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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

A New Consumer and the Dawn of the High-Tech Era

1982: Darrel Waltrip claims NASCAR crown!

Racer Darrel Waltrip claims the NASCAR crown using Valvoline!

1992: Al Unser Jr now wins Indy 500 just like his father

Al Unser Jr now wins Indy 500 in the closest finish in the history of Indy 500 racing at 0.1 of a second difference. See the video and see the thriller action.

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1996: Durablend is introduced, first synthetic engine oil

Durablend is introduced, first synthetic engine oil