VP Racing Fuel to announce plans for retail and convenience stores in Mexico

Speciality fuel producer VP Racing Fuels is the latest to announce plans to open retail gas and convenience stores in Mexico.

The San Antonio-based race and specialty fuel company said Monday it had reached an agreement with its first Mexican distributor, Consultores Internacionales Bisonte, S.A. DE C.V. VP Racing Fuels said it will first focus creating a distribution network and sites in Chihuahua, Monterey, Mexico City and on the Baja California peninsula.

Retailers have already been signed in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, according to a news release. VP Racing Fuels, which mixes its fuel at a facility in Elmendorf, has at least 200 branded gas stations across the U.S. and Canada.