{"id":25923,"date":"2014-02-06T11:24:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T18:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=25923"},"modified":"2014-03-25T20:45:01","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T03:45:01","slug":"gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/","title":{"rendered":"Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F02%2FLeah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-6144ps.jpg&amp;description=Gumout+Partners+with+Top+Fuel+Driver+Leah+Pritchett\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[25923]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" data-text=\"Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\" data-desc=\"Gumout & Dote Racing Team for\u00a02014 NHRA Top Fuel \u00a0 Former Pro Mod Star Secures Major Sponsor in Tough Top Fuel Ranks \u00a0 Gumout Performance Additives \u00a0announced sponsorship with young drag racing star Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel dragster team for the 2014 NHRA Mello\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-6144ps.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Gumout &amp; Dote Racing Team for\u00a02014 NHRA Top Fuel<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-6144ps.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25923]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25928\" title=\"Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\" alt=\"Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-6144pssmall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-6144ps.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"863\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Pro Mod Star Secures Major Sponsor in Tough Top Fuel Ranks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gumout Performance Additives \u00a0announced sponsorship with young drag racing star Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel dragster team for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gumout, a trusted brand that has offered drivers numerous automotive performance products for nearly 70 years, returns to the NHRA professional drag racing ranks with the partnership with the Ohio-based Top Fuel squad and the talented California native, Pritchett behind the wheel of the Gumout\/Dote Racing 8,000-horsepower, nitro-burning dragster.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gumout became a drag racing staple in the 1970s and 1980s with the legendary \u201cGrumpy\u2019s Toy\u201d Pro Stock car campaigned by Hall of Famer Bill \u201cGrumpy\u201d Jenkins.\u00a0 Gumout expanded its motorsports activities following the Jenkins association with a variety of competitions included circle track racing, road racing, boat racing and off-road racing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely excited to return to NHRA professional drag racing in a big way with Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel organization,\u201d said Rusty Waples, Global Group Brand Manager at ITW Global Brands.\u00a0 \u201cLeah is one of the bright young stars of drag racing and a great spokesperson for Gumout. Leah and the Dote Racing team will assist us in communicating with our retailers and customers throughout the country. We can\u2019t wait to see Leah in the Gumout Top Fuel dragster at the season-opening NHRA Winternationals at Pomona (Feb. 6-9).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pritchett, 25, grew up near the famed Pomona Raceway in Redlands, Calif., and actually competed in her first drag racing event at Pomona at age eight in the NHRA Junior Dragster program.\u00a0 The Cal State University, San Bernardino communications graduate worked her way through the drag racing ranks including driving in the Pro Mod division and Nostalgia Funny Cars before entering the Top Fuel division in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so thrilled to have Gumout as a partner for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Series,\u201d said Pritchett, who now lives in Avon, Ind. \u201cI have been drag racing for most of my life as I began at age 8. I have worked on the race cars in smaller divisions but now I am driving for Dote Racing in the national tour. It is so exciting to have Gumout as our team\u2019s major sponsor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pritchett, who recently married Torrence Racing Top Fuel car chief Gary Pritchett, was an NHRA Division 7 champion at age nine, NHRA Wicked West Coast champion at age 16 and was the first woman driver to break the five-second barrier in a Nostalgia Funny Car. She also won the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series championship and scored multiple victories in the Pro Mod class including wins at Charlotte and Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pritchett, whose maiden name was Pruett, gained her NHRA Funny Car license in 2008 and began piloting Top Fuel dragsters in 2013. She qualified in her first NHRA national event in Top Fuel last year at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-SM-2213s.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[25923]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-25932\" title=\"Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\" alt=\"Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-SM-2213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Leah_Pritchett_JeffSpeerPhoto-SM-2213s.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dote Family, a three generation racing team, began in drag racing in the 1980s and is currently operated by Mike Dote, and his wife, Connie. The Dote Racing racing team joined the Top Fuel ranks in 2009 and is focused on creating a top caliber effort in 2014 with the new Gumout involvement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Dote Racing team, led by crew chief Doug Kuch, is based in Monroe, Ohio and hired Pritchett for the 2013 NHRA season opener in Pomona. In just her second Top Fuel race, Pritchett upset reigning NHRA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fgumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Gumout+Partners+with+Top+Fuel+Driver+Leah+Pritchett\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/gumout-partners-with-top-fuel-driver-leah-pritchett\/\" data-text=\"Gumout Partners with Top Fuel Driver Leah Pritchett\" data-desc=\"Gumout & Dote Racing Team for\u00a02014 NHRA Top Fuel \u00a0 Former Pro Mod Star Secures Major Sponsor in Tough Top Fuel Ranks \u00a0 Gumout Performance Additives \u00a0announced sponsorship with young drag racing star Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel dragster team for the 2014 NHRA Mello\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Gumout &amp; Dote Racing Team for\u00a02014 NHRA Top Fuel &nbsp; Former Pro Mod Star Secures Major Sponsor in Tough Top Fuel Ranks &nbsp; Gumout Performance Additives \u00a0announced sponsorship with young drag racing star Leah Pritchett and the Dote Racing Top Fuel dragster team for the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series. &nbsp; Gumout, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1945,19],"tags":[1946,2237,2236,376,444],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25923"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26502,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25923\/revisions\/26502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}