MYERS SIGNS SAFETY-KLEEN
Tue, 2009-03-03 08:00
Veteran racer Thomas Myers has announced that he has secured a
multi-year agreement with Safety-Kleen, Inc. to be the primary sponsor
on his 1963 Pro Nitrous Corvette in the National Guard ADRL.
For the long-time Ft. Worth-Dallas area automotive shop owner, getting sponsorship from what is essentially a local sponsor (Safety-Kleen is located in nearby Plano) is an ideal situation.
“Thomas has been a long time customer of Safety-Kleen at his automotive shop,” said Drew Patey, Director of Motorsports for Safety-Kleen. “Having the opportunity to put our Safety-Kleen colors on the side of his race car will encourage everyone to dispose of their used motor oil properly and bring a greater awareness to the environmental initiative we’ve started with the National Guard ADRL.” Veteran racer Thomas Myers has announced that he has secured a multi-year agreement with Safety-Kleen, Inc. to be the primary sponsor on his 1963 Pro Nitrous Corvette in the National Guard ADRL.
For the long-time Ft. Worth-Dallas area automotive shop owner, getting sponsorship from what is essentially a local sponsor (Safety-Kleen is located in nearby Plano) is an ideal situation.
“Thomas has been a long time customer of Safety-Kleen at his automotive shop,” said Drew Patey, Director of Motorsports for Safety-Kleen. “Having the opportunity to put our Safety-Kleen colors on the side of his race car will encourage everyone to dispose of their used motor oil properly and bring a greater awareness to the environmental initiative we’ve started with the National Guard ADRL.”
The 45-year-old Myers started as a bracket racer at age 16 and after a brief stint in dragsters, moved back to racing full-bodied cars in 2001.
After a somewhat disappointing 2008 season, Myers looks forward to making the big jump into the top half of the field on a regular basis.
“Last year it took a bit longer than we anticipated to fine tune our chassis to our new Reher-Morrison engine,” said Myers.
Myers points to Monte Smith from NOS, who works as a technical advisor on the car’s nitrous system and chassis tuner Kim Smith with Smith Racecraft for helping him get a handle on his combination.
A 3.94 ET at the World Finals in his Jerry Haas-built ‘63 split window Corvette last October was a sign that things were finally pointed in the right direction for this team.
“We’re capable of running sub 4-second passes every time we pull up to the line,” said Myers. “I’m putting last year behind me.”
Along with wife Rebecca, who serves as the team’s crew chief, Myers will have key team members Clutch and Jet (the couple’s dogs) in attendance as they take on the Pro Nitrous field at this weekend’s Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V.
“I can’t think of anything better than to start off the season with a win at Houston and being able to take home a Minuteman that bears the name of my car’s sponsor,” said Myers.
For the long-time Ft. Worth-Dallas area automotive shop owner, getting sponsorship from what is essentially a local sponsor (Safety-Kleen is located in nearby Plano) is an ideal situation.
“Thomas has been a long time customer of Safety-Kleen at his automotive shop,” said Drew Patey, Director of Motorsports for Safety-Kleen. “Having the opportunity to put our Safety-Kleen colors on the side of his race car will encourage everyone to dispose of their used motor oil properly and bring a greater awareness to the environmental initiative we’ve started with the National Guard ADRL.” Veteran racer Thomas Myers has announced that he has secured a multi-year agreement with Safety-Kleen, Inc. to be the primary sponsor on his 1963 Pro Nitrous Corvette in the National Guard ADRL.
For the long-time Ft. Worth-Dallas area automotive shop owner, getting sponsorship from what is essentially a local sponsor (Safety-Kleen is located in nearby Plano) is an ideal situation.
“Thomas has been a long time customer of Safety-Kleen at his automotive shop,” said Drew Patey, Director of Motorsports for Safety-Kleen. “Having the opportunity to put our Safety-Kleen colors on the side of his race car will encourage everyone to dispose of their used motor oil properly and bring a greater awareness to the environmental initiative we’ve started with the National Guard ADRL.”
The 45-year-old Myers started as a bracket racer at age 16 and after a brief stint in dragsters, moved back to racing full-bodied cars in 2001.
After a somewhat disappointing 2008 season, Myers looks forward to making the big jump into the top half of the field on a regular basis.
“Last year it took a bit longer than we anticipated to fine tune our chassis to our new Reher-Morrison engine,” said Myers.
Myers points to Monte Smith from NOS, who works as a technical advisor on the car’s nitrous system and chassis tuner Kim Smith with Smith Racecraft for helping him get a handle on his combination.
A 3.94 ET at the World Finals in his Jerry Haas-built ‘63 split window Corvette last October was a sign that things were finally pointed in the right direction for this team.
“We’re capable of running sub 4-second passes every time we pull up to the line,” said Myers. “I’m putting last year behind me.”
Along with wife Rebecca, who serves as the team’s crew chief, Myers will have key team members Clutch and Jet (the couple’s dogs) in attendance as they take on the Pro Nitrous field at this weekend’s Safety-Kleen Dragpalooza V.
“I can’t think of anything better than to start off the season with a win at Houston and being able to take home a Minuteman that bears the name of my car’s sponsor,” said Myers.
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