“I am pleased to have Quick Fuel Technology join with us to help record and preserve the history of drag racing,” said Ms. Hrudka. “It is important to the Foundation to see our industry folks are understanding and seeing the need for PROJECT 1320’s endeavor to preserve and capture our heritage so it can be passed on to future generations, so those who follow will understand this sport and industry was built basically ‘by the seat of the pants.’
“Marvin (Benoit, Quick Fuel Technology’s President and co-founder) has been very interested in PROJECT 1320 from the inception. He’s also a racer (Super Gas and Super Comp), and has been in the aftermarket in the fuel systems segment all of his life. He has a passion for the sport’s history, and has been part of the special relationship between the racer and the aftermarket, and wants others to understand why we have the insatiable quest to be better than the guy lined up next to us…on the track and in life.
“I want to thank Marvin and the entire Quick Fuel family for this support. The Foundation is looking forward to working with the company in the years to come.”
"Drag racing is unique in that at the end of the day we are all equal and here for the same reasons, I can think of no other sport with a bond of friendship and community so strong. Yet we seem to look at our accomplishments with perhaps too much humility at times’” said Benoit.
“There are those who look at our heroes and legends, and wonder why the story hasn’t been told by them. When we lose these stories about our past, we cannot recapture that feeling or texture of our early days. I want the history of my sport and my industry told by the guys who were there, and who can tell the story the way it was.
"For this reason, I feel it is my responsibility to help make the PROJECT 1320 documentary a reality. It will help tell my community’s story – my sport’s and my industry’s story – and yes, my company’s story too.”
The Quarter Mile Foundation is a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit foundation, which is producing PROJECT 1320, a documentary film series about the history of drag racing and the parallel growth of the performance automotive aftermarket.
