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33-408: Miss England II was built in 1930 for Lord Wakefield , who had obtained a pair of new Rolls-Royce type R V-12 air-racing engines. Mounted aft of the cockpit, they turned a single propeller shaft via a gearbox mounted near the bow. The shaft ran aft below the hull to a twin-bladed screw , first of 11.75 inches diameter and later, in trials, of 9 inches. The stepped hull design was similar to that of

66-647: A grace cup from the Howard family and donated it to the Victoria and Albert museum. The ivory bowl within the setting of the cup is said to have belonged to Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in Canterbury cathedral in 1170. Castrol Castrol Limited is a British oil company that markets industrial and automotive lubricants , offering a wide range of oil, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications. The company

99-547: A household name in the United Kingdom. The Castrol brand lubricants produced by Wakefield's company were used in the engines of motor cars , aeroplanes , and motorcycles . A Castrol endorsement contract and the generous patronage of Wakefield provided the funds for Jean Batten to purchase the Percival Gull Six G-ADPR monoplane in which she set two world records for solo flight. Wakefield

132-484: A job at Vacuum Oil to start a new business selling lubricants for trains and heavy machinery. Eight Vacuum Oil employees joined Wakefield, and the company launched its first lubricant in 1906. In early 20th century, Wakefield Co. developed lubricants especially suited for automobiles and aeroplanes. The brand "Castrol" originated after researchers added measured amounts of castor oil (a vegetable oil derived from castor beans) to their lubricant formulations. By 1960,

165-696: A multi-year series sponsorship, between 2014 - 2016 several race events acquired Castrol naming rights including the Castrol Edge Townsville 500 and the Castrol Gold Coast 600 . Castrol was the title sponsor of Team Bray, owned by Australian drag car legend, Victor Bray for 17 years. Castrol was the main sponsor of the Castrol International Rally in Canberra for 11 years between 1976 and 1986. The same

198-479: A part of telecasts of the National Football League for years. In 2011, Castrol's Edge brand became the official motor oil sponsor for the league, renewed until the 2017 season. The Castrol Cricket Index is a dynamic indicator of the overall performance of a cricket team. It is calculated by taking into consideration the batting momentum, the bowling efficiency, the performance of the teams in

231-662: A partnership with Jaguar , this time supporting them in Formula E and also NASCAR Cup Series giants Roush Fenway Racing - Ford since 2020 season due to Ford's commercial relationship with BP plc. Castrol also briefly made an appearance in 1993 with Nissan in the British Touring Car Championship , where Keith O'Dor managed to win the 9th round of the season at Silverstone with his teammate Win Percy taking 2nd. Castrol advertising has been

264-419: A third run the boat, which is presumed to have hit a floating branch, capsized at speed. Chief engineer Victor Halliwell, at the "low" side of the boat as it turned over on top of him, was killed. His mechanic, Michael "Jack" Willcocks, thrown clear from the 'high' side of the boat, survived with a broken arm. Segrave, who was rescued unconscious as the boat sank, regained consciousness for a moment and asked about

297-403: A waterlogged branch showing recent impact damage drifted ashore some thirty minutes after the accident. Following Segrave’s death, Miss England II was salvaged and repaired, and Kaye Don was again chosen as the driver for 1931. Early that year, Don tested the boat on Lough Neagh , near Belfast, Northern Ireland, and reached an unofficial speed of 107 mph. Garfield Wood then established

330-604: Is buried at Spring Lane Cemetery, Seabrook, within the Borough of Hythe, from which he took his title. It is often erroneously reported that Wakefield was commonly known by the nickname, or colloquial name, of "Cheers". Although he did prefer this name, it was in fact a given (baptismal) name, his middle name, having been the maiden name of his mother. Wakefield and his wife had a daughter, Freda Ware (née Wakefield). Freda accompanied her parents on many of their public engagements including Wakefield's business trip to America as part of

363-819: The Ford World Rally Team and M-Sport in the World Rally Championship since 2003, and the Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT factory team from 2016, to 2019. It has also sponsored Volkswagen Motorsport activities in the Dakar Rally and later the World Rally Championship since 2005. Audi Sport 's activities in rallying and touring car racing have been sponsored by Castrol, as well as its Le Mans Prototypes program since 2011. BMW Motorsport

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396-835: The Gran Turismo series by Polyphony Digital ) and later the Mugen Honda NSX had Castrol sponsorships. In North America, Castrol has been an active sponsor of NHRA drag racing. Castrol sponsored John Force Racing under the GTX brand from 1987 until the end of the 2014 season. Also, the All American Racers had Castrol sponsorship in the CART World Series from 1996 to 1999. In 2014, Castrol sponsored former Indy 500-winning IndyCar team Bryan Herta Autosport , with English rookie Jack Hawksworth behind

429-628: The Sulgrave Institution. Wakefield left Freda, her husband Ivor and her four children a living each for their futures. Wakefield was a member of Sussex Motor Yacht Club and in 1931 donated The Warwick Vase, "The International Championship of London, Challenge Trophy" to the club. Wakefield was chairman of the Czech Society of Great Britain. He was awarded Order of the White Lion in 1923. In 1931 Lord Wakefield purchased

462-568: The cylinders, valves and other parts. The amount of oil fed was in proportion to the distance travelled by the locomotive in either direction. The brand has been involved in Formula One for many years, supplying to a number of teams, including McLaren (1979–1980 and 2017), Williams (1997–2005), Team Lotus (1992–1993), Brabham (1983–1984), Sauber (1994-early 1995), Jaguar (2002–2004), Renault / Alpine (2017–2025), Audi (2026 onwards) and Walter Wolf Racing . Castrol has sponsored

495-401: The fate of "the lads". Shortly after being told that he had broken the record, he died from lung injuries. Concerns were raised that the boat's hull was too light in design and construction, particularly around the hydroplane's step , which was found to have partially detached. An early theory that the step had failed as the boat passed over its own wake from a previous run was discounted after

528-513: The group, Castrol has remained as a subsidiary of BP. Castrol is a leading manufacturer of lubricants and offers a broad range of products for various applications. The exact names of the product groups and types are : Passenger car engine oils: Commercial vehicle engine oils: Automatic transmission fluids, differential and axle fluids, manual transmission fluids: Some steam locomotives were fitted with one or more Wakefield mechanical lubricators . These were normally mounted on

561-405: The locomotive footplate alongside the boiler, in a position where a mechanical linkage could be made with some point on the locomotive's valve gear or another moving part. The reciprocation of this caused a lever on the lubricator to oscillate, and this was converted to a small rotary movement by a ratchet . The gradual rotation caused a small amount of lubricating oil to be fed into pipes leading to

594-645: The name of the motor oil had eclipsed the company's name itself so "CC Wakefield & Company" became "Castrol Limited". In 1966, Castrol was acquired by company Burmah Oil , which was renamed "Burmah-Castrol". Burmah-Castrol was purchased by London-based multinational BP (then, "BP Amoco plc") in 2000. At the time of purchase, Burmah-Castrol had a turnover of nearly £3 billion with operating profits of £284 million. The company also had 18,000 employees worldwide, with operations in 55 countries. Respectively, BP Amoco had 80,400 employees worldwide and revenues of more than £63 billion. While Burmah's operations folded into

627-645: The official Year Book of Hythe Town Council, in its list of Freemen of the Borough describes him as "Hythe's greatest benefactor". He was created a Freeman of the Borough on 30 May 1930, under the provisions of the Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act 1885 . His name appears on many memorial inscriptions in Hythe today, and also lives on as the name of one of the town's masonic lodges . Viscount Wakefield

660-513: The official record at over 100 mph (87 kn; 160 km/h). A month later, on Lake Garda , Italy, Don raised it to 110.28 mph (95.83 kn; 177.48 km/h). In February 1932 Wood raised it again, by 1 mph (0.87 kn; 1.6 km/h). In 1931, a race on the Detroit River was billed as a match between the Wood brothers, Gar (in the new Miss America IX ) and George (in

693-497: The previous Miss England . On Miss England II , the step was separate from the hull, so that with the boat withdrawn from the water it could be unbolted and moved fore or aft to balance the boat for speed. The cockpit accommodated a crew of three, with engineer and mechanic in the left and right seats and driver amidships. On Friday 13 June 1930, Segrave drove Miss England II to a new record of 98.76 mph (85.82 kn; 158.94 km/h) average over two runs on Windermere . On

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726-523: The previous year's Miss America VIII ), and the Englishman Kaye Don, driving Miss England II . In front of an estimated crowd of over a million spectators, Don won the first heat of the race. Miss America IX had suffered hull damage from Miss England' s wake and, despite overnight repairs, she was barely ready the next day. Wood requested a delay to allow the repairs to be completed, something to which he had previously conceded. Don stuck to

759-545: The quick start overs and the extreme performance overs and many other factors. Castrol Cricket also ranks cricketers based on their overall performance. India centric initiatives being undertaken like Castrol World Cup ka Hero was created during the 2011 Cricket World Cup . In 2011, Castrol signed a four-year sponsorship deal for the Australian national rugby union team and as the naming rights sponsor of The Rugby Championship . From 1995 until 1997, Castrol were also

792-417: The rules, which according to one author still rankled with some Americans in 2003. Miss America IX made it to the second heat, but only by Wood racing flat-out to the start line. Wood had a narrow lead over Don when Miss England II suddenly flipped over rounding one of the turns, but without injury to Don and his co-driver. Wood finished the race, but both he and Don were disqualified because they had jumped

825-428: The shirt sponsors of English Football League side Swindon Town . Castrol products are still marketed under the red, white and green colour scheme that dates from the launch of Castrol motor oil in 1909. Advertisements for Castrol oil historically featured the slogan "Castrol – liquid engineering". This was more recently refreshed and reintroduced as "It's more than just oil. It's liquid engineering." For many years,

858-655: The son of John Wakefield, and his wife Margaret, née Cheers, and was educated at the Liverpool Institute . He married Sarah Frances Graham. Wakefield patented the Wakefield lubricator for steam engines in the 1890s. In 1899 he founded the Wakefield Oil Company , but subsequently changed its name to Castrol . The name Castrol was chosen because of the castor oil that was added to the company's lubricating oils. This title has since become

891-523: The starter's gun by seven seconds. George Wood completed the final race to win the trophy. Charles Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1st Viscount Wakefield , (12 December 1859 – 15 January 1941), was an English businessman who founded the Castrol lubricants company, was lord mayor of London and was a significant philanthropist. Wakefield was born in Cheshire ,

924-789: The wheel. Castrol is the name sponsor of Castrol Raceway , a multi-track oval, drag, and motocross racing facility in Edmonton , Alberta, Canada. Castrol is the sponsor of D. J. Kennington in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series and NASCAR Cup Series . In Australia, Castrol has a long history with the Supercars category, and between 1993 and 2005 , Castrol was the title sponsor of Perkins Engineering . It also sponsored Longhurst Racing between 1995 and 1999 , Ford Performance Racing between 2007 and 2009 , and Paul Morris Motorsport in 2010 . In conjunction with

957-690: Was an Alderman , a member of the Court of Common Council , Sheriff (1907), and for 1915–1916 Lord Mayor. He received a Knighthood in 1908, for services to the City of London . He was involved with a huge number of City institutions and charities, and was a co-founder of the Wakefield Trust , along with his friend the Rev'd "Tubby" Clayton , better known as the founder of the Toc H charity. On 16 February 1917 he

990-506: Was created a Baronet of Saltwood in the County of Kent . He was raised to the peerage as Baron Wakefield , of Hythe in the County of Kent on 21 January 1930, and on 28 June 1934 he was further honoured when he was created Viscount Wakefield , of Hythe in the County of Kent. In his day, Wakefield was one of the most prominent and well-known characters in the town of Hythe, Kent , and

1023-549: Was originally named CC Wakefield ; the name Castrol was originally just the brand name for CC Wakefield's motor oils, but the company eventually changed its name to Castrol when the product name became better-known than the original company name. Since 2000, Castrol Limited has been a subsidiary of BP , which acquired the company for $ 4.73 billion. The "Wakefield Oil Company" was founded by Charles Wakefield in Cheapside , London in 1899. Wakefield had previously left

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1056-652: Was sponsored by Castrol from 1999 to 2014. Toyota Motorsport had Castrol sponsorship in the World Rally Championship from 1993 to 1999, and Hyundai Motorsport did so from 2000 to 2002. Also, the Honda factory team at the World Touring Car Championship had Castrol sponsorship from 2012 to 2020. In the All-Japan Grand Touring Championship , the 1997 championship-winning TOM'S Toyota Supra (famous from

1089-600: Was true for an International Rally held in South Africa, ending annually in neighbouring Swaziland . It was the most prestigious event on the South African rally calendar at the time, until Castrol ended its sponsorship of this event. Later only some competitors' cars were carrying the bright green and red colours of Castrol sponsorship in national rally events, notably the S.A. Toyota dealer team. In 2019, Castrol extended their sponsorship activities by re-forming

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