The year the paddock stopped being an export market
VP Racing acquired Pro Energy Fuel Limited in July 2026 and put its European headquarters in Sligo. VP's European operation now ships from inside Europe rather than to it.
A European supplier, bought outright
In July 2026 VP Racing Fuels acquired Pro Energy Fuel Limited, a European supplier of aviation gasoline, racing fuels, oils and related products.
The distinction that matters to a European customer is ownership rather than arrangement. A distributor agreement is a contract that can lapse. An acquisition is a company, with staff, stock and an address, and it does not go away when a contract year ends.
Alan Cerwick, VP Racing's president and chief executive, described the deal as giving the company a true operational foundation in continental Europe, and placed it alongside a longer-term direction in sustainable fuel technology.
Sligo, Wrocław, Rotterdam
The European headquarters is in Sligo, on Ireland's north-west coast, with further operations in Wrocław and in Rotterdam.
Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe. Wrocław sits inside the continental road network. Sligo is beside an airport. Between them they describe what the operation actually does, which is move specialist fuel to places on a deadline.
None of those three is a sales office attached to somewhere else. They are the platform.
Four disciplines, and an aviation business
The stated effect is expanded support across European drag racing, road racing, rally and karting, and wider access to consumer performance fuel across Europe and the UK.
Pro Energy also brought two things VP did not previously have in Europe: infrastructure supporting expanded Avgas availability, and a 100% sustainable racing fuel meeting FIA and FIM requirements.
That last one is worth sitting with. A fuel that satisfies both sanctioning bodies and is entirely sustainable is not a marketing position. It is the shape of what European motorsport regulation is going to require, arriving before the requirement does.
- VP Racing Fuels Acquires Pro Energy Fuel Limited, Establishes European Operations HubVP Racing Fuels · 14 July 2026
VP's own announcement: the acquisition of Pro Energy Fuel Limited, the Sligo headquarters with Wrocław and Rotterdam behind it, Alan Cerwick's description of the deal, the expanded Avgas infrastructure, and the 100% sustainable racing fuel meeting FIA and FIM requirements.
- VP Racing Fuels acquires Pro Energy Fuel Ltd, establishes European operations hubRACER · 15 July 2026
The acquisition reported independently of VP, and the four disciplines named as the growth areas: drag racing, road racing, rally and karting.
Every blend VP publishes, with its published specification and who runs it.