This year, ACDelco celebrates 100 years of excellence in the automotive aftermarket industry. The brand renowned for quality, reliability and performance has continuously excelled in all aspects of its business from its product range to motorsport sponsorships and everything in between throughout the 100 years.
ACDelco is well known for its supply of premium quality automotive parts at competitive prices. The comprehensive product range includes batteries, spark plugs, oil filters, air filters, wiper blades and brake components to suit most makes and models of vehicles. In the battery category, ACDelco is credited with pioneering the use of lead-calcium battery plates as early as the 1970s. They are also known for creating the world’s first mass-produced maintenance-free car battery. Today, the ACDelco battery range has grown beyond automotive batteries to include batteries for commercial, marine and garden applications.
Throughout the century, ACDelco has lent its support to various motorsport teams in Australasia. Its current line-up of sponsorships include Red Bull Ampol Racing’s #97 car driven by Shane van Gisbergen in the Supercars Championship and Fabietti Racing in Top Doorslammer Drag Racing.
Exclusive distributor of ACDelco brand of batteries in New Zealand, R&J Batteries, shares this passion for motorsports. The battery distributor has sponsored motorsport teams in diverse categories and classes from grassroots levels and upwards throughout its 26 years of operation. Currently, R&J Batteries sponsors Brad Jones Racing in the Supercars Championship, PremiAir Racing and Lamattina Top Fuel Racing in the Australian Top Fuel Championship and Greg Gartner in the Stadium Super Trucks Championship to name a few.
R&J Batteries has played an active role in supporting drivers and teams in the popular Supercars Championship series since 2009 with the sponsorship of Greg Murphy Racing. In 2010, the team won in the Super2 category with driver Steve Owen at the helm of the R&J Batteries sponsored car. 2010 included many wins for the R&J Batteries and Steve Owen partnership with six poles, eight race wins and four round wins. In 2020, the battery distributor took its sponsorship in the Supercars Championship up a notch by sponsoring Brad Jones Racing in the major league. The #8 R&J Batteries Supercar is currently driven by New Zealand driver Andre Heimgartner and competes in events across Australasia alongside Shane van Gisbergen and other drivers.
R&J Batteries is one of the fastest growing battery companies in Australasia with branches located in Wiri, Christchurch, Hamilton and Albany in New Zealand and 23 other branches in Australia. Visit your local R&J Batteries branch to find the complete range of ACDelco batteries for automotive, commercial, deep-cycle and garden applications. For more information on ACDelco batteries, visit rjbatt.co.nz or call 0800 546 000.
