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Petron Plus World Records and Championships PETRON PLUS WORLD RECORDS & CHAMPIONSHIPS TYPE OF EVENT OR WHERE NAME PETRON PLUS WAS USED RECORD ____ EDDIE BELLO World Fastest Porsche in the 236.6 Miles Per Hr. Standing Mile GEOFF BODINE NASCAR Team Owner/Driver Won Three NASCAR Races & the Winston Select in 1 year BROCK’S PERFORMANCE 2010 BMW S 1000 RR Motorcycle 8.49 Seconds/153 MPH 1/4 Mile CAPTAIN CANUCK JOE ROTH - Ford Escort World’s Only Wheel Standing Front Wheel Drive Vehicle. 1972 855 cu CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE The World’s Only 855 cu Cummins That Runs Without Oil Diesel Engine CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL CUSTOMER PETRON PLUSTM GLOBAL, INC. P.O. BOX 1906 HUTCHINSON, KS 67504 USA, 620/663-1800 Phone, 620/663-8560 Fax, www.petronplus7.com www.petronplusglobal.com TYPE OF EVENT OR WHERE NAME PETRON PLUS WAS USED RECORD __ __ FBI They Cleaned, Then Lubricated a It Fired 300 Rounds more H&K MP5 Machine Gun with per Minute, than it had ever Petron Plus Industrial Super Lube fired. FISHER BUGGIES World’s Fastest VW in 1/8 Mile 4.69 Seconds/152 MPH 1/8 Mile World’s Fastest VW in 1/4 Mile 7.44 Seconds/179 MPH 1/4 Mile TIM FRY American Outboard Federation Numerous Championship WARREN JOHNSON Dyno Tested an Engine, Then Added 1290 HP To Petron Plus Formula 7 Synthetic 1340-1345 HP Engine Conditioner to the Oil 4% INCREASE IN HP PETRON PLUS 20 Engines Running Without Oil At Atlanta Motor Speedway at one Location TONY RODRIGUEZ AMRA & AHDRA Hold Two National ET Records. (American Motorcycle Racing Assoc., & All Harley Drag Racing Assoc.) DICK RUTAN Long Easy Experimental Aircraft Numerous World Speed and Distance Records ELI SCHROCK 12 Years Old. Old Dominion Kart Racing Point Champion, Rookie of the Year, Driver of the Year, 6 Wins. TYPE OF EVENT OR WHERE NAME PETRON PLUS WAS USED RECORD __ __ STAN SHAW World’s Fastest Street Legal Street Car 57 Chevy, with two 4 Barrel Carburetors, Non Nitrous Oxide 7.67 Seconds/180 MPH 1/4 Mile SPELLBOUND National Championship; Bowling Green, OH U.S.H.R.A. World Championship U.S.H.R.A. Summer Nationals; Owensboro, KY ASTRO DOME, Houston, TX U.S.H.R.A. World Championship, Houston, TX National Farm Machinery Show, Louisville, KY Super Pull of the South, Chapel Hill, TN JR & MIKE WADE World’s Fastest Pick-Up in 1/4 Mile 5.76 Seconds/241 MPH 1/4 Mile NICK VANNUGTERRAN Rotary Reliability & Racing World’s Fastest Mazda RX-7 at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1 Mile. 190.987 MPH The Following Year He Did. 197.21 MPH MARK E. DOTSON The fastest nitrous bike in the standing mile in the world. Has their sights on a new goal 229 MPH of being the first nitrous bike to hit 230 mph in the mile. KEVIN LAMBERT The worlds only 6.9 Ford Diesel Engine that runs without oil. It made its inaugural debut at the 2015 MID-AMERICA TRUCKING That Runs Without Oil SHOW IN Louisville, KY. Today it is the newest member in a growing family of Petron Plus Engine that runs without oil, and the only 6.9 Diesel engine that runs without oil in the world. TYPE OF EVENT OR WHERE NAME PETRON PLUS WAS USED RECORD __ __ BRYAN DAX World’s Longest Semi-Truck 93 Feet Long and weights 74,000 pounds empty. LEE STOLTZ “One and Only” hand built motorcycle Powered by a 2.3 Cummins Diesel with a Cummins Diesel Engine. four cycle w/Turbo that produces 85 horse power that has 200 foot pounds of torque, mated to a two- speed forward and one speed reverse automatic transmission. This 50 mpg cycle is very “unique”. Constructed of Diamond plate steel, chrome and black components, complete with “Old-Style” Peter built truck head light. Petron Plus Diesel Engine Conditioner is used in the Cummins Engine. .
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