VAN DER WAL FINISHES 4th IN
VALVOLINE CUP POINTS
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 20, 2002) - The Valvoline Company has
announced the
winners of the 2002 Valvoline Cup national points
championship presented
by Campbell Hausfeld . Over 700 of the more than 84,000
competing drivers
will be receiving awards for their season long
accomplishments, with the
awards going as far as thirtieth place in each class. Curtis
Van Der Wal
from, Ankeny, IA, finished 4th nationally in the Asphalt
Stock class.
The 2002 Valvoline Cup, 2002 marked the inaugural season of
a national
championship that embraces all forms of motorsports
competition among its
31 classes. In order to compete, drivers simply registered
at their local
track for the program and then submitted their racing
results after each
racing event they competed in throughout the season. At the
end of the
racing season, each driver has been awarded points based on
the best 15
event finishes. Van Der Wal earned Valvoline Cup points in
Hawkeye Downs
Speedway competition.
There are no Valvoline Cup program rules with respect to the
cars, tracks
and racing. Instead, the rules of the tracks and sanctioning
organizations
under which each driver competes govern that driver and the
car. The
Valvoline Cup measures the success of a driver within his or
her racing
program relative to the success of other drivers in similar
cars within
their program. The program has been presented without cost
to drivers or
tracks.
Van Der Wal will share in a prize pool of over $500,000,
which includes a
combination of cash, Campbell Hausfeld equipment, Valvoline
Racing
products support package, product rebates, Campbell Hausfeld
and Valvoline
branded merchandise, Valvoline apparel and trophies.
The Valvoline Cup is only the latest example of Valvoline's
support of
grassroots racers. Valvoline is a contingency sponsor in
NHRA drag racing
and for the past six years has been the No. 1 choice of
motor oil by NHRA
sportsmen-class racers at NHRA pro events. For the past 17
years,
Valvoline has sponsored the national championships for the
Sports Car Club
of America, The SCCA Valvoline Runoffs®.
Drivers and others interested in the 2003 Valvoline Cup
program can learn
more about the program on the Valvoline Cup web site at
www.valvolinecup.com.