{"id":10426,"date":"2024-12-02T20:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/?p=10426"},"modified":"2024-12-02T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:34:03","slug":"team-sahlen-partnering-with-valco-from-big-wrench-racing-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamsahlen.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/02\/team-sahlen-partnering-with-valco-from-big-wrench-racing-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Sahlen partnering with Valco from Big Wrench Racing in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Team Sahlen will be\npartnering with Valco from Big Wrench Racing in 2025.  The partnership will kick off at Sebring\nInternational Raceway over New Year\u2019s Eve with the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar\nEndurance Series.  At this event, Big\nWrench Racing\u2019s Doug McCabe will be present, meeting with and educating the\nChampCar Teams on Valco\u2019s line of extensive products that can help them\nwithstand the rigors of the long, long endurance races. Additionally, Team\nSahlen will be working to produce several videos with Doug McCabe that will\nthen be shared on social media to educate racers on Valco\u2019s extensive line and\nmany benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doug McCabe of Big Wrench\nRacing shared his excitement \u2013 \u201cValco Products from Big Wrench Racing is\npleased to announce our partnership with Team Sahlen for the remainder of 2024\nand into 2025. We will be supplying our silicone, sealers, gel lube, Hylomar to\nhelp the team continue success in the Endurance Championship series.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Sahlen\u2019s Will\nNonnamaker reflected on the adventure ahead with Valco and Big Wrench Racing \u2013\n\u201cIn our 40+ years of racing, we have crossed paths with Doug McCabe many, many\ntimes before.  This goes as far back as\nour Motorola Cup days when we were both racing Acura Integras in the ST class.  Now we are excited to be partnering with Doug\nand Big Wrench Racing to fully educate our fellow Endurance Sports Car Racers\non the many, many benefits of Valco\u2019s product line.  And as a special bonus, Valco, out of Cincinnati,\nis an Ohio Based company just like our Team Sahlen.  This is just fantastic to have fellow\nBuckeyes partnering with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valco from Big Wrench\nRacing and Team Sahlen will also be working together throughout 2025 with at\ntrack partnership including offering Valco catalogs to racers at the track to\nhelp them get their latest products for the next race.  This will include adventures at such famous\ntracks as Daytona International Speedway, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Sebring\nInternational Raceway, Watkins Glen International and Pittsburgh International\nRace Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Valco\nCincinnati Consumer Products:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valco Cincinnati Consumer\nProducts manufactures a growing line of adhesives, sealants, heavy duty\ncleaners, waxes, polishes, hand tools, and more. The Valco Consumer Products\ndivision was launched in the early 1990\u2019s after the invention of the Tube-Grip.\nTheir products were initially offered to the automotive aftermarket and\nhigh-performance racing industry over 30 years ago. Since then, Valco products\nand line of business has expanded into many different industries. All products\nspecific to Valco, are manufactured in their Cincinnati, Ohio facility, proudly\nmaintaining a 100% American made status. Valco Consumer Products is the only\nmass, direct distributor for Hylomar products, which are manufactured in the\nUnited Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their engine assembly and\ndetailing products are specifically popular with NASCAR\u2019s Hendrick Motorsports,\nStewart Haas Motorsports, and Tony Schumacher Motorsports. See our \u201cWhere to\nBuy\u201d page for information on their customers.  \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Big\nWrench Racing:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Wrench Racing, based\nout of Florida, is a full service on line store for the maintenance of your\nstreet and race cars.  Product lines\ncarried includes Valco Anti Seize, Epoxi-Putty, Hylomar, Gellube Aerosol Spray,\nWhite Lithium Grease, All-In-One RTV Silicone, HV-350 Non Slump, Tube-Grip\nDispensing Pliers, Valco Solvent, Threadlocker, Torco Assembly Lube and Torco\nMagnetic Friction Reducer Oil Additive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Valco Products made by racers for racers can be seen at bigwrenchracing.com <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Team\nSahlen<\/strong>:  Championship\nWinning Endurance Sports Car Racing Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Sahlen has a rich\nhistory in Sports Car Endurance Competition.  In the team\u2019s inaugural\nyear, the team won the 1984 SCCA Endurance SSC class racing a Volkswagen\nGolf.  This was followed by winning the same Championship in 1987. \nIn 1997 and 1999 the team secured the IMSA Endurance Touring class\nChampionships racing the Mazda MX6.  The team then switched to Acura\nIntegras and won the 2001 & 2002 Grand American Endurance ST Class Titles\nagain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next the team moved up to\nthe IMSA Endurance Championship and secured the 2003 & 2004 GS class Titles\nracing Porsche 911s.  The team then transitioned to the Grand American\nROLEX series competition, racing a variety of cars that included Porsche GT3\nCup, Pontiac GTO, Chevrolet Corvette, and Mazda RX7. During this period the\nteam captured the 2005 and 2011 Bob Akin Sportsman Awards in the GT class. In\n2013 the team competed in the top level of Sports Car Racing \u2013 the Prototype\nclass in the ROLEX Series.  This 1st<\/sup> year in Prototypes\nsaw the team secure 2 Pole Positions, many laps led and securing the Jim\nTrueman Sportsman Award. In 2014, Team Sahlen returned to the IMSA Endurance\nChampionship, securing Porsche the Manufacturer Championship, and narrowly missing\nout on the ST Driver & Team Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During 2016 through 2018,\nTeam Sahlen competed in 3 Endurance Series (American Endurance Racing, World\nRacing League, and ChampCar World Series) and achieved the unique distinction\nof winning OVERALL in each of the 3 Endurance Series, three years straight. \nIn 2022, the team became the all-time winningest team in the Summit Racing \u2013\nAmerican Endurance Racing series. And in 2024, the team was also able to become\nthe all-time winningest team in the Tire Rack \u2013 ChampCar Endurance series.  Additionally, the team secured a win in the\nLucky Dog Racing League.  This victory\nplaced Team Sahlen as the only team to have secured an overall victory in the 4\nmajor Sportsman Endurance Sports Car Series: World Racing League, American\nEndurance Racing, ChampCar Endurance Racing and the Lucky Dog Racine League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out the latest Team Sahlen news at:\u00a0 teamsahlen.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Sahlen\nAll Time Statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 Driver Championships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 Manufacturer\nChampionships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 Team Championships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

133 Victories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

341 Podiums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

106 Fastest Race Laps<\/p>\n\n\n\n

55 Pole Positions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024 Team\nSahlen Campaign Partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

honeybeeBase.com,\nMalco Products, Porsche Beachwood, Discovery Parts, Valco Cincinnati, Big\nWrench Racing, ECS Tuning, Tarett Engineering, Guard Transmission,\nHubstandsPRO, Maxima Racing Oil, Pagid Brakes, NGK Spark Plugs, CM Racing\nProducts, Grassroots Motorsports Magazine, Design Engineering Inc., OMP Racing,\nBell Racing, Forgeline Wheels, Optima Batteries, All-Fit Automotive & Capri\nTools.
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