Valvoline haș sponsored in some sort of capacity in NASCAR since 1981. They first entered the sport with Cale Yarborough in 1981 and 1982 with M. C. Anderson Racing. In 1983 and 1984, they appeared on the Wood Brothers Racing legendary 21 car with Buddy Baker then the year after they sponsored Ron Bouchard and the 47 Race Hill Farms Team. Following Bouchard to Curb Racing in 1986 and then with Greg Sacks in 1987 in the 50 for the Dingman Brothers Racing team. The following season, they sponsored RahMoc Enterprises and Neil Bonnett, which capped the season off with a win in Australia, NASCAR's first entry outside of North America.
The No. 10 at the 2003 Auto Club 500In 1992, they started their relationship with Roush Racing and driver Mark Martin which resulted in 27 wins together, one of the winningest combinations in NASCAR history. After the year 2000, Valvoline executive James Rocco decided he wanted to get into the car ownership side of the sport and Valvoline would own and sponsor a team, an unprecedented move at the time. They bought a share into Tyler Jet Motorsports which merged into MB2 Motorsports for the 2001 season on the 10 car. Johnny Benson would drive for the team for three years, resulting with one win in 2002. Following 2003, the team would sign Scott Riggs to drive the 10 in 2004. Following the 2005 season, Valvoine sold its share of the team back to MB2 and would take the sponsorship to Evernham Motorsports where the combo would drive for two more years together.
1989 car at PhoenixIn 2007, the team signed Canadian Patrick Carpentier to drive the car. After 2008, Valvoline scaled back its sponsorship to a part time roll in 2009 when that team merged with Petty Enterprises and formed Richard Petty Motorsports, they sponsored both Reed Sorenson and A. J. Allmendinger that year on the 43 and 44 Dodge Chargers. Following the season, the sponsorship returned to Roush Fenway Racing to sponsor Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle in some capacity over the years while also sponsoring Allmendinger's 43 Ford at Richard Petty Motorsports. In 2014, the oil brand reunited with Hendrick Motorsports and continues to this day, they currently sponsor Kyle Larson and William Byron.
Other brands the Valvoline sponsorship has been involved with other teams including the Zerex Coolant brand which was with AK Racing and Alan Kulwicki from 1986 to 1990 and the Aluguard Antifreeze brand which partnered with Rusty Wallace at Blue Max Racing from 1985 and 1986.
Other motorsports edit Al Unser Jr. running the 1990 Indianapolis 500Valvoline sponsored a number of auto races to market its motor oil, including the SCCA National Championship Runoffs and Bommarito Automotive Group 500. Valvoline also sponsored the first woman to compete in both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500, Janet Guthrie, as well as CART driver Al Unser Jr. (1988–1993).[2][failed verification]
In Australia, Valvoline owns naming rights to the Sydney Speedway[13] and sponsors the Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix. It also sponsored the 1994 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.
Since June 2020, Valvoline sponsors La Liga association club Sevilla FC as a global partner, with their logo appearing on the sleeves of match kits.[14]
Since July 2023 Valvoline is currently sponsoring the Aston Martin Formula One team as an extension of the team's existing partnership with Aramco, and the partnership will be upgraded to lubricant supply role from 2026 season onwards due to Honda engine direct partnership.[15] From 2025 season onwards Valvoline will also supplying lubricants to Renault-backed BWT Alpine F1 Team.