SAN ANTONIO, TX (March 10, 2016) - Tedesco Racing’s “Miss Mia” Tedesco and “Racin” Jason Lynch are pleased to announce the addition of VP Racing Fuels as a primary marketing partner for the 2016 NHRA Lucas Oil season. The partnership will be featured across the Tedesco team’s entries of super gas and super comp race vehicles, beginning at this weekend’s divisional event in Gainesville, FL.
“Jason and I are thrilled to welcome VP Racing Fuels to our team,” said Mia. “We are excited to begin our season using VP’s performance products in our race cars. As a team, we remain focused on winning. The addition of VP Racing Fuels, matched with our combination of great equipment and people should allow us the ability to strongly compete for another world championship.”
Tedesco Racing’s super gas and super comp race machines will campaign VP Racing Fuels’ popular Mad Scientist® marketing initiatives at both divisional and national level events.
“Mia and Jason are seasoned competitors within the NHRA sportsman ranks. Mia, who brings youth and versatility to the table, combined with Jason’s experience and with 2 IHRA championships, together, are already the right mix for a winning team,” said Chris Wall, VP’s Chief Marketing Officer. “It is one which we are pleased to have represent our Madditive® product line within the NHRA in 2016.”
For the next step up the ladder of drag racing, Miss Mia recently licensed in a Top Fuel car, placing her even closer to a life-long dream. Our congratulations go out to her and her team. Additionally, Mia and Jason start off with their first national event on March 17th at the Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.
About Tedesco Racing
Home of Miss Mia Tedesco, 2015 NHRA Lucas Oil Series Northeast Region Division Champion and Jason Lynch, 2-time IHRA Super Gas World Champion, and 2013 Division 2 Super Gas Champion. Mia Tedesco, 22, became the ‘15 Northeast Division Champion in just her first season of competition in the popular alcohol dragster category, is looking forward to competition and more wins in the sportsman category in 2016.
About VP Racing Fuels
VP Racing Fuels is best known as the World Leader in Race Fuel Technology™, fueling champions in virtually every form of motorsport on land, sea and air since 1975. VP is the Official Racing Fuel of Tudor United SportsCar Championship, AMA Supercross, NMRA, NMCA, World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and Late Models, Pirelli World Challenge, PDRA and Rally America, among more than 60 VP-sponsored series and sanctioning bodies. As part of a retail branding program, gas stations and convenience stores across the U.S. are being branded as VP Racing Fuels, with each providing distribution for VP’s other product lines, including ethanol-free VP Small Engine Fuels, formulated for 2- and 4-cycle outdoor power equipment; VP Madditive® performance chemicals; VP PowerWash™ and more. VP also markets VP PowerMaster® hobby fuels for R/C racing. More information is available online at VPRacingFuels.com, VP-SEF.com or PowermasterFuels.com.
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