The Missouri Corn Growers Association reports that a new ethanol plant is in the works for northeast Missouri. Mississippi Valley BioEnergy, LLC (MVBE) announced that it plans to build a 100 million gallon per year dry mill production facility near West Quincy. MVBE recently signed a letter of intent with ICM, Inc. to provide services related to the design, construction …
Dario Franchitti & Ethanol Win Indy 500
Here’s today’s winner of the Indy 500, Dario Franchitti at the post-race press conference. He seemed like the most amazed guy in the world for having run and we certainly congratulate him. During the press conference I asked him how he felt about winning by burning a renewable fuel in his car and how it performed. He has no problem …
A Soggy Finish To Indy
This race today will go down as a strange one with all the cars running into the wall and the rain delay and then rain ending it early. You can see from Jeff Simmon’s car here that it just poured down at the end. This is on the last lap before they came into the pits and called it over. …
The Race Is Back On
The race is back on after a lengthy delay due to rain. Jeff Simmons in the ethanol car has been running very strong today. It looks like the race will be won on strategy and pit stop timing since the cars are pretty much out of sync with their normal plan. I’ll try to be in victory lane and the …
1,2,3: Simmons Hovers in Top 5, Drops to 7 During Rain Delay
Ethanol Team IndyCar Driver Jeff Simmons has held a top 3 position for much of the race. Just before the rain delay, Jeff held first place in the 91st Indianapolis 500. But, just as the Ethanol Team poster boy pulled into the pits to refuel, the yellow flag dropped pushing Jeff back to 7th. Indy Series officials are holding off …
The Race Is On
Well the weather cleared up in time for the Indy 500 to get started. Here’s Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning waving the green “e” flag to start the race here this afternoon. I’ve posted the audio of the start for you each of the last couple years and this year is now different. In the following audio file you’ll hear …
Ethanol Set To Break More Markets
The man that built The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council from the ground up is Board President Tom Branhan, CEO and general manager of Glacial Lakes Energy. When I caught up with him on the bus, he said the transition to 100 percent ethanol fuel in the Indy Racing League is a major stride for the ethanol industry, and he …
Indy 500 Reaffirms Ethanol As Trusted Fuel Source
Amidst the hustle and bustle of race weekend events, I caught up with EPIC board member Don Endres of VeraSun Energy, a producer of fuel grade ethanol. Don said the Indy Racing League’s switch to 100 percent ethanol fuel is history in the making. He said the IRL’s investment in the fuel not only demonstrates to the world that ethanol …
Weather Story in Indy
The big story here in Indianapolis this morning has been the weather. It’s lightly raining now and the trucks are running the track to try to keep as much water off it as possible. You can’t race on a wet track. We’re hoping for some clearing today and will stay here as long as we can to cover the 91st …
Jeff Simmons Reception Remarks
The keynote speaker at the EPIC reception was IndyCar driver Jeff Simmons. Jeff was in great spirits on the eve of the big race here in Indy. I’ve got the audio from his remarks to the group last night. Jeff says that the story is how far ethanol has come and where things are at with the industry. He got …