Wow! what a race, one of the best I've seen in a long time, and I could not be more pleased with the results.
I'm on a borrowed computer so will post more when I return home after February 3d, but here is a quick oil report.
Prototype cars:
The first and third place Brumo Porsches use a special synthetic formulation of Kendall GT-1 made for them by Conoco.
The second place Lexus/Riley uses a special Texaco syntheic made by Chevron.
All of the other Prototype cars, Ford, Pontiac, Porsche, and Lexus powered used Mobil 1. And not just some special oil, but the exact same product that Valvoline says is no good. That's right, regular Mobil 1 5W-30. I walked through every pit garage and asked every one of them and a few showed me the cases of oil and I saw one of them pouring it in. They also all use Mobil Delvac 1 75W-90 gear oil.
All of the GT cars except for 4 or 5 also used Mobil 1 5W-30, 10W-30, or 0W-40. The cars that did not use Mobil 1 either used Castrol Syntec or Motul.
In the Koni Challenge Class that raced on Friday, most use Mobil 1 with a few using either Motul or Red Line.
The only car that I saw using any Valvoline product was the Mustang of Jack Rousch Jr.
So, conclusion for me is, Mobil 1 may not work in your grocery getter but it sure darn works in those high dollar race cars.
I will post more when I return home and after my son sends me the disc with the over 400 pictures we took, I will try to post some of them.
If you have never been to this race I highly recommend you go. It's not just a race, it's a happening.
Johnny
I'm on a borrowed computer so will post more when I return home after February 3d, but here is a quick oil report.
Prototype cars:
The first and third place Brumo Porsches use a special synthetic formulation of Kendall GT-1 made for them by Conoco.
The second place Lexus/Riley uses a special Texaco syntheic made by Chevron.
All of the other Prototype cars, Ford, Pontiac, Porsche, and Lexus powered used Mobil 1. And not just some special oil, but the exact same product that Valvoline says is no good. That's right, regular Mobil 1 5W-30. I walked through every pit garage and asked every one of them and a few showed me the cases of oil and I saw one of them pouring it in. They also all use Mobil Delvac 1 75W-90 gear oil.
All of the GT cars except for 4 or 5 also used Mobil 1 5W-30, 10W-30, or 0W-40. The cars that did not use Mobil 1 either used Castrol Syntec or Motul.
In the Koni Challenge Class that raced on Friday, most use Mobil 1 with a few using either Motul or Red Line.
The only car that I saw using any Valvoline product was the Mustang of Jack Rousch Jr.
So, conclusion for me is, Mobil 1 may not work in your grocery getter but it sure darn works in those high dollar race cars.
I will post more when I return home and after my son sends me the disc with the over 400 pictures we took, I will try to post some of them.
If you have never been to this race I highly recommend you go. It's not just a race, it's a happening.
Johnny
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