Mobil 1 Named Official Motor Oil of All-Female Heinricher Racing Team

ExxonMobil announced that Mobil 1™, the world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand, is now the official motor oil of the first all-female full-season team in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series. The team, owned and led by Jackie Heinricher, a successful businesswoman, bio-scientist and racing driver, fields the No. 57 Acura NSX GT3 Evo in the GT Daytona (GTD) class.

The partnership between Heinricher Racing and Meyer Shank Racing is the result of a two-plus-year effort by Heinricher to bring an all-female team to IMSA competition. For ExxonMobil, this sponsorship mirrors a commitment by the company to recruit and place more women in professional and leadership positions throughout its global operations.

“The car can’t tell the difference between a female and a male driver, but the next generation of women can,” said Heinricher, who is also the founder and CEO of Booshoot Technology, a company specializing in the development of innovative forestry and ag plant sciences. “Our team plans to compete for wins in each race we enter. Working with a company like ExxonMobil that shares our values of supporting the best athletes, regardless of gender, is critical. So is having Mobil 1, synthetic motor oil technology that has won at Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans. ExxonMobil’s commitment and technology will help us prove that female drivers can accomplish just as much as male drivers.”

In addition to Heinricher, the No. 57 team fields four of the best racing drivers in the world: Katherine Legge, Simona de Silvestro, Bia Figueiredo and Christina Nielsen. All five women take their responsibility as role models for a new generation of girls and young women seriously — not just those interested in racing and sports, but also those considering careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). That’s equally important to ExxonMobil, whose efforts in STEM education include Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, now in its 16th year. Both Heinricher Racing and ExxonMobil share a common goal: to show that women can lead in business, behind the spectrometer and behind the wheel.

“Racing has always served as a space where ExxonMobil scientists and engineers can push the limits of performance and research and test new products,” said Christian Flathman, global motorsports and sponsorships advisor at ExxonMobil. “This partnership is an example of how ExxonMobil, through its Mobil 1 brand and racing efforts, is helping to challenge conventional thinking and performance while continuing to develop next-generation products that not only protect your engine, but also help it to last longer.”

Thirty-eight percent of ExxonMobil campus engineering hires in the United States are women, higher than the U.S. percentage of female engineering students. ExxonMobil’s inclusive workforce enables the company to produce innovative products like Mobil 1. In a testament to track-to-street technology transfer development, the No. 57 Acura NSX GT3 Evo will rely on Mobil 1 technology, including Mobil 1™ FS 0W-40 European Car Formula, Mobil 1™ Synthetic Gear Lube LS 75W-90, and Mobil SHC™ PM 460 synthetic grease.

About Mobil 1

Mobil 1™, the world’s leading synthetic motor oil brand, features anti-wear technology that provides performance beyond conventional motor oils. This technology allows Mobil 1 full synthetic motor oil to provide exceptional protection against engine wear under even some of the most extreme conditions. Mobil 1 is designed to maximize engine performance and help extend engine life, while relying on innovation from some of the brightest female engineering minds to bring that technology from the track to the street.

For more information, visit mobil1.com and follow @Mobil1 on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

About Heinricher Racing

Heinricher Racing was founded in 2013 by Jackie Heinricher, a race driver, successful entrepreneur and businesswoman. A native of Seattle, Washington, Heinricher served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force for four years, earned her MS from Tennessee Tech University. After a decade working in fishery science and management, she returned to the Pacific Northwest to launch Booshoot Technology in her garage. Today, this successful biotechnology firm is developing unique, patent-pending technologies to shift how bamboo is grown and harvested worldwide. Heinricher began racing in 2010 and has participated in multiple competitions across the globe.

For more information, follow @HeinricherRacing on Instagram and @RacerJackie on Facebook and Twitter.