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PTC Named Presenting Sponsor of PDRA Pro 632

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Performance Torque Converters (PTC), specialists in manufacturing and customizing high-performance torque converters, will serve as the presenting sponsor of the Red Line Oil PDRA Drag Racing Series’ Pro 632 class, series officials announced today. The Muscle Shoals, Alabama-based company will also provide customer support at all eight national events on the 2025 PDRA schedule. 

“We’re honored to welcome a well-regarded brand like PTC to the PDRA as the new presenting sponsor in Pro 632,” said Will Smith, marketing director, PDRA. “Pro 632 is a unique class with some tough competitors and fast cars, and they’ll really benefit from this partnership. PTC is already such a well-known brand, and we’re thrilled that PTC chose PDRA to help them reach even more customers this season.”

Founded in December 1995, PTC is now owned by Dustin Mewbourn, who purchased the company from co-founder Kenny Ford in early 2024. PTC has grown from a small operation to an expanded program with specialists and refined manufacturing processes to serve customers in drag racing, circle track racing, and other demanding motorsports. 

A racer himself, Mewbourn attended the season-ending Brian Olson Memorial World Finals last fall and quickly realized there was an opportunity for PTC to get involved with the PDRA, which is going into its 12th season of all-eighth-mile drag racing. 

“I have a close friend and transmission and converter customer, Ed Mclemore, that runs the Pro 632 class and brought this deal to me,” Mewbourn said. “I was very close with Tyler Crossnoe [PDRA Series Director] when he was at Holly Springs and Memphis, so he was very inviting when I told him I wanted to come up and see how they run their races. I must say it was one of the most professionally-run races I’ve seen.”

Mewbourn, who also plans to field an entry in the seven-race Super Street class to contend for a PDRA world championship, is looking forward to getting to know the PDRA racer base through his company’s support of the series.

“When I was up that way, there was not near enough PTC stickers on the cars at the World Finals,” Mewbourn said. “I think once the racers up that way get to know us, we will have more customers in the Northeast. We will set up and have transmissions and converters for sale and on display at all eight races.”

For more info on PTC and its line of torque converters, transmissions, and transmission parts, visit www.PTCRace.com.

This story was originally published on January 28, 2025. Drag Illustrated

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