Castrol lubricants

Castrol is a British global brand of industrial and automotive lubricants offering a wide range of oils, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications. Burmah-Castrol was purchased by BP in 2000 and the Castrol brand became part of the BP's Group of Companies a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England, United Kingdom.

Castrol Quick Lube shop, Dearborn, Michigan, an independently-owned oil change chain
Castrol offers lubricants for virtually all domestic, commercial and industrial applications. For automotive lubrication (including motorcycles 2-stroke and 4-stroke engines, car petrol and diesel engines), their products include an extensive range of manual and automatic transmission fluids, chain lubricants and waxes, coolants, suspension fluids, brake fluids, greases, cleaners and maintenance products. Castrol also produces products for agricultural machinery, plant, general industry and marine engineering uses. Castrol products include:For passenger cars: Edge, Magnatec, Syntec and GTX; less commonly, XL, GTD, Formula RS, Synt and SLX
For motorcycles: Power1, PowerRS and Activ; less commonly, TT, TTS, GP, GPS and Go!
For heavy duty vehicles: Elixion, Enduron, Hypuron, Tection, CRB, Agri and RX Super
For ships: Cyltech and TLX Plus
For industrial applications: Hyspin (hydraulic), Aircol (compressors) and Alpha (industrial gears)

A Castrol sponsored NASCAR Dodge Charger
The brand has been involved in Formula One for many years, supplying to a number of teams, including Jaguar, McLaren, team Lotus, Brabham and Walter Wolf Racing.
Castrol is used in the Australian Touring Car/V8 Supercar series. For many years, Castrol was the title sponsor of the Perkins Engineering Holden team, the relationship ending in 2006. Latterly, Castrol has been one of Ford Performance Racing's title sponsors, backing the Falcon of Steven Richards. Castrol's 2010 program will see Paul Morris Motorsport run a Castrol Racing Commodore for Greg Murphy, alongside its existing FPR Ford entry. Castrol is the title sponsor with Team Bray, owned by Australian drag car legend, Victor Bray for 17 years.

In North America, Castrol has been an active sponsor of NHRA drag racing. Castrol has sponsored John Force Racing under the GTX brand since 1987. Currently, Castrol is a sponsor of both John Force and Brittany Force. Castrol is the name sponsor of Edmonton, Alberta's Castrol Raceway, a multi-track oval, drag, and motocross racing facility.[3] Castrol is the sponsor of D.J. Kennington in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. In 2011 Castrol Edge became the official motor oil of NFL.

In Canberra, Australia, Castrol was the main sponsor of the Castrol International Rally for more than 10 years between 1976 and 1986. The same was true for an International Rally held in South Africa, ending annually in neighbouring Swaziland. It was the most prestigious event on the South African rally calender at the time, until Castrol ended it's sponsorship of this event. Later only some competitors' cars were carrying the bright green and red colours of Castrol sponsorship in national rally events, notably the S.A. Toyota dealer team.