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in the Pennzoil Penske PC -I l and subsequently the PC 10 and PC
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13-race PPG Indy Car World Series circuit . Blears won the Detroit ., R't sts .tl he
at MIS in the fastest time ever for an Indianapolis car race
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and he added one pole position and a track record to his long ill N fi Pni,
complishments . As his Pennzoil Penske teammate Pt'
. Al Linser. won the it rt for CAn
PPG Indy Car World Series driving championship . Mears collects q wAlsu to ,1r
Triple Crown title for having the best overall finishing record in thei rNd° a~turr
500-milers . Mears will race in 1985 for Pennzoil and the Penske tear, nsanut C sitr„
In other forms of racing in 1983 . Pennzoil lubricated the drag racin utu r
that won eight of the nine top pro titles in NHRA . AHRA and lHRA ,pre Fire dhi
sin funny car and Lee Shepherd in pro y, san`vt cell
B ocn in top fuel . Frank Hawle y Championship
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John Fitzpatrick and Derek Warwick won the Brands Hatch I000K Phis ze and
endurance classic : David Hobbs and Willy T . Ribbs finished onea „~ gru al pr
SCCA's highly competitive Trans-Am circuit : Jim Summers won his ig, It ttise unl
straight SCORE overall driving championship : Walker Evans was SC O
''off-roadsman of the year,' and Chip Hanauer piloted the Atlas Van Lin PP nthala>"
victory in the Gold Cup and the APBA unlimited hydroplane championsst PaAll of the
dustries, Inc ., the 100-year-old Pittsburgh-based maker of paints, glass, fla turbochargt
glass and chemicals, is the official sponsor of the PPG Indy Car World Seri metallic up'
the richest series in world auto racing history. Chevrol e
PPG is posting a total of $1,415,000 in prize money for the 1984 sent lion a fuel
$1,250,000 for CART prize money and PPG Cup point funds and an aat paint .
tional 3165,000 or 35,000 each, for the 33 qualifying cars in the lndianapad Chrysler
500. This represents the largest amount ever posted by an individual spoor charged 2 .3
for an auto racing series, or for the Indianapolis 500 . multi-colo r
Totally, including PPG prize money, TV money and purses for the 16'ns Dodge T
series, Indy Cars will be racing for a record 310 million-plus this season. . cept car w i
However. PPG's involvement in auto racing did not begin with its fid head . wea r
sponsorship of the CART series in 1980, but started in 1975. when the ti crystal coa'
parry, began supplying its tough urethane finishes for cars entered in the l~ Ford Ma
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