{"id":39702,"date":"2017-05-18T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=39702"},"modified":"2017-05-18T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:50:44","slug":"mahle-wants-you-to-drive-with-the-original","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mahle-wants-you-to-drive-with-the-original\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahle Wants You to Drive with the Original"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39708\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/mahle-wants-you-to-drive-with-the-original\/mahle-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle.png\" data-orig-size=\"620,340\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mahle Wants You to Drive with the Original\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle-300x165.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39708\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle.png\" alt=\"Mahle Wants You to Drive with the Original\" width=\"620\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle.png 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle-376x206.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MAHLE Aftermarket Inc. will celebrate the launch of its MAHLE Original<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> gasket brand with the \u201cDrive with the Original\u201d technician promotion, featuring a grand prize of a custom-built, twin-turbocharged MAHLE Ford Mustang from Petty\u2019s Garage. The promotion runs until Oct. 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Four randomly selected finalists will receive all-expense paid trips for two to the 2017 Automotive Aftermarket Product Expo (AAPEX) in Las Vegas (Oct. 31 \u2013 Nov. 2, 2017). The \u201cOriginal\u201d \u2013 Richard Petty himself \u2013 will be present when each of the finalists selects a key fob from his hat, one of which will start the grand prize MAHLE Petty\u2019s Garage Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the grand prize Mustang, over 2,400 other instant prizes will be awarded, including Richard Petty Driving Experiences, autographed Richard Petty signature Charlie 1 Horse cowboy hats, autographed #43 die-cast model cars, insulated tumbler mugs and baseball hats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great way for us to thank technicians for putting their trust in MAHLE Original gaskets,\u201d said Jon Douglas, general manager of MAHLE Aftermarket North America.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tMGjS-PxFB8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The promotion is open to all professional technicians in the USA when their shops purchase select MAHLE Original<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> gasket sets. Each MAHLE Original gasket box will include a sticker with detailed information a technician can use to enter the promotion. The promotion features an instant win component to reveal whether a technician has been awarded one of the instant prizes. Whether or not a technician wins instantly, they will be entered in the drawing for one of the four trips to Las Vegas for the grand prize drawing. Technicians can enter every time their shops purchase a select MAHLE Original gasket set.<\/p>\n<p>The four finalists will be announced on approximately Oct. 5. The parts outlet which sold the MAHLE Original gasket sets to the four finalists will receive an all-expense paid trip to the 2018 Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<p>Valued at over $100,000, the MAHLE Petty\u2019s Garage Ford Mustang comes with custom MAHLE blue paint and is powered by a twin turbo, 1,000 horsepower 5.0-liter engine built with MAHLE internal components throughout, including MAHLE Original branded gaskets. Petty\u2019s Garage has modified the suspension, spoiler and interior and put on upgraded, high-performance wheels and tires.<\/p>\n<p>Complete information about the \u201cDrive with the Original\u201d promotion, including official rules, terms and conditions, is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivewiththeoriginal.com\">www.drivewiththeoriginal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on MAHLE Original gaskets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahleoriginalgaskets.com\">www.mahleoriginalgaskets.com<\/a>. For more information on MAHLE Aftermarket and its brands, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahle-aftermarket.com\">www.mahle-aftermarket.com<\/a> or contact your local sales representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>MAHLE Aftermarket Inc. will celebrate the launch of its MAHLE Original\u00ae gasket brand with the \u201cDrive with the Original\u201d technician promotion, featuring a grand prize of a custom-built, twin-turbocharged MAHLE Ford Mustang from Petty\u2019s Garage.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":39708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470,1064,3034],"tags":[3417,2755,41,3735,786,1593],"class_list":["post-39702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-product-news-releases","category-videos","tag-competition","tag-mahle","tag-news","tag-press-releases","tag-richard-petty","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/mahle.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-akm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39702"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39709,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39702\/revisions\/39709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}