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Speedco opens 50th store in Whiteland, IN

By Jeff Jensen, Editor
Posted Jun 12th 2007 11:53AM

Grand Opening celebration to be held June 19

CAYUGA, IND. - Speedco, Inc. the nation’s leading on-highway truck lube and tire service provider is proud to announce the opening of their 50th store in Whiteland, Ind. Speedco will host a Grand Opening Celebration June 19.

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The Whiteland Speedco will be open from 7 a.m., June 18 to 11 p.m., June 19 for the Grand Opening Celebration.  The new Speedco is located off I-65, Exit 95 in Whiteland, Ind. 

“We are thrilled to open our history-making 50th store,” Mark Clark, chief executive officer and president, commented about the new location.  “We will continue to open stores across the nation to increase driver convenience.”

The Grand Opening will feature food, refreshments and service specials.  The Open Road on XM Satellite Radio Channel 171 will be doing a live broadcast on America’s Truckin’ Network from 12 – 5 a.m., Tuesday June 19. 

The new Speedco Chopper, built by the Orange County Choppers; The Speedco Supertruck, the ‘trick’d out’ truck by Country Music Television’s Chrome Shop Mafia; and the Shell Rotella Roadshow will all be on display.

Speedco opened its first quick lube truck location in October 1991 in Effingham, Ill.  Since then, Speedco has added tires and tire services to its list of offerings in a number of locations, with the goal of offering tires at all of its stores.  The company is headquartered in Cayuga, Ind.; Bandag, the nation’s largest maker of tire retreads, owns a majority interest in the company.  Speedco provides professional drivers and truck fleets not just faster, but better service in about 30 minutes.