Dodge Speculation

I would like to know if anyone else noticed this and if it means anything at all? While watching the NASCAR race this past Saturday night an STP commercial aired. Not sure which STP product the commercial was featuring but, there was a black Dodge Challenger in it. What caught my eye was the chrome badging on the grille of the Challenger, Dodge by Petty. The King was also breifly featured in the commercial but I assume it had something to do with his long standing association with STP. Could RPM be the next Dodge team?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on May 14, 2012 at 1:01pm

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Permalink Reply by Michael Martinez on May 14, 2012 at 1:02pm

I meant to say Desoto

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Permalink Reply by mj on May 14, 2012 at 1:32pm

That's been around a while now its an old commercial

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on May 14, 2012 at 1:50pm

Studebaker would be more appropriate.

STP started in 1953 as "Scientifically Treated Petroleum". It was accquired by Studebaker-Packard corporation in 1961 and marketed as "Studebaker Tested Products". Studebaker hired Andy Granatelli to run STP, and he made history as the product outlasted Studebaker vehicles. "The Racers Edge" I had literally hundreds of STP stickers plastered all over my bedroom in the late 60's.

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Permalink Reply by mj on May 14, 2012 at 1:55pm

Geeez Alan and I thought I was old lol I don't even know what the 60s were lol

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on May 14, 2012 at 3:17pm

They were Groovy, that's what they were.

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Permalink Reply by mj on May 14, 2012 at 3:48pm

Peace man !
Peace Love and Souuuuuuuulllllll
Lol

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Permalink Reply by alan4s on May 14, 2012 at 3:48pm

It was this car:

The STP-Paxton Turbocar, driven by Parnelli Jones in the 1967 Indy 500 that lit my fire (and a bunch of other budding young motorheads) for STP. I really wanted one of the STP shirts that matched those groovy overalls you see the crew wearing in that picture.

Parnelli led most of the race, but was sidlined with 4 laps to go due to a bearing failure in the transmission.

Andy Granatelli was a marketing (and racing) genius. I allways hated that USAC changed the rules in 68 to effectively ban turbine cars. Racing as we know it today would probably be radically different if innovation hadn't been squashed.