It will be the first time ever that fans can win a Indy single-seat driving experience during the month of May – the month of the Indianapolis 500. Peak Antifreeze and GoDaddy.com are sponsoring the 2008 IndyCar Series Driving Experience Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes will offer fifteen fans a VIP experience during the Pole Qualifying Weekend and the 2008 Indianapolis 500. …
Dario Franchitti Wins Peak Antifreeze 300 Pole
The man first in the running for the 2007 IndyCar Series Championship wins the pole position for the final race of the season. Canadian Club Driver Dario Franchitti secured the pole with a qualifying speed of 214.646 mph and a qualifying time of 25.4931 seconds. Sam Hornish Jr. snatched the second pole position with a qualifying time of 25.5115 seconds …
Team Ethanol Qualifies for Peak Antifreeze Indy 300
I guess teammates Scott Sharp and Ryan Hunter-Reay like to stick together. Both qualified for the Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 race on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Scott qualified for the 11th position and Ryan slid in right behind him for the 12th position. Ryan’s qualifying time came in at 25.7566 with a top speed of 212.450 mph. “The time just …
White’s the Pits, Red’s the Best
My data for the second practice run came in a bit late because just after the run, Chicagoland Head Photographer Steve Snoddy escorted me to the drop gates reserved for photographers with the red vests for the start of the ARCA race. Only 25 photographers receive the honor of sporting a red vest throughout the weekend. Previously, I had white …
Team Ethanol To Be Featured On TV
While I was out shooting Team Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay during the first practice run I got into a friendly competition for the best shots with the production crew working with John Basset. John clued me into to exciting news that Ryan Hunter-Reay is being featured on RushHD TV, a television channel that focuses on sports around the world and …
Practice Run Review
Team Ethanol pit crew personnel and Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay discuss practice one of the 2007 Antifreeze Indy 300. The team has one more practice to get everything dialed up before the IndyCar Qualifying run later this afternoon. Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Photo Album
Setting the Speed
Team Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay spent a good amount of time in the pits with crews reworking the Ethanol IndyCar. That didn’t stop Ryan from completing 97 laps in the first practice run though. He was just two laps behind Danica Patrick for the most laps completed. Ryan reached his highest speed in lap 44, accelerating to 214.128 mph. He …
Rahal-Letterman Back to Back
Drivers and pit crews are dialing in their IndyCars this morning in preparation for Sunday’s final IndyCar Series race for 2007. Rahal-Letterman teammates Patron Driver Scott Sharp and Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay are assigned pits 7 and 8 at the Chicagoland track. The drivers have two practice runs today to work out the kinks and get everything in line. Peak …
PJ Chesson Pumps Ethanol Fuel
Ryan Hunter-Reay wasn’t the only Indy Car Driver consumers had the chance to meet at today’s ethanol pump promotion. Roth Racing Driver PJ Chesson also came out to help support ethanol. Consumers throughly enjoyed PJ antics at the gas pump. The rambunctious driver washed windshields, scribbled his name in bumper dust and even paid for one woman’s gas. You don’t …
Consumers Fuel Up With E85 and E10
Most customers lined up waiting for cheap gas greeted me, camera in tow, with eager smiles. Happy to be saving some cash and fueling up with ethanol I’m sure. I chatted with a few friendly faces, Les DiCarlo, Jimmy Spayer and Jim Labeau. You can listen to my interview with Les here: [audio:http://www.zimmcomm.biz/audio/DiCarlo_Les.mp3] You can listen to my interview with …