Who is your favorite racing motor oil?
by Car Town
In a Facebook poll of 5,557 respondents, 26.1% chose “Castrol”. How we count
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A single vote handed SynLube a false 100% lead on day one — the poll's only illusion. Red Line took over by day 2 and held the top spot through day 5, fending off Penzoil by double digits each round. But the real race was brewing beneath: Castrol was quietly closing in.
Day 6 flipped everything — Castrol seized the lead and never let go, stretching its margin from 27% to a commanding 43% by the finish. Yet the final tally tells a tighter story: Castrol's 26.1% edged Royal Purple's 25.5% by just half a point, a photo finish masked by Castrol's dominant late surge over Red Line specifically.
- Day 2 flip · SynLube's illusory lead collapsed to Red Line.
- Day 6 turning point · Castrol overtook Red Line and ran away with it.
- Real final margin · Castrol beat Royal Purple by just 0.6 points overall.