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Hover over the icons below for specific Valvoline milestones 1866: Dr. John Ellis founds Continuous Oil Refining Company (Later to become Valvoline) 1868: Continuous Oil Refining Company renamed to Valvoline 1895: Valvoline lubricates winning car in America's first auto race. 1928: Pride of Detroit flies from NewFoundland to the UK protected by only 2 gallons of Valvoline 1930: Valvoline lubricates 7 of the first 10 at the 100-mile National at Langhorne 1931: Valvoline lubricates 7 of the first 10 at the Daytona 200-mile championship 1938: Valvoline starts producing Tectyl rust protective for US army vehicles 1944: Valvoline merger with Freemdom Oil 1950: Valvoline is acquired by Ashland Oil Inc 1951: Valvoline introduces All-Climate oil 1960: First venture into organized motorsports by sponsoring the National Hot Rod Association's National drag races 1963: Valvoline sponsors two cars in the Indy 500 1965: Valvoline introduces Valvoline Racing Motor Oil, the best-selling racing motor oil of all time 1966: Valvoline celebrates 100 years of business 1970: First place at Indy 500 by Al Unser Sr. 1972: AJ Foyt wins Daytona 500 stock car for Valvoline 1976: Three consecutive NASCAR championships 1978: Mario Andretti World Champion Formula 1 for Valvoline (9 pole positions, 6 wins) 1982: Darrel Waltrip claims NASCAR crown! 1992: Al Unser Jr now wins Indy 500 just like his father 1996: Durablend is introduced, first synthetic engine oil 2000: Colin McRae wins World Rally Spain event
MaxLife is introduced specialized for cars over 100.000km 2011: Valvoline sponsors VD Brink in Dakar 2011 edition, finishing 11th.
Valvoline sponsors WTCC Portugal & Valvoline introduces NextGen

 

 

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