With its flagship Castrol-branded suite of products, BP Lubricants USA spends as much time on top of a hood as it does under them. The company, the Castrol brand sponsor of a variety of drag racing, funny car, and Formula 1 race car drivers, is a distributor of Castrol synthetic lubricants to automotive service providers and retailers in North America. It also provides specialty lubricants, including degreasers, lubes, and transmission fluids, for boating, motorcycling, racing, and snowmobile customers. BP Lubricants USA is a regional unit of Castrol, the UK-based lubricants firm owned by global oil giant BP.