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Briggs and Stratton four-stroke motor. In her first
year, she came in third in points. Marne Benner,

Keely's mom, is crew and
financial backer, and little
brother David, 6, is junior
crew and future driver. David
may be young, but he's
active as junior crew member
helping to refuel the car after
a run, load the trailer, change
the oil and anything else he's
asked to do. "He is waiting
very patiently for his eighth
birthday," said Benner.

Keely's grandparents are

constant support in the
stands.

"My parents never miss a

race," Mark Benner said.

Benner and his wife raced full-size dragsters for

many years, he said, but chose to go to the junior drag-
sters so the whole family could participate in a sport
they love. While he sometimes misses driving, he gets
more satisfaction watching his daughter.

The dragster has run on AMSOIL since it was new,

Benner said.

And he kept AMSOIL in the engine for all of the

first season he owned it. "This motor had two and a
half years of racing on it," he said.

He dismantled the engine for maintenance between

racing seasons.

"When the engine came apart this past winter,

the inside was just spotless with no sign of excessive
wear," Benner said. "Needless to say, there was no
way I was going to change to a different brand of oil
after seeing the inside of the motor. AMSOIL is the
only oil for us."

He puts 12 ounces in the motor and changes it after

about nine runs. "This used oil doesn't get recycled
yet," Benner said. "I put this used oil in my lawn
mowers. The lawn mowers are running great on this
used AMSOIL. When I change the oil in the lawn
mowers, then the oil gets disposed of properly."

The dragsters get a lot of attention on the tracks.
"A lot of people talk to me when they are looking

at the car and the oil always comes up in the conver-
sation because of how high we rev these little motors.
AMSOIL gets a plug every time I talk about the car."

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Junior dragster racing involves the whole family as it

puts kids 8 to 17 years old in the driver's seat in a half-
scale dragster. The cars run on
five-horsepower, four-stroke
engines at speeds up to 85
mph. The modified engines
run on methanol or alcohol
on a

-mile track.

"Methanol does increase

speed as it is a much more
volatile fuel than gas," said
Mark Benner, crew chief for
Spoiled Brat Racing Team in
Fisherville, Ontario, Canada.
"The engine will run cooler
as long as lots of methanol is
being pumped into the
motor. This means if you give
the motor less fuel (rejetting)
it will run hot. Methanol has no lubricating qualities,
so a good oil is needed to maintain engine integrity."
Benner insists on AMSOIL Series 2000 Synthetic
0W-30 Motor Oil.

Benner teaches his daughter, nine-year-old Keely,

the ins and outs of drag racing and, as crew chief,
keeps her engine running at peak performance.

Spoiled Brat Racing is one example of the family

involvement in junior dragster racing. Keely is the
team's driver in the International Hot Rod Association
circuit in Ontario. This is her second year driving the
black dragster with the gold flames, powered by a

ON THE DRAGSTER CIRCUIT This black dragster with the gold
flames proudly exhibits AMSOIL stickers because it is powered
down the

-mile strip with AMSOIL Series 2000 Synthetic OW-30

Motor Oil.

JUNIOR DRAGSTERS Keely Benner stands by her junior
dragster ready for a race in the International Hod Rod
Association competitions in Canada. The nine-year-old driver
is in third place this year, her second year driving the small
dragster.

`Spoiled Brat Racing'

Counts on AMSOIL

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