Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation
Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation is a company that produces a full range of synthetic lubricants.[1]
History
Red Line was founded in 1979 by Tim Kerrigan and Peter Filice in Benicia, California.
In 1986, Roy Howell, a Cornell graduate and chemist working for Lubrizol, was appointed as Chief Chemist at Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation and is currently Vice President of the company.
Products
Red Line started as a company producing oils for the racing industry, later expanding their business to the more mainstream high performance, enthusiast, and passenger car markets.
They have a full line up of high quality multigrade and monograde polyol ester base stock (Group V) engine and gear lubricants.[2][3][4]
The full product list includes over 100 items, including:
- Passenger car motor oils
- Racing motor oils
- Four-stroke motorcycle oils
- Gear oils
- Grease
- Assembly lubricants
- Hydraulic fluids
- Automatic transmission fluids
- CVT fluids
- Manual transmission fluids
- Engine break-in additive
- Two-stroke oils
- Two-stroke watercraft injection oil
- Two-stoke snowmobile oil
- Compressor oil
- Karting clutch oil
- Suspension fluid
- Power steering fluids
- Water surfactant
- Water remover
- Fuel system cleaner
- Diesel fuel additives
Racing
Starting in 2009, they are the official oil for the Formula Mazda Challenge series [5] Other partnerships and contingency programs include Drag racing [6], Road Racing [7], Time Attack [8], Pro Stock Bike racing [9], and Motorcycle racing [10].
Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation sponsored touring car racer Eddie Garrison in the Grand Bayou Race Series in 2007. Red Line also sponsored Doug Kalitta's NHRA Top Fuel Dragster beginning in 2009 [11] and Stillen's Rally-Spec Nissan GT-R.[12]
References
- ↑ Red Line Synthetic Oil, Official website, Retrieved August 21, 2008.
- ↑ [1], Esters in Synthetic Lubricants, BITOG Paper by T.G. Schaefer
- ↑ [2], Red Line Motor Oil Technical Information
- ↑ [3], Red Line Race Oil Technical Information
- ↑ [4], Formula Mazda Challenge
- ↑ [5], Drag Racing partnerships
- ↑ [6], Road Racing partnerships
- ↑ [7], Time Attack partnership
- ↑ [8], Pro Stock Bike Partnership
- ↑ [9], Motorcycle Racing partnerships
- ↑ http://www.redlineoil.com/news_article.aspx?id=6
- ↑ http://www.redlineoil.com/news_article.aspx?id=9
External links
- Red Line Synthetic Oil Corporation - Official Website.
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