Havoline is a motor oil brand of the Texaco Oil Company. Texaco is the name of an American oil company that was merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001. ...
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First introduced 1904, the Havoline brand was named by Havemeyer Oil Company of New York. In 1906 the Havoline Oil Company separated from the Havemeyer Oil Company. In May 1909, It was bought by the Indian Refining Company, and registered and an official product of the company but kept the logo. By 1910, the Indian Refining Company already had the Havoline oil manufactured. To boost sales & advertise the product they offered to fuel the first plane to fly coast to Coast. Over 300 auto makers wanted it. In 1915 due to over production they had too hault operations. In 1931 it once again changed hands when the Texas Oil company (now Texaco) bought the Indian Refining Company. In 1946 a break through in technology improved Havoline. In 1962 they chnged the logo, replacing the old Indian logo. That same year new products were introduced, Havoline 10W-30, and Havoline Singlegrade. In 1968 Improved Havoline & All Temperature Havoline were introduced. In 1972 they scored big when they sponsored Emerson Fittipaldi who became a world champion in Formula One. In 1978 they sponsored Janet Guthrie, a IRL and Nascar driver. In 1979 they end the decade with a new product called Supreme 10W-40. In 1984 a major breakthorugh came with the SAW 20W-50 to keep up with growing demand. In 1991 they launched the Formula 3, which became popular all over the world. In 2001 a new logo and packge design came out for the whole line of products. Texaco is the name of an American oil company that was merged into Chevron Corporation in 2001. ... Emerson Fittipaldi racing in the Indianapolis 500 in 1994. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Janet Guthrie (born March 7, 1938 in Iowa City, Iowa) is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. ... The initialism IRL may refer to: Indy Racing League - a form of modern oval auto racing In Real Life (Internet slang) Ireland (ISO 3166-1 code) Internet (Resource Locator) Industrial Research Limited, a New Zealand Crown Research Institute This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the... The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ...
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