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Quaker State is an American brand of motor oils, owned by Shell USA, the US-based division of Shell plc.. The former Quaker State Oil Refining Company had been constituted in 1924 after the Eastern Refining Co. acquired rights to the Quaker State brand name to the Phinny Brothers Oil Company, which had been producing the Quaker lubricants since 1912, gaining reputation in the U.S. after a deal ...
Origins of the company can be traced to the "South Penn Oil Company", an oil business started in Oil City, Pennsylvania by Michael Late Benedum and Joe Trees in May 1889 as a unit of Standard Oil. [2] It became the largest oil producer in the region, becoming independent when Standard Oil was split in 1911.
The Bewleys were one of Ireland's most well known Quaker families. Bradshaw's, Victorian and Edwardian publisher of the most widely used railway timetables in Britain, Europe and India, founded by Quaker George Bradshaw; Bryant and May, former match manufacturing company, founded by two Quakers, Francis May and William Bryant
The 1988 Pocono 500, the 18th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, August 21, 1988. Branded as the 1988 Quaker State 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Bobby Rahal, the first and only win for the Judd engine in Indy car racing.
The 1987 Pocono 500, the 17th running of the event, was held at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, August 16, 1987. Branded as the 1987 Quaker State 500 for sponsorship reasons, the race was won by Rick Mears, snapping a two-year winless drought, and earning his third Pocono 500 win.
The lengthy recall list includes Quaker Big Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip, Quaker Chewy Bars Variety Pack, Quaker Chewy Dipps Variety Pack, Quaker Puffed Granola Apple Cinnamon Cereal, and dozens of ...
The current company, Verizon North LLC, was created in December 2010 and absorbed the operations of Verizon North Retain Co. [3] It is separate from Verizon Pennsylvania which provides telephone service to former Bell System lines.
While The Quaker State is a nickname for Pennsylvania, I doubt most readers searching for Quaker State in 2021 would be looking for anything other than the oil. Hatnotes exist for a reason. -- Calidum 04:19, 24 September 2021 (UTC) [ reply ]