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88-573: Its products are sold under the ENEOS brand, which is also used for service stations. It also previously operated service stations under the Esso and Mobil brands under license from ExxonMobil . In 2019, as a result of JX Holdings' merger with TonenGeneral Group in 2017 to form JXTG Holdings , both brands were phased out in favour of ENEOS EneJet. The company was established 1888 as the "Nippon Oil" ( 日本石油 , Nihon Sekiyu ) , or "Nisseki" (日石) for short. In 1999,

176-477: A backup car as a result of the incident, Larson rebounded to finish 2nd to eventual winner Kyle Busch after a fuel gamble. At Watkins Glen , Larson scored his 5th victory of the 2021 season, a career-high. After the Watkins Glen race, Larson and Denny Hamlin were tied for the points lead in the regular season standings. Following the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 , Larson clinched the regular season championship. In

264-543: A clause in the contract allowing Larson to continue racing dirt races, provided that he focused primarily on the Cup program. Larson began his 2021 season with a 10th-place finish at the 2021 Daytona 500 . At Las Vegas , Larson scored his first win with HMS after he led 103 of 267 laps. He had finished second nine times on 1.5-mile tracks prior to his victory. On May 30, Larson won the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Larson's victory

352-546: A flexi disk which was given away free in hardware stores. In the 1930s, Esso acquired Cleveland, an independent company based in North East England. Its founder and principal shareholder, Norman Davis, had spent some of World War I with his brother Manuel in Cleveland , Ohio . Cleveland's products included a benzole blend and an alcohol blend called "Discol". The Esso and Cleveland names continued in use until 1973, when

440-547: A presence in southern Ohio today (as it does throughout much of Appalachia in general), though Mobil is the company's primary brand in the Midwest. In February 2016, ExxonMobil successfully asked a U.S. federal court to lift the 1930s, trademark injunction that banned it from using the Esso brand in some states. By this time, as a result of numerous mergers and rebranding, most of the remaining Standard Oil companies that had objected to

528-553: A right front tire blew and spun out on lap 105 and finished 11th. Three days later, the No. 42 team was docked 10 driver and 10 owner points after the team violated the damaged vehicle policy by using metal tabs instead of fasteners and/or tape to repair the torn right front fender. Larson was eliminated from the Round of 12 after the Kansas fall race . He finished the season ninth in the points standings,

616-706: A second at Kansas . Born on July 31, 1992, in Elk Grove, California , Kyle Miyata Larson attended his first race with his parents a week after his birth. He began racing at the age of seven in outlaw karts in Northern California . As a teenager, he raced open-wheel cars, including the United States Auto Club (USAC) midget , Silver Crown and sprint cars , competing for Keith Kunz Motorsports and Hoffman Racing with Toyota backing; During his early career in USAC,

704-471: A series official gave Larson the nickname "Yung Money" in recognition of his talent. Larson also raced in the World of Outlaws sprint cars and his first sprint car race win came at Placerville Speedway where he was one of the youngest drivers to ever compete. He won the 2011 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway, winning in all three types of USAC cars in a single night, only the second driver in history to accomplish

792-572: A yellow-flag period. When told that Stewart was mad at him for the block, Larson shrugged it off replying "Tony being Tony, I guess. I was pretty tight on whoever was inside of me on the restart and I was looking in my mirror and saw him juke to the right so I juked to the right and he hit me and I don't know, he was just trying to teach me a lesson, I'm guessing." Before the Sonoma race, Stewart warned Larson, angrily saying "He'll learn not to block me anytime soon." Larson earned his first Cup Series pole for

880-431: Is a trading name for ExxonMobil . Originally, the name was primarily used by its predecessor Standard Oil of New Jersey after the breakup of the original Standard Oil company in 1911. The company adopted the name "Esso" (the phonetic pronunciation of Standard Oil's initials, ' S ' and ' O '), to which the other Standard Oil companies would later object. Standard Oil of New Jersey started marketing its products under

968-570: Is allowed to race again. Larson would also be suspended by the World of Outlaws, but his suspension had lifted prior to their return to racing. Multiple corporations such as McDonald's , Credit One Bank , and Chevrolet also terminated their sponsorship of Larson. The following day, CGR fired Larson. On April 27, Matt Kenseth took over the No. 42 car for the rest of the 2020 season. In October 2020, after months of inactivity on social media, Larson posted an essay on his website, apologizing for using

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1056-403: Is also active in 24 Hours of Le Mans and various endurance racing , sponsoring Martini Lancia from 1982 to 1986, Le Mans-winning Peugeot 905 from 1990 to 1993, and Toyota GT-One in 1998–99. Since 1996 Esso currently supplying fuels for all Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup entrants under Mobil brand as ExxonMobil increased its fuel partnership role with Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup as Esso since

1144-544: Is also one of the biggest CO 2 reduction projects in the world. The project utilizes associated gas produced along with crude oil for additional energy production. Nippon Oil is a current sponsor of the F.C. Tokyo football club. It has also sponsored several motor sports teams, such as Team Lexus LeMans ENEOS SC430 in the Japanese Super GT series in the GT500 class. In the late 1980s and early 1990s JSPC , it sponsored

1232-524: The 2014 Gobowling.com 400 at Pocono Raceway where he set the track record with a lap speed of 183.438 mph (295.215 km/h). He finished 11th in the race. Despite no wins, Larson earned the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year award with 8 top fives and 16 top tens. His statistics being higher than other rookie seasons in history, such as those of Richard Petty and Jeff Gordon . Larson began

1320-620: The 2016 Daytona 500 , his first top 10 and first non-DNF. On May 21, 2016, Larson won the Sprint Showdown after edging out rookie contender Chase Elliott to earn a spot in the All-Star Race for the first time. At the 2016 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race , Larson took the lead on the final restart, but was caught by Joey Logano and hit the wall with two laps to go and finished 16th. On August 28, Larson scored his first ever Sprint Cup Series win at Michigan . Larson's victory qualified him into

1408-724: The District of Columbia . By 1941, it had also acquired the rights in Pennsylvania , Delaware , Arkansas , Tennessee , and Louisiana . It also used the Esso brand in New York and the six New England states, where the Standard Oil Company of New York ( Socony-Vacuum , later Socony Mobil) had the rights, but did not object to the New Jersey company's use of the trademark (the two companies did not merge until November 1999 ). However, in

1496-574: The Kings Royal , Knoxville Nationals , and the Chili Bowl Nationals . He also raced in many other forms of racing including sportscar racing , where he won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2015 with CGR . Larson was named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers in 2023. In 2024, Larson set the record for the smallest winning margin in Cup Series history , beating Chris Buescher by one-thousandth of

1584-596: The Midwestern United States being a weaker market for Esso. Likewise, The Ohio Oil Company, which eventually became Marathon Oil , did not market its downstream assets under the Standard name due to Sohio and Amoco owning the rights to the name in its core Midwestern territory. The other Standard companies likewise were "Standard" or some variant on that name in their home states, and another brand name in other states. Esso ranked 31st among American corporations in

1672-576: The Talladega fall race , Larson was involved in a multi-car wreck on lap 108 that left him with a fractured lower rib. Despite a 4th-place finish at Phoenix , Larson failed to advance to the Championship 4. He finished the season sixth in the points standings, his career-best to date. Larson began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2020 Daytona 500 . During the Auto Club 400 , Larson got turned into

1760-755: The Trust Racing Team Porsche . From 2005 to 2008, ENEOS sponsored the Formula One program of Honda , with British American Racing in 2005, Honda Racing F1 from 2006 to 2008, and Super Aguri from 2006 to 2007. Since 2014, the Eneos brand has been featured on Kyle Larson 's #42 Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in select races. They also sponsor Akinori Ogata in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series when he drives

1848-813: The United States Virgin Islands and Jamaica to TotalEnergies. Those were converted to the Total brand. In 2014, Sol Petroleum purchased Esso operations in The Bahamas , Barbados , Bermuda , Cayman Islands , Dominican Republic , Guadeloupe and Martinique . Rights to continue to operate in those countries under the Esso name were included. Esso S.A.F. is the French subsidiary of ExxonMobil, operating several hundred filling stations and two refineries in France. Established as Esso Standard Sekiyu K.K. in 1962, following

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1936-579: The "Snack and Shop" and " On the Run " branding depending on the size and the larger sites featured a Costa Cafe. ROC was the name for Esso's self-operated forecourts. By 2015, ROC UK had sold all their sites to operators such as Rontec and Euro Garages, leaving no forecourts directly operated by Esso in the UK. In Australia, Esso is an affiliate of ExxonMobil; it operates oil and gas production. Its retail petrol stations were acquired by Mobil Australia in 1990. In Canada,

2024-468: The 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship with 2 wins and 12 top tens in 14 races, overcoming the five wins of Corey LaJoie (son of two-time Busch Series champion Randy ). He also earned the K&;N Pro Series East Rookie of the Year award. On June 7, 2014, Larson scored his first ARCA win at Pocono Raceway. On June 28, 2012, Larson made his Camping World Truck Series debut at Kentucky Speedway in

2112-720: The 2015 season. Kyle Larson Kyle Miyata Larson (born July 31, 1992) is an American professional racing driver . He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series , driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports , part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series , driving the No. 17 Chevrolet Camaro for the same team, and part-time in the NTT IndyCar Series , driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren . Before and throughout his stock car racing career, Larson has been highly successful in dirt track racing , with wins in several prestigious events including

2200-453: The 60% of petroleum in Argentina. In 2011, local consortium Bridas Corporation (formed by Bridas Energy Holdings Limited and Chinese CNOOC International Limited) acquired rights to the Esso brand in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. As a result, all the Esso stations were rebranded as "Axion Energy". At the time of the acquisition, Esso had 520 stations (with 450 under franchises), being

2288-569: The 63 for MB Motorsports . He drove the 63 truck in 2015 and 2016. ENEOS is currently a sponsor of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team as a fuel and lubricants supplier since 2012 season and also supplying fuel and lubricants for Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK World Superbike team since 2016 season. The company also currently sponsors the 1000km of Palanga endurance race in Lithuania . [REDACTED] Media related to ENEOS at Wikimedia Commons Esso Esso ( / ˈ ɛ s oʊ / )

2376-539: The Americas after overtaking a dueling Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap. On August 27, 2013, The Charlotte Observer reported that Larson will drive the No. 42 car for Chip Ganassi Racing starting in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The deal was officially announced on August 30. On October 1, it was announced that Larson would make his Sprint Cup Series debut at Charlotte Motor Speedway in

2464-459: The Chase for the first time in his career. In his first Chase appearance, Larson finished 18th at Chicagoland and 10th at New Hampshire. Larson's dismal 25th-place finish at Dover eliminated him from the Chase. Larson began the season with a 12th-place finish at the 2017 Daytona 500 and followed up with three consecutive second-place finishes at Atlanta, Las Vegas and Phoenix which allowed him to take

2552-554: The Cleveland filling stations were re-branded as Esso. Esso traded in Northern Ireland up until the early 2000s. Their forecourts were re-branded as Maxol and Texaco and some remained private. 45 of Euro Garages' forecourts were bought from Esso in 2013, and are operated under the Esso brand. They plan to roll out partner brands such as Starbucks and Spar , replacing the Esso branded shops. ROC used self-branded stores under

2640-569: The Coca-Cola 600 and the All-Star race in the same season. At Nashville , Larson scored his third consecutive win (All-Star races, as they are not points-paying, are not included). On the final lap at Pocono doubleheader race 1, Larson was on the verge of a 4th consecutive win until the left front tire went down that caused his car to hit the turn 3 wall and his teammate Alex Bowman won the race while Larson finished 9th. The next day, despite resorting to

2728-404: The Cup Series. In mid-October, it was reported that Larson officially applied for reinstatement. On the same month, it was announced that NASCAR had reinstated Larson's competition privileges effective on January 1, 2021. On October 28, 2020, it was announced that Hendrick Motorsports signed Larson to a multi-year deal to drive the No. 5 car beginning in the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season. At

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2816-640: The Esso and Mobil brands are used. In Hong Kong and Singapore, Mobil brand is applied on Esso fuel tank after Mobil service stations began to merge with Esso between 2003 and 2007. Mobil is ExxonMobil's primary retail motor fuel brand in California, Florida, New York, New England, the Great Lakes and the Midwest. Exxon is the primary brand in the rest of the United States, with the highest concentration of retail outlets located in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas and in

2904-559: The Esso brand in 1926. In 1972, the name Esso was largely replaced in the U.S. by the Exxon brand after the Standard Oil of New Jersey bought Humble Oil , while the Esso name remained widely used elsewhere. In most of the world, the Esso brand and the Mobil brand are the primary brand names of ExxonMobil, while the Exxon brand is used only in the United States alongside Mobil. In 1911, Standard Oil

2992-599: The Esso brand is used on stations supplied by Imperial Oil, which is 69.8% owned by ExxonMobil. The stations are owned by third-party retailers such as: Imperial Oil began to sell the majority of its company-owned stations in 2016. Esso also provides aviation fuel services at 80 airport locations in Canada (Aviation and Avitat). Esso has sold most of its assets in the Caribbean. In 2008 it sold its retail operations in Puerto Rico ,

3080-399: The Esso name had been acquired by BP . ExxonMobil cited trademark surveys in which there was no longer possible confusion with the Esso name as it was more than seven decades before. Neither BP nor Chevron (which had minimized the use of the Standard name in the 1970s) had any objection to lifting the ban. ExxonMobil did not specify whether they would now open new stations in the U.S. under

3168-540: The Esso name; they were primarily concerned about the additional expenses of having separate marketing, letterheads, packaging, and other materials that omit Esso. The Esso name did return to minor station signage at both Exxon and Mobil stations, which also had the effect of ExxonMobil de facto claiming the Standard trademark in Colorado , Kentucky , Montana , North Dakota , Oklahoma and Wyoming as Chevron withdrew from Kentucky in 2010 and BP gradually withdrew sales from

3256-764: The Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states. In the 1960s, campaigns featuring heavy spending in different mass media channels became more prominent. Esso spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a brand awareness campaign built around the simple and alliterative theme, "Put a Tiger in Your Tank", which was invented by Emery Smith in 1959. The North American and later European campaign featured extensive television and radio and magazine ads, including photos with tiger tails supposedly emerging from car gas tanks, in England there were faux tiger tails with pink ribbons to tie round underneath

3344-499: The Nippon Oil Corporation, conducted environmental impact assessments. These assessments helped them implement management plans based on the results of the assessments, specifically, how to reduce the impact of the fields on surrounding sea areas. In 2005, Nippon Oil and Ebara-Ballard announced they were going to start field testing a 1 kW household proton-exchange membrane fuel cell system that uses coal oil as fuel. It

3432-415: The No. 32 Chevrolet for Turner Scott Motorsports . On the last lap in the season opener at Daytona, Larson was involved in a violent crash when his car got caught onto the right side of Brad Keselowski 's car and then hit the outside wall. At the same time, he was hit in the right rear by Brian Scott which sent his car airborne and hit a crossover gate, pierced off the catch fence and completely ripped off

3520-473: The No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado for Turner Motorsports where he finished 10th. On April 14, 2013, Larson won his first Truck Series race at Rockingham Speedway in a close finish with Joey Logano . During the celebration, Larson performed donuts without his steering wheel on, a practice he had acquired when racing go-karts. The celebration prompted NASCAR to request him to keep it attached, regarding safety concerns because Larson would not have much control of

3608-456: The No. 42 car part-time. He scored 2 wins at Pocono and Texas. In 2022 , Larson drove the No. 17 car for Hendrick Motorsports at Road America where he finished 2nd to Ty Gibbs . On August 20, Larson scored his 13th career Xfinity Series win at Watkins Glen . In 2023 , Larson scored a win at Darlington after a last lap pass on John Hunter Nemechek . In 2024 , Larson won at the Circuit of

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3696-410: The No. 51 car for Phoenix Racing to prepare for his rookie season. In his Cup Series debut, Larson started 21st and finished in 37th after he experienced an engine failure on lap 247. Larson made his second Cup Series start at Martinsville Speedway where he finished 42nd after another engine failure. At the 2014 Daytona 500 , Larson got into the wall twice and came down pit road in the early laps of

3784-539: The Round of 12. On Lap 78 at Kansas, Larson's engine blew up that resulted in a 39th-place finish and ended his championship hopes. After being eliminated from the playoffs, Larson's bad luck continued. He finished 37th at Texas and Martinsville, both due to crashes and a last-place finish at Phoenix from an expired engine. Despite being winless throughout the 2018 season, Larson made it to the playoffs by staying consistent with five second-place finishes, eight top 5's, and 13 top 10's. At Charlotte Roval, Larson led 47 laps and

3872-510: The United Kingdom. Their television advertising song from the 1950s, through to the 1970s, was the famous "Bom, Bom, Bom, Bom, Esso Blue!" One campaign used the well-known song tune of " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " reworded as: "They asked me how I knew, it was Esso Blue, I of course replied, with lower grades one buys, smoke gets in your eyes. The non-smoking paraffin". The track was released as

3960-529: The Year award, becoming the first Asian-American and first Drive for Diversity participant to win a Rookie of the Year Award in one of NASCAR's national touring series. Larson drove the No. 42 car on a part-time basis in 2014 . On March 22, Larson scored his first career Nationwide Series win at Auto Club Speedway. Larson once again celebrated by doing burnouts in the infield without a steering wheel. In victory lane, Larson stated, "Those last 11, 12 laps were

4048-474: The back of the field and finished 12th. On February 26, 2019, Larson sparked controversy on the NBC Sports segment Splash & Go! with host Rick Allen when he jokingly implied that Hendrick Motorsports starts "cheating and finding some speed" a couple of months into the start of a season. Larson later apologized to Rick Hendrick for his comments. On the final lap at the Talladega spring race , Larson

4136-606: The brand name ENEOS are manufactured and marketed in India by Tide Water Oil Co. On 11 March 2011, a 145,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Sendai was set ablaze by the Tōhoku earthquake . Workers were evacuated, but tsunami warnings hindered efforts to extinguish the fire until 14 March, when officials planned to do so. While developing the Rang Don Oil Field and Helang Gas Field NOEX, part of

4224-604: The cap of the petrol tank so as to look as if there was a tiger in the tank: these were often seen on the road in the 1960s; at one time in England there was a television advertisement where a sombre man labelled as the advertising manager said that they were no longer going to have the tiger, followed a short while later with advertisements for the save the tiger campaign, promotional events featuring real tigers, billboards, and in Europe station pump hoses "wrapped in tiger stripes" as well as pop music songs. Tiger imagery can still be seen on

4312-455: The company merged with and absorbed the former "Mitsubishi Oil" ( 三菱石油 , Mitsubishi Sekiyu ) . The merged company was called "Nippon Mitsubishi Oil" ( 日石三菱 , Nisseki Mitsubishi ) until 2002, when it was renamed back to Nippon Oil Corporation. In 2010, NOC merged with Nippon Mining to form JX Holdings , and Nippon Oil was renamed JX Nippon Oil & Energy. In 2017, JX and TonenGeneral were merged into JXTG Holdings. The company's name

4400-674: The dissolution and absorption of EMG Marketing into a subsidiary of the new company, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy (now Eneos ), in 2017. In 2019, the company began to phase out the Esso and Mobil brands in Japan, replacing it with JX's Eneos EneJet banner. Standard Oil of New Jersey started business in Argentina in 1911, acquiring the "Compañía Nacional de Aceites" (National Company of Oil), which had been founded in 1906 by entrepreneur Emilio Schiffner in Campana, Buenos Aires to produce kerosene . It became

4488-641: The dissolution of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company . It became Esso Sekiyu K.K. in 1982. After the Exxon and Mobil merger in 1999, the Japanese subsidiaries were reorganized as ExxonMobil Y.K. in 2002, which spun off its downstream business to EMG Marketing G.K. in 2012, and acquired as a subsidiary by TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. in the same year. In 2016, JX Holdings and the TonenGeneral Group merged into JXTG Holdings (now Eneos Holdings ), leading to

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4576-583: The extremely difficult to formulate 0W-50 viscosity oil. New line of premium full synthetic motor oil SUSTINA is now available in the United States. NOC employs over 5,500 people, with additional employees from oversea divisions, and operates the following refineries throughout Japan: Nippon Oil Exploration owns a 5% share of Syncrude , a Canadian oil sands mining company, through its fully owned subsidiary Mocal Energy. The company also has technical collaboration with Tide Water Oil Co., an Indian petroleum products manufacturer. Superior quality lubricants under

4664-590: The feat. He won two silver crown races that season and was named the 2011 Rookie of the Year. Larson holds the sprint car track record at Ocean Speedway in 2010. In 2012, he won six USAC National Midget races including the Turkey Night Grand Prix . Even during his stock car career, Larson continued racing open-wheel cars for midweek races in addition to going to New Zealand in some off-seasons to race. While Larson expressed some interest in IndyCar racing, he

4752-434: The final restart at the 2017 Pure Michigan 400 , Larson restarted 4th and made a four-wide pass for the lead with 2 laps to go and went on to score his third straight Michigan win. He scored his fourth win of the season at Richmond (and his first win that is not a two-mile track) in the final race of the regular season. During the playoffs, Larson scored top 5 finishes at Chicagoland, New Hampshire, and Dover advanced him to

4840-679: The first oil refinery in Latin America, doing business as "Compañía Nativa de Petróleo". Soon after, it merged with another foreign company operating in Argentina, West India Oil Co. (mostly known as "WICO"). The first petrol pump was placed in the Plaza del Congreso of Buenos Aires , while the first service station opened in 1927 in the city of Santa Fe . The company opened other refineries in Neuquén and Jujuy provinces. The company also introduced its motor oil line, Essolube in 1936. By 1943, Esso produced

4928-450: The first round of the playoffs, Larson finished 2nd to Hamlin at Darlington and followed up with a 6th-place finish at Richmond. At Bristol night race , Larson won his 6th race of the season over Kevin Harvick. His win would somewhat be overshadowed by an altercation between Harvick and Chase Elliott after the race due to an on-track incident. At Charlotte Roval , Larson scored his 7th win of

5016-481: The front end of his car. Larson came across the start-finish line in 13th. He was unharmed, but the debris hurt 28 spectators in the grandstands, two of whom were in critical condition. However, there were no deaths. In the season finale at Homestead, Larson led the most laps but lost the lead to eventual winner Brad Keselowski with 3 laps remaining and finished 2nd. Larson won the Nationwide Series Rookie of

5104-474: The highest of the winless drivers in 2018 along with a third consecutive top 10 points finish. Before the start of the 2019 season, Larson lost his primary sponsor DC Solar , whose headquarters had been raided by the FBI on December 18, 2018. Larson started the season with a 7th-place finish at the 2019 Daytona 500 . At Atlanta, Larson led over 100 laps before he was penalized for speeding on pit road which sent him to

5192-402: The longest laps of my life. I've been so close to winning so many times, but the fashion we did it in was extra special." At Charlotte Motor Speedway, he scored his second career Nationwide Series win. In 2015, Larson ran part-time again for HScott Motorsports . He scored his 3rd career Xfinity Series win at Homestead and the first win for HScott Motorsports. In 2016, Larson continued driving

5280-448: The merger of Exxon with Mobil in 1999. Williams F1 had one season of Esso sponsorship in 2009 when Petrobras left F1 in 2008 before they returned in 2014. The Esso brand was used in McLaren Formula One cars along with Mobil from 2014 despite Esso actually partnering and supplying fuels for McLaren team from 2015 to 2016 seasons, as well as Exxon from 2015 in United States Grand Prix only, as they are currently ExxonMobil brands after

5368-424: The merger. In 2017, ExxonMobil switched to Red Bull Racing , as well as Faenza-based sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso for one season only. Enco, as sister brand of Esso before both renamed as Exxon in 1973, had sponsored three Indianapolis 500 winning cars in 1965, 1967 and 1968, won by Jim Clark , A. J. Foyt and Bobby Unser , powered by Ford for 1965 and 1967 seasons, and Offenhauser for 1968 season. Esso

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5456-590: The other states, the other Standard Oil companies objected and, via a 1937 U.S. federal court injunction, forced Jersey Standard to use other brand names. In most states the company used the Enco ("Energy Company") brand name, and in a few, the Humble brand name. The objections were mostly made by Standard Oil of Ohio and, in the 1960s, Standard Oil of California (now Chevron Corporation ) after their acquisition of former Esso jobber Standard Oil of Kentucky . The other major Standard Oil spinoff, Standard Oil of Indiana (which became Amoco ) largely did not object due to

5544-488: The other states. In 1888, the Anglo American Oil Company opened its head office in London, which eventually became a part of Esso. In August 1998, Tesco announced a partnership with Esso, opening chains of Tesco Express stores located within forecourts, which continues today. In February 2000, the two companies were opening one new store a month, creating 4,000 jobs. Esso Blue was the brand name of Esso's paraffin oil (kerosene) for domestic heaters in countries such as

5632-450: The points lead in the standings. On March 26, Larson scored his second career Cup Series win at Auto Club Speedway . On Father's Day, Larson scored his second win of the season at Michigan , his second consecutive Michigan win. At Kentucky, Larson started at the rear of the field after he was unable to set a qualifying time as he was stuck in an inspection. He finished second to eventual winner Martin Truex Jr. but lost his points lead in

5720-962: The pumps of successor firm ExxonMobil . Esso, along with its sister brands Exxon and Mobil, are official long-term recommended gasoline of two Volkswagen Group marques (mainly Bentley and Porsche ), all Toyota Group marques and subsidiaries (including Toyota , Lexus , Daihatsu , Hino , and Perodua , shared with Petron ) and General Motors marques and subsidiaries (including Chevrolet , Cadillac , Buick , Holden , SAIC-GM-Wuling and former GM marques such as Opel and Vauxhall ) for automobiles. They are also recommended fuels for KTM motorcycles. Formula One team Lotus had Esso sponsorship from 1962 until 1967 while sponsoring Indianapolis 500 winner and Formula One world champion Jim Clark as well as Brabham from 1964 until 1973. From 2002 to 2009, Esso sponsored Toyota F1 , as well as Jordan and its successor, Midland in 2005 and 2006, after Esso became ExxonMobil's global primary fuel brand through

5808-420: The race. Despite the car being fixed, Larson spun out on lap 22. Later in the night race, he got wrecked by another rookie contender Austin Dillon who triggered a 7-car wreck on lap 163 and finished 38th. At Auto Club Speedway, Larson finished 2nd to Kyle Busch, his best career finish in the Cup Series. At Richmond Raceway, Larson recorded a speed of 126.880 miles per hour (204.194 km/h). After qualifying

5896-462: The season after overcoming electrical issues and advanced to the Round of 8. He became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win three different road courses in the same season and also became the first driver since Kasey Kahne in 2006 to sweep both Charlotte races. In the third round of the playoffs, Larson scored his 8th win of the season at Texas to secure a spot into the Championship 4. A week later at Kansas , he scored his 9th win of

5984-586: The season and became the first driver since Dale Earnhardt in 1987 to win three straight races twice in the same season. In the season finale at Phoenix , Larson started on the pole and led 107 laps en route to his 10th win of the season and clinched his first NASCAR Cup Series championship. He became the first driver to have 10 wins and a championship in the same season since Jimmie Johnson did it in 2007 season . Larson ended his 2021 championship season with 10 wins, 18 stage wins, 20 top fives, 26 top tens, 2,581 laps led, and an average finish of 9.1. Larson began

6072-417: The season by starting on the pole at the 2022 Daytona 500 and finished in 32nd after he was involved in a crash on the frontstretch on lap 192. One week later, Larson rebounded with a win at Auto Club Speedway , his second career victory at the track. At Sonoma, Larson's No. 5 car lost a wheel on lap 84. Two days later, crew chief Cliff Daniels was suspended for four races. Kevin Meendering , who served as

6160-422: The season with a DNF at the 2015 Daytona 500 . During an autograph session at Martinsville Speedway, Larson fainted and was hospitalized. He was replaced by Regan Smith . Two days later, Larson was released from the hospital with a diagnosis of dehydration as being the cause of the faint. After a disappointing season, he finished 19th in the points standings. Larson began the season with a seventh-place finish at

6248-445: The slur and denying that it was representative of who he was. In the statement, Larson said that when racing overseas, he encountered people who used the word regularly. He accepted accountability for his actions, including his suspension and dismissal from CGR, and said that although he finished the sensitivity training, he did more than what was required of him to change his behavior; for instance, he went to Minnesota after George Floyd

6336-473: The standings when he was penalized 35 points for an improper rear brake cooling assembly. Crew chief Chad Johnston was suspended for three races and Tony Lunders took his place. A week later, Larson won the pole for the Loudon's Overton's 301 , but was forced to surrender it to Truex after failing post-qualifying inspection for an unapproved rear deck fin lid. He finished second in the race after starting 39th. On

6424-482: The states where it held those rights by selling Esso Diesel in those states at stations that sell diesel fuel , thus preventing the trademark from being declared abandoned. It retained the Esso brand in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands until 2008, when it sold its stations there to TotalEnergies. The Enco brand name was used on locations in the Midwest until 1977, when they were sold to Cheker Oil Co. (now part of 7-Eleven ); Exxon continues to have

6512-546: The third largest producer of Argentine after YPF and Shell , with a 12% market share. Esso is ExxonMobil's primary motor fuel brand worldwide except in Australia, Guam, Mexico, Nigeria, and New Zealand, where the Mobil brand is used exclusively. In Canada (since 2017), Colombia, Egypt, and formerly Malaysia (until 2013, when Petron (the former Esso Philippines) acquired ExxonMobil's Malaysian operations) and Japan (until 2019), both

6600-407: The time of the announcement, it was also announced that the No. 5 car was not sponsored yet, though Hendrick announced that he would self-sponsor the car through his HendrickCars.com and NationsGuard companies until they found long-term sponsors. It was also announced later on that, although Hendrick normally did not allow their drivers to race anywhere other than their NASCAR team, the team negotiated

6688-477: The truck without the steering wheel. In 2016, Larson drove the No. 24 truck for GMS Racing at Martinsville Speedway, finishing 4th. At Eldora Speedway, Larson scored his second career Truck Series win. On February 28, 2020, Larson announced he would be re-joining GMS Racing to drive the No. 24 truck at Homestead-Miami Speedway to pursue a bounty offered by Kevin Harvick to full-time Cup drivers to beat Kyle Busch . Following his suspension from NASCAR, Larson

6776-593: The turn 1 wall by Denny Hamlin , relegating him to a 21st-place finish. When the season was placed on hold after four races due to the COVID-19 pandemic , Larson was seventh in the points standings with 2 top 10's and 1 top 5 finish. On April 13, 2020, Larson was indefinitely suspended by Chip Ganassi Racing without pay after he used a racial slur during an iRacing event the day before. Shortly after Ganassi's announcement, NASCAR also suspended Larson indefinitely and ordered him to complete sensitivity training before he

6864-458: The value of World War II production contracts. During the years of racial segregation in the United States , Esso franchises gave out The Negro Motorist Green Book : An International Travel Guide . In 1973, Standard Oil of New Jersey renamed itself Exxon Corporation, and adopted the Exxon brand name throughout the country. It maintained the trademark rights to the Standard and Esso brands in

6952-497: Was broken up into 34 companies, some of which were named Standard Oil and had the rights to that brand in certain states (the other companies had no territorial rights). The name Esso is the phonetic pronunciation of the initials 'S' and 'O' in the name Standard Oil . Standard Oil Company ( New Jersey ; "Jersey Standard") had the rights in that state, plus in Maryland , West Virginia , Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , and

7040-517: Was also the 269th career Cup victory for Hendrick Motorsports, surpassing Petty Enterprises for the most Cup victories as a race team in NASCAR history. One week later, Larson scored his first road course win at Sonoma . Larson won the 2021 NASCAR All-Star Race at Texas, becoming the 9th driver to win the All-Star Race more than once. He also became the 8th driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win

7128-406: Was in contention for the win until he was involved in a multi-car wreck on a late restart that also included playoff contenders Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch. Despite the car being heavily damaged as a result of the wreck, Larson limped across the finish line in 25th after passing Jeffrey Earnhardt , secured him into the Round of 12. Larson experienced further bad luck at Talladega fall race when

7216-474: Was involved in a major accident when his car went airborne and rolled over multiple times. He was uninjured. On May 18, Larson won the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race . Following the Darlington race, Larson clinched his spot in the playoffs for the fourth straight year despite no wins. On October 6, Larson won at Dover , snapped a 75-race winless streak. The win secured him into the Round of 8. During

7304-472: Was murdered and participated in a variety of classes to learn more on the African-American community. The statement also said that some of the people in his career, including Ganassi, kept in touch with him during his rehabilitation which convinced him to have hope in saving his career. Larson also said that he hopes his setback "was a lesson for everyone," and was in the process of seeking reinstatement to

7392-452: Was rained out, he earned the pole based on being the fastest in practice. On the first lap, Larson got spun out by Clint Bowyer while going into turn 1 and later finished in 16th. At Michigan, Larson spun out on lap 7 while coming off at turn 2. Later in the race, he made a block on one of his strong supporters Tony Stewart while trying to go for the lead and the block damaged Stewart's grille. In response, Stewart tried to retaliate during

7480-472: Was released from the team. On March 17, 2021, it was announced that Larson will drive the No. 44 truck for Niece Motorsports at the inaugural Bristol dirt race . He finished 35th in the race. In 2023 , Larson scored his 3rd career Truck Series win at North Wilkesboro . In February 2013, it was announced that Larson would compete full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2013, driving

7568-790: Was signed for the 2012 racing season by Earnhardt Ganassi Racing (EGR) as part of the team's driver development program. In February 2012, Larson won his first race in a full bodied stock car in the Pete Orr Memorial Orange Blossom 100 at New Smyrna Speedway. A week later, he won again at the speedway during the World Series of Asphalt. On June 9, 2012, Larson won his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Gresham Motorsports Park. He scored his second K&N Pro Series East win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. On June 15, Larson finished 13th in his ARCA Racing Series debut at Michigan International Speedway. On November 3, Larson won

7656-556: Was slightly modified to JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy. In 2020, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy adopted its current name. The company has worldwide locations including JX Nippon Oil & Energy USA Inc. in Schaumburg, Illinois , Torrance, California , and Nippon Oil Lubricants (America), LLC , in Childersburg, Alabama . They have brought their premium brand motor oil ENEOS and SUSTINA into the United States recently. The product line includes

7744-626: Was the world's first household test with the system. The system achieves a greater power-generation efficiency than normal heating. The system can operate in temperatures as low as -10 deg C. In 2007, Nippon Oil was the recipient of the Nippon Keidanren Chairman's Prize in recognition of its achievements in a number of areas. They were the first in the Japanese petroleum industry to achieve a zero emission status at their refineries. They are also developing fuel cell systems as well as producing and selling sulfur-free fuel. The Rang Dong Oil Field

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