Lex Joon, owner and driver of the Lex Joon Racing Top Fuel Dragster has
announced that he has re-established his relationship with long time
backer, MPM International Oil Company of Delft, the Netherlands for
2009 and beyond. In a time when the word recession is used every day
and most race teams are struggling to manage their budgets, the most
successful and well-known Dutch racer will again be able to compete in
the FIA European Drag Racing Series with the help of MPM.
In October of 2008, Joon, the 2005 FIA European Top Fuel Champion and
2007 and 2008 runner-up announced that he was halting his racing
operation, citing time constraints and money issues. But the long time
racer couldn’t sit on the sidelines for long, so after reassessing his
program and meeting with MPM, Joon decided to continue the long and
successful relationship with a renewed determination.
“Our race activities were asking more of my time each year,” explained
Joon, “and at the same time my presence was needed more in my other
business due to staff issues. A secondary issue was the amount of money
that was needed to be invested in the race team in order to stay
competitive. So, I made the very difficult decision to put racing
aside.