Gibbs didn't get into oils because they were planning on selling oil. They did it because they needed oil that wouldn't fail them in their race engines. Perhaps that's just a line too but I don't think so. I was privileged to sit through one of their conferences and was impressed by their knowledge. Thing is, you can buy their oil or not. That's the beautiful thing about free choice. I however used their break in oil and now I use Valvoline VR1 10w30 in my flat tappet motor and will in all my other engines that I build. The stocker gets Mobil 1.