Editing Sunoco (section)

==Motorsports partnerships==
[[File:1969 Chevrolet Sunoco Camaro No. 6 Sonoma 2021.jpg|thumb|right| [[Team Penske]]'s No. 6 1969 Sunoco [[Chevrolet Camaro]] raced in the [[Trans-Am Series]].]]
[[File:Sunoco Porsche Audi Le Mans 917 30 (14573666495).jpg|thumb|right|[[Team Penske]]'s Sunoco [[Porsche]] + [[Audi]] 1973 Can-Am Serie car]]
[[File:1972MarkDonohueIndy500.JPG|thumb|right| [[Team Penske]]'s [[1972 Indianapolis 500]] winning [[McLaren M16|McLaren M-6B]] powered by [[Offenhauser]] race car]]
The Sunoco fuel brand was [[Team Penske]]'s sponsor of choice for many years, particularly in the Sports Car Club of America [[Trans-Am Series]], where [[Roger Penske]]'s Sunoco [[Camaro]]s won the championship in 1968 and 1969. Sunoco also sponsored Penske [[Porsche]] + [[Audi]] Le Mans in the Sports Car Club of America [[Can-Am]] series, and Penske won his first [[Indianapolis 500]] in 1972 with driver [[Mark Donohue]].
[[File:Charlie Kimball Refuelling Paddock GPSP 27March2011 (14512917828).jpg|thumb|right| A Sunoco fuel tanker truck refueling [[Charlie Kimball]]'s No. 83 [[Honda]] [[IndyCar]]]]
[[File:Honda Indy Toronto 09 (3715003996).jpg|thumb|right| Sunoco Ultra94 sponsored No. 94 NASCAR display at the [[Honda Indy Toronto]] race.]]

[[NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour]] standout [[Charlie Rudolph]] made five appearances in the [[NASCAR Winston Cup Series]] (now NASCAR Cup Series) in 1987, bringing Sunoco into the sport for the first time.<ref>{{cite book| last = Huff| first = Richard M.| title = Behind the Wall: A Season On the NASCAR Circuit| publisher = Bonus Books| date = 1994| page=52-54| isbn = 9781566250115}}</ref>  Between 1989 and 1992, Sunoco sponsored [[Hagan Enterprises|Hagan Racing]]. [[Sterling Marlin]] drove the No. 94 Sunoco Ultra94 [[Oldsmobile]] during the 1989–90 seasons and [[Terry Labonte]] for the 1991–92 seasons.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bostonherald.com/2008/06/nascar_numerology_what%E2%80%99s_car_number | title=NASCAR Numerology: What's in a Car Number? | first=David | last=Exum | work=[[Boston Herald]] | date=June 13, 2008}}</ref>

From 1995 to 1997, Sunoco was the primary sponsor of [[ST Motorsports]] No. 47 [[Chevrolet]], driven by [[Jeff Fuller (racing driver)|Jeff Fuller]]. Fuller captured his lone [[NASCAR Busch Grand National Series]] (now NASCAR Xfinity Series) victory at [[Bristol Motor Speedway]] on August 23, 1996.

In 2003, Sunoco was named the ''Official Fuel of [[NASCAR]]''.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/2003/08/16/what-a-gas-sunoco-lands-10-year-deal-with-nascar/8bc199e9-d642-4cb4-a9a3-886f6a6a8d28/ "What a Gas: Sunoco Lands 10-Year Deal With NASCAR"] ''Washington Post''. Retrieved 2023-04-19.</ref>
Starting in the [[2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series]] Sunoco introduced a new race fuel Green [[E15 fuel|E15]] 98 [[octane]] racing fuel which is still used in the NASCAR Cup Series today.

Sunoco was the ''Official Fuel of the NTT [[IndyCar Series]]'' from 2011 through 2018, and the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] from 2015 through 2018.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100527006211/en/Sunoco-Official-Fuel-Indy-Racing-League-2011 | title=Sunoco to Become Official Fuel of Indy Racing League in 2011 | publisher=[[Business Wire]] | date=May 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2018/11/27/indycar-ims-land-speedway-official-fuel-partner/2126088002/|title= IndyCar, IMS land Speedway as official fuel partner}}</ref> New for the [[2012 IndyCar season|2012 IZOD IndyCar Series]], Sunoco introduced a new [[Ethanol fuel|ethanol]] fuel blend rate that was reduced to [[E85]] formula in a reference of road car relevance.

In 2013, Sunoco sponsored the No. 60 [[Panther Racing]] [[Chevrolet]] in the [[2013 Indianapolis 500]] with driver [[Townsend Bell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.motorsport.com/indycar/news/townsend-bell-returns-to-panther-racing-for-97th-indianapolis-500/2673969/|title = Townsend Bell returns to Panther Racing for 97th Indianapolis 500}}</ref> Following their participation in that event, Sunoco partnered with [[KV Racing]] and driver [[Tony Kanaan]], who won the [[2013 Indianapolis 500]], for a four-race primary sponsorship agreement.

Sunoco was the ''Official Fuel of the [[National Hot Rod Association]]'' from 2015 through 2024.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.motorsport.com/nhra/news/sunoco-to-become-official-sponsor-of-nhra/ | title=Sunoco to become official sponsor of NHRA | work=[[Motor Sport (magazine)|Motor Sport]] | date=May 5, 2014}}</ref>

In 2016, Sunoco was the founding partner of the "Daytona Rising" project, which was highlighted by the reimagining of the historic [[Daytona International Speedway]]. The Sunoco Injector, a branded fan engagement area built as part of the new speedway section opened during the [[Daytona 500]] weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunocoracefuels.com/wc-article/sunoco-becomes-founding-partner-of-daytona-rising-project-at-daytona-international-speedway|title = Sunoco Race Fuels}}</ref>

In 2017/2018, Sunoco became the ''Official Fuel for the Canadian Snow Cross Circuit''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunocoracefuels.com/wc-article/csra-welcomes-sunoco-race-fuels-official-race-fuel-canadian-national-snowcross-championships|title=Sunoco Race Fuels}}</ref>

In 2019, Sunoco signed on to be the presenting sponsor of the [[Richmond Raceway]] [[eSports]] Fueled By Sunoco, an [[eNASCAR]] [[iRacing]] [[World Championship]] Series team, with Malik Ray driving the No. 90 Sunoco [[Toyota Camry]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.richmondraceway.com/Articles/2019/02/RR-eSports-Sunoco.aspx |title=Richmond Raceway & Sunoco Partner on Naming Rights to Richmond Raceway eSports Platform - Richmond Raceway |access-date=2020-01-24 |archive-date=2020-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124195241/https://www.richmondraceway.com/Articles/2019/02/RR-eSports-Sunoco.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2020, defending series champion Zack Novak piloted the Sunoco sponsored entry, with Jimmy Mullis as his Richmond Raceway eSports teammate in the No. 46 [[Toyota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richmondraceway.com/Articles/2020/01/eSports-Novak-Mullis.aspx |title=Richmond Raceway |publisher=RichmondRaceway.com |date= |accessdate=2021-12-11}}</ref> In 2024, Sunoco became the sponsor of Letarte Racing.<ref>[https://simracing.wiki/LETARTE_eSports "LETARTE eSports"] ''SimRacing''. Retrieved 2025-02-07.</ref>

As of 2023, Sunoco completed its 20th season as the ''Official Fuel of [[NASCAR]]''.<ref>[https://www.theglen.com/2022/08/16/long-time-nascar-partner-sunoco-named-watkins-glen-nascar-xfinity-series-race-entitlement-partner/ "Long-time NASCAR Partner Sunoco Named Watkins Glen NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Entitlement Partner"] Watkins Glen International. Retrieved 2023-04-19.</ref>

In 2024, the company announced a two-year agreement with [[Sauber Motorsport]] to sponsor its [[Formula One| Formula 1]] racing team.<ref>[https://us.motorsport.com/f1/news/sunoco-returns-to-f1-with-sauber-after-48-year-absence/10579023/ "Sunoco returns to F1 with Sauber after 48-year absence"] ''Motorsport''. Retrieved 2024-03-17.</ref><ref>[https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sunoco-energy-transfer-sign-first-160000273.html "Sunoco and Energy Transfer Sign First Joint Multi-Year Partnership With Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber"] ''Yahoo! Finance''. Retrieved 2024-03-17.</ref>