{"id":2801,"date":"2010-06-03T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2010-06-04T15:20:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T15:20:44","slug":"arc-zone-and-the-indy-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2010\/06\/03\/arc-zone-and-the-indy-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Arc-Zone and the Indy 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2802\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/fallscomm_DarioFranchittithumb.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2802\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/fallscomm_DarioFranchittithumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dario Franchitti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I have a background in racing. \u00a0When I moved from racing to manufacturing, many of my friends and colleagues stayed in the racing industry: \u00a0The winning team Target Chip Ganassi, Team Penske, KV Racing Technology and many part suppliers like Howerton Racing Products, Reid Washbon Racing Exhaust, SS Tube Technology, and more. Not only do I count these folks among my friends, some of them have become customers of Arc-Zone.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, I have strong ties to the industry. \u00a0And so in the spirit of celebrating those ties, and starting a new tradition for Arc-Zone, for this year&#8217;s Indy 500 Race we started \u00a0our own version of an office pool. \u00a0(for the record, no gambling was involved)<\/p>\n<p>Our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arc-zone.com\/index.php?main_page=page&amp;id=60&amp;chapter=0\"> Operations Manager Scott Reiman<\/a> came up with this plan, and to make sure no one (like me) with extensive knowledge of the racing teams would have an unfair advantage, we each \u00a0drew names and the person who&#8217;s driver came in First would get $25, Second \u00a0place driver qualified for $20, and so on. \u00a0And to make sure everyone got in on the fun, we even awarded prize money for First Crash, Driver who leads the most laps, Driver leading at the half, Last Finisher and even the Arc-Zone Employee \u00a0winning the fewest categories qualified for a $10 award. \u00a0I&#8217;m not sure everyone actually watched the race&#8211; not everyone is as into racing as I am, but it did give us something fun to talk about after the holiday weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Arc-Zone is not the only company with strong ties in the racing industry&#8211; \u00a0Lincoln Electric is the exclusive provider of welding equipment to winning driver Dario Franchitti (pictured above) and his \u00a0Target Chip Ganassi Racing Team. \u00a0In fact, Lincoln Electric is the &#8220;Official Welder&#8221; of the Indy Racing League (IRL). \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lincolnelectric.mediaroom.com\/index.php?s=43&amp;item=234\" target=\"_blank\">You can read all about it at the Lincoln website&#8211;&gt;<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I have a background [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,16,38,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-joe-welder","category-arc-zonecom","category-welding-industry-news","category-welding-machine-manufacturers","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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