Griffith Jr. Takes Over Lead in the Cometic Gasket Hardcharger Standings
Salem, IN (September 29, 2016) – 2015 Cometic Gasket Season Hardcharger Award winner Wes Griffith Jr. has now taken over the lead in the 2016 Cometic Gasket Hardcharger standings after ten ARCA/CRA Super Series point events so far this season. Griffith Jr. has now gained a total of 30 positions so far this season, including gaining 13 positions in the series Labor Day Weekend event at Winchester Speedway and eight positions in last Sunday’s event at Lucas Oil Raceway. The 45th Annual Winchester 400 on Sunday, October 9th will be the final series event of the 2016 season.
Griffith Jr. took the lead from Lakeland, Florida competitor Steve Dorer who has gained a total of 25 positions so far this season and had led the Hardcharger Award for most of the season. Current series point’s leader Cody Coughlin is now tied for third with 18 gained positions this season, including gaining 11 in last Sunday’s Lucas Oil Raceway event. 2015 series Champion Grant Quinlan is tied with Coughlin. Thomas Woodin is in fifth with 15 gained positions.
Cometic Gasket, the Official Gasket of the ARCA/CRA Super Series, will award a $600 bonus to the season leader in the Cometic Gasket Hardcharger Standings at the 2016 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet. A driver has to be in the top 15 in series points to be eligible for this award.
Cometic Gasket, Inc., is a leading worldwide supplier of gaskets and engine sealing solutions for the Automotive Performance, Powersports, Original Equipment and Remanufactured Engine Industries.
All Cometic products are made in the United States with materials manufactured on American soil.
Launched by four partners including current Founder and CEO Bob Gorman in 1989, Cometic was originally dedicated exclusively to the powersports industry. Operating from a tiny 1,500 square foot manufacturing facility, the company produced a mere 900 SKUs in its first year.
Fast-forward to Cometic’s 25th Anniversary in 2014. The company is now wholly owned by the Gorman family – and has grown into a global leader and innovator in the highly competitive engine supplier marketplace.
Housed in a 70,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing center in Concord, Ohio, Cometic Gasket has maintained its deep roots in the powersports industry while expanding to service the Domestic Automotive, Sport Compact, V-twin, Marine, Diesel, Agricultural, Industrial and Stationary Power markets.
Today, Cometic Gasket offers over 85,000 SKUs, shipping gaskets and engine sealing solutions across the globe.
Cometic is dedicated to customer satisfaction and provides quality products, delivered on time at a competitive price, designed for each customer’s specific application. Cometic is an industry leader in manufacturing processes and committed to pairing the highest possible quality materials with knowledgeable personnel. Cometic is also dedicated to continually improving all areas of its operations through employee development and involvement, as well as continual and comprehensive reviews of customer feedback.
To ensure superior performance across a wide variety of engine types and sizes, Cometic manufactures gaskets from a comprehensive range of materials. Whether the situation calls for the latest in advanced technology like the MLS (Multi-Layer Steel) Gasket, or a synthetic blend such as Aramid Fiber, Cometic finds a solution. Cometic stays on the forefront of gasket design technology by utilizing in-house dynamometers and engine assembly rooms to bring its distributors, retailers and ultimately the end-user, the most reliable gaskets available today.
Cometic combines advanced materials with the most current manufacturing processes to provide custom-tailored solutions to meet the needs of each individual customer. Engineers analyze the environment in which the gasket will perform, select the proper material, and apply the appropriate technology to offer the best-performing gaskets available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Cometic gaskets are the industry standard for championship-winning teams across multiple disciplines of both professional and amateur motorsports.
For more information about Cometic, visit www.cometic.com.
Additional information on the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS is available at www.cra-racing.com.
Photo By: Rich Corbett
