Fri, 31 Oct 2014, 21:51 PM Gumout Expands Involvement with Top Fuel Racer Leah Pritchett, Dote Racing for 2015

Courtesy of Tom Blattler, Sport Dimensions, Inc. Gumout Expands Marketing Partnership with NHRA, Continues Strong NHRA Sportsman Commitment

HOUSTON -- for 2015

Leah Pritchett

Gumout Performance Additives announced today the expansion of its partnership with young female racer Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel Dragster team for the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

For nearly 70 years, Gumout has been vehicle owners' trusted source for automotive performance products and they made a successful return to NHRA professional drag racing in 2014.

In addition to their Top Fuel relationship with Pritchett and Dote in 2015, Gumout will expand its marketing partnership with NHRA and again support the NHRA sportsman racers with its NHRA Gumout Contingency program.

"We are expanding our company's participation in the NHRA Top Fuel class with Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing organization in 2015," said Rusty Waples, Global Group Brand Manager at ITW Global Brands. "We look forward to a strong season of racing with the Dote team and are very happy to see our relationship with Leah grow. This past year, Leah and Dote were key in helping us connect with our Gumout retailers and customers as well as NHRA fans."

Pritchett, 26, is wrapping up her second season in the NHRA Top Fuel division and feels she and Dote Racing will be prepared to contend for a spot in the NHRA's version of the post season - The Countdown to the Championship.

"We keep growing here as a team and with Gumout returning and stepping up, I'm already seeing 2015 as a big year," said Pritchett, 2010 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Champion in Nitro Funny Car. "I'm looking at the top-10 and feeling like, with the improvements we are making and where we have come from last year to this year that putting the Gumout dragster in The Countdown is very real. It's definitely our #1 goal."

Since 1945, Gumout has been America's trusted performance additives brand - they have earned this trust by providing high quality products that consumers need to get the most out of every mile. Gumout products have been proven in the lab, on the street and on the track using cutting-edge technology that maximizes performance in any type of vehicle. For information on Gumout and their line of science-backed products, visit www.gumout.com or www.gumoutproveit.com.