Editing Texaco (section)

===Sports===
[[File:mansell cart.jpg|thumb|Racing driver [[Nigel Mansell]] driving in the 1993 CART [[Champ Car|IndyCar]] World Series]]
[[File:Kenseth and Irwin at Dover 1998.jpg|thumb|[[Kenny Irwin Jr.]] driving in the [[1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1998]] [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup]]]]
[[File:Ford Sierra RS 500 1.jpg|thumb|The No.7 [[Eggenberger Motorsport]] [[Ford Sierra RS500]] of [[Klaus Ludwig]] and [[Klaus Niedzwiedz]]. Eggenberger Motorsport won the 1987 WTCC Entrants Championship]]
Texaco is associated with the [[Havoline]] brand of motor oil and other automotive products. It was one of the sponsors of [[NASCAR]] with many drivers, such as [[Davey Allison]], [[Ernie Irvan]], [[Dale Jarrett]], [[Kenny Irwin Jr.]], [[Ricky Rudd]], [[Jamie McMurray]], [[Casey Mears]], and [[Juan Pablo Montoya]]. Havoline continuously sponsored a car from the early 1980s to 2008. At the end of the 2008 season, Texaco/Havoline ended their sponsorship with NASCAR and [[Chip Ganassi Racing]]. This brought a 20-plus-year relationship with the sport to a close.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-19 |title=Texaco leaving Montoya, NASCAR at season's end |url=https://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/cup/news/story?id=3543171 |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

Texaco was also involved in [[American Championship Car Racing|open wheel racing]], sponsoring the [[Grand Prix of Houston|Texaco Grand Prix of Houston]] along with sponsoring drivers like [[Indianapolis 500]] winner [[Mario Andretti]] and his son [[Michael Andretti|Michael]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-10-03 |title=Q&A: Mario Andretti. {{!}} IndyCar {{!}} Crash |url=https://www.crash.net/indycar/news/13792/1/qa-mario-andretti |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=www.crash.net |language=en}}</ref>

In [[Formula One]], Texaco sponsored the [[Team Lotus]] in 1972 and 1973, and [[McLaren]] from 1974 to 1978. The company returned to Grand Prix racing at a smaller scale in 1997, with their brands appearing on the [[Stewart Grand Prix|Stewart]] [[Stewart SF01|SF01]] car. Their association with the team and its successor, [[Jaguar Racing]], continued until the end of 2001, in the same timeline they also sponsored [[ITV F1|ITV's Formula 1]] Coverage.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Texaco sponsored the [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]] [[Rover Vitesse]] factory team at the 1985 and 1986 [[European Touring Car Championship]] (ETCC) under their Bastos brand, and the [[Ford Sierra RS500]] factory cars entered by [[Eggenberger Motorsport]] in the [[1987 World Touring Car Championship|1987]] [[World Touring Car Championship]] (plus the 1988 ETCC and other European-based championships). Texaco also sponsored cars in the 1987 [[World Rally Championship]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

From 1987 to 1993, Texaco was the major sponsor (through its Australian [[Caltex]] offshoot) [[Colin Bond Racing]] in Australian [[touring car racing]], first with the [[Alfa Romeo 75]] in 1987, then the Ford Sierra RS500 from 1988 to 1992 and then [[Toyota Corolla]]s in 1993. From [[2000 Australian Touring Car season|2000]] until [[2007 V8 Supercar season|2007]], it was title sponsor of [[Stone Brothers Racing]] with [[Russell Ingall]] winning the [[2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series|2005 championship]]. In [[2016 International V8 Supercars Championship|2016]], Caltex became title sponsor of the [[Triple Eight Race Engineering]] car of [[Craig Lowndes]], having previously been an associate sponsor of the team.<ref>[https://autoaction.com.au/2017/05/16/craig-lowndes-continues-triple-eight Craig Lowndes continues with Triple Eight] ''[[Auto Action]]'' May 16, 2017</ref>

From 1984 to 1998, Texaco were the title sponsors of the main [[One Day International]] cricket tournament in England, the [[Texaco Trophy]]. It also sponsored the [[Texaco Cup]], a football tournament for clubs of the British Isles.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}