oil Additive which is rated high among the racing set
> > over slick 50 and the others out there.
> >
I think most of the racers that "prefer" Prolong are getting paid to do so.
Prolong has invested HEAVILY into drag racing. Prolong now owns the IHRA
drag racing organization and are heavy into sponsoring NHRA
racers/races/etc. I assume they are taking similar approaches with other
forms of motorsports. With the amount of money that is being handed out,
I'd find it difficult to trust any of these "endorsements". I think the
real key for racing would be to look into F1 or CART where
lubrication/reduced friction is very critical. If these additives are as
good as claimed, I would suspect every one of these cars would use them.
It would be interesting to find out if they do.
One note on Slick 50. I believe that they actually had to refund some
money because their claims of increased engine longevity were proven false.
I believe that they can no longer make those claims in any of their
marketing literature. I forget the exact details of this (read it in
Autoweek a while back), but I think it went something like that. Dupont
even did their own studies on Teflon in engines and concluded that it did
not benefit the engines. Since they would have quite a bit to gain if it
did, I tend to believe them.
Zak
>JR
>
>I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
>they also made motor oil products.
>
>Take Care
>Arch
Prolong has invested HEAVILY into drag racing. Prolong now owns the IHRA
drag racing organization and are heavy into sponsoring NHRA
racers/races/etc. I assume they are taking similar approaches with other
forms of motorsports. With the amount of money that is being handed out,
I'd find it difficult to trust any of these "endorsements". I think the
real key for racing would be to look into F1 or CART where
lubrication/reduced friction is very critical. If these additives are as
good as claimed, I would suspect every one of these cars would use them.
It would be interesting to find out if they do.
One note on Slick 50. I believe that they actually had to refund some
money because their claims of increased engine longevity were proven false.
I believe that they can no longer make those claims in any of their
marketing literature. I forget the exact details of this (read it in
Autoweek a while back), but I think it went something like that. Dupont
even did their own studies on Teflon in engines and concluded that it did
not benefit the engines. Since they would have quite a bit to gain if it
did, I tend to believe them.
Zak
>JR
>
>I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
>they also made motor oil products.
>
>Take Care
>Arch
Zac,
Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
J.R. Wright
>
> I think most of the racers that "prefer" Prolong are getting paid to do so.
> Prolong has invested HEAVILY into drag racing. Prolong now owns the IHRA
> drag racing organization and are heavy into sponsoring NHRA
> racers/races/etc. I assume they are taking similar approaches with other
> forms of motorsports. With the amount of money that is being handed out,
> I'd find it difficult to trust any of these "endorsements". I think the
> real key for racing would be to look into F1 or CART where
> lubrication/reduced friction is very critical. If these additives are as
> good as claimed, I would suspect every one of these cars would use them.
> It would be interesting to find out if they do.
>
> One note on Slick 50. I believe that they actually had to refund some
> money because their claims of increased engine longevity were proven false.
> I believe that they can no longer make those claims in any of their
> marketing literature. I forget the exact details of this (read it in
> Autoweek a while back), but I think it went something like that. Dupont
> even did their own studies on Teflon in engines and concluded that it did
> not benefit the engines. Since they would have quite a bit to gain if it
> did, I tend to believe them.
>
> Zak
>
> >JR
> >
> >I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
> >they also made motor oil products.
> >
> >Take Care
> >Arch
Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
J.R. Wright
>
> I think most of the racers that "prefer" Prolong are getting paid to do so.
> Prolong has invested HEAVILY into drag racing. Prolong now owns the IHRA
> drag racing organization and are heavy into sponsoring NHRA
> racers/races/etc. I assume they are taking similar approaches with other
> forms of motorsports. With the amount of money that is being handed out,
> I'd find it difficult to trust any of these "endorsements". I think the
> real key for racing would be to look into F1 or CART where
> lubrication/reduced friction is very critical. If these additives are as
> good as claimed, I would suspect every one of these cars would use them.
> It would be interesting to find out if they do.
>
> One note on Slick 50. I believe that they actually had to refund some
> money because their claims of increased engine longevity were proven false.
> I believe that they can no longer make those claims in any of their
> marketing literature. I forget the exact details of this (read it in
> Autoweek a while back), but I think it went something like that. Dupont
> even did their own studies on Teflon in engines and concluded that it did
> not benefit the engines. Since they would have quite a bit to gain if it
> did, I tend to believe them.
>
> Zak
>
> >JR
> >
> >I know that Prolong is preferred by the racing set but I did not know
> >they also made motor oil products.
> >
> >Take Care
> >Arch
J.R.,
My story is pretty straight. IHRA is owned by Prolong. At least as long
as they haven't sold it in the last year.
Take a look here http://www.goracing.com/ims/archives/nov6.html .
It is an article which in part states
"Dominick was fired by IHRA's owner/directors prior to the sale of the
sanctioning body to Prolong Lubricants of Anaheim CA."
"Prolong's Motor sports marketing chief, Gary Schuetz, will serve as
Administrative General Manager for the foreseeable future according to
Alderman."
If you have used Prolong and found it to work as advertised than that is
great news. The stuff does look very impressive in the ads, and some
reliable hands on experience helps to back it up. They also have some very
reputable people in the ads which also adds quite a bit support to their
claims. Maybe it is something we should consider looking into more.
Zak
PS - They must make quite a bit of money on each $20 bottle to be able to
afford to invest so heavily into motorsports.
>Zac,
>Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
>racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
>Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
>sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
>Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
>Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
>used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
>everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
>across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
>to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
>true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
>
>J.R. Wright
My story is pretty straight. IHRA is owned by Prolong. At least as long
as they haven't sold it in the last year.
Take a look here http://www.goracing.com/ims/archives/nov6.html .
It is an article which in part states
"Dominick was fired by IHRA's owner/directors prior to the sale of the
sanctioning body to Prolong Lubricants of Anaheim CA."
"Prolong's Motor sports marketing chief, Gary Schuetz, will serve as
Administrative General Manager for the foreseeable future according to
Alderman."
If you have used Prolong and found it to work as advertised than that is
great news. The stuff does look very impressive in the ads, and some
reliable hands on experience helps to back it up. They also have some very
reputable people in the ads which also adds quite a bit support to their
claims. Maybe it is something we should consider looking into more.
Zak
PS - They must make quite a bit of money on each $20 bottle to be able to
afford to invest so heavily into motorsports.
>Zac,
>Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
>racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
>Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
>sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
>Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
>Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
>used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
>everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
>across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
>to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
>true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
>
>J.R. Wright
Zac,
My apologies on the IHRA ownership. I have been out of active racing for
several years and had not heard that they had changed hands. As a NHRA
member and inactive racer( I do still attend some races each year) I
never did much IHRA racing.
My comments on ProLong still stand, politics aside.
J.R. Wright
>
> J.R.,
>
> My story is pretty straight. IHRA is owned by Prolong. At least as long
> as they haven't sold it in the last year.
>
> Take a look here http://www.goracing.com/ims/archives/nov6.html .
>
> It is an article which in part states
> "Dominick was fired by IHRA's owner/directors prior to the sale of the
> sanctioning body to Prolong Lubricants of Anaheim CA."
>
> "Prolong's Motor sports marketing chief, Gary Schuetz, will serve as
> Administrative General Manager for the foreseeable future according to
> Alderman."
>
> If you have used Prolong and found it to work as advertised than that is
> great news. The stuff does look very impressive in the ads, and some
> reliable hands on experience helps to back it up. They also have some very
> reputable people in the ads which also adds quite a bit support to their
> claims. Maybe it is something we should consider looking into more.
>
> Zak
>
> PS - They must make quite a bit of money on each $20 bottle to be able to
> afford to invest so heavily into motorsports.
>
> >Zac,
> >Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
> >racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
> >Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
> >sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
> >Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
> >Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
> >used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
> >everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
> >across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
> >to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
> >true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
> >
> >J.R. Wright
My apologies on the IHRA ownership. I have been out of active racing for
several years and had not heard that they had changed hands. As a NHRA
member and inactive racer( I do still attend some races each year) I
never did much IHRA racing.
My comments on ProLong still stand, politics aside.
J.R. Wright
>
> J.R.,
>
> My story is pretty straight. IHRA is owned by Prolong. At least as long
> as they haven't sold it in the last year.
>
> Take a look here http://www.goracing.com/ims/archives/nov6.html .
>
> It is an article which in part states
> "Dominick was fired by IHRA's owner/directors prior to the sale of the
> sanctioning body to Prolong Lubricants of Anaheim CA."
>
> "Prolong's Motor sports marketing chief, Gary Schuetz, will serve as
> Administrative General Manager for the foreseeable future according to
> Alderman."
>
> If you have used Prolong and found it to work as advertised than that is
> great news. The stuff does look very impressive in the ads, and some
> reliable hands on experience helps to back it up. They also have some very
> reputable people in the ads which also adds quite a bit support to their
> claims. Maybe it is something we should consider looking into more.
>
> Zak
>
> PS - They must make quite a bit of money on each $20 bottle to be able to
> afford to invest so heavily into motorsports.
>
> >Zac,
> >Need to get your story straight. Prolong does not own IHRA or any other
> >racing organization. They are a major sponsor for IHRA and a sponsor
> >Bernstein top fueler and Yates Prostocker in NHRA as well as being
> >sponsors for and used in NASCAR and NASCAR Busch series, Indy 500,
> >Super Dirt Series, Indy Ledgends, NASCAR Truck program and IRL Indy
> >Racing plus others. As a long time NHRA member and racer myself we have
> >used prolong in our racing program in the past and I believe that it is
> >everything that it is promoted to be. The number of racer using prolong
> >across the US is a large data base and yes we did have to buy the stuff
> >to use it. Everybody this that everythings is free to the racers, not
> >true, we may get it at a discount but not much free.
> >
> >J.R. Wright
