Barton Spencer Brown wrote:
>
> I'm researching a proposed series on oil companies' involvement in
> motorsports, and the first such entity about which I am gathering
> information is Gulf. While the original Gulf Oil was acquired and
> subsumed by Chevron, and Chevron still has most of the archival photos
> and marketing materials, there is no (as far as Chevron's Public
> Relations department can ascertain) internal "history" of Gulf left.
>
> If anyone has photos, marketing materials, anecdotes -- particularly
> regarding the "Grady Davis" years of Gulf -- I would be most anxious to
> review them. Of course, anything used in the final product of this
> research will be fully attributed.
>
> In addition, if anyone can shed some light on the recent usage of the
> Gulf livery in endurance and sportscar racing (the Joest Porsche as
> driven by Derek Bell, and the McLarenF1 GTR in Gulf colors), I'd be most
> appreciative.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bart Brown
Suggest you read June 1996 issue of "Vette" magazine for a rundown of
Grady Davis/Gulf Oil sponsored Corvettes, and when your'e ready I can
give you a reference for Sunray/DX Corvette run by Don Yenko....
Charlie Doerge- owner and (ab)user of Yenko Stinger #076
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