ABC News has a nice feature on ethanol in the IndyCar Series that features comments from drivers, ethanol industry representatives, race car engineers and President Bush. If you go to an IndyCar racing track this season, you might notice there’s something different in the air: Instead of fuel, it smells a little like popcorn. “It’s a bit sweet, I think …
Remembering Paul Dana
It was one year ago today that one of ethanol’s strongest advocates died tragically doing what he loved best – racing. It is a significant tribute to Paul Dana that he accomplished a major goal in his life, getting the IndyCar Series to switch to ethanol, before he passed away. This past weekend’s inaugural race on 100 percent fuel grade …
E is Indy
The Indy Car Series is very proud of its new alliance with the ethanol industry. If you check out the official IndyCar website, you’ll find some great information about how the IndyCar Series is “going green” with ethanol. There’s great video from last week’s press conference on Capitol Hill honoring the IndyCar Series switch from methanol to ethanol, as well …
Ethanol IndyCar 300
The official name for Saturday’s IndyCar Series opener may have been the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300, but on ESPN2 it was the 2007 Ethanol IndyCar 300 Presented by XM. Ethanol could not have been more prominent in the ESPN2 coverage of the race, which included the “e” brand on graphics, features about the fuel, regular mentions that the drivers …
Dan Wheldon Wins XM Satellite Radio Indy 300
Here’s the winner of the first Indy car race of the year, Dan Wheldon. It’s the third time in a row that Dan has won the race. He did it in dominating fashion too and afterward said it was a lot of fun running the race. I recorded the press conference with Dan afterward and was able to ask him …
Ethanol Car Out of The Race
The Team Ethanol car driven by Jeff Simmons is out of the race after what looked like a slide coming out of a turn which turned the car around and then two other cars crashed into it. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. In fact, they just reported that all three drivers have been assessed and released, so they’re okay. …
Jeff Simmons In The Race
Here’s Jeff Simmons in the Ethanol Car on the opening lap of the race tonight. He’s been racing well and right now, although we’re under caution, they’re keeping the cars on the track so it looks like we should be able to finish this race. In fact, while I’m writing we just got the green flag again so it’s back …
A Real Green Flag
This year the IRL is giving new meaning to the “green flag.” The official green flag has the ethanol logo. I was in the pits at the start to take this shot. It’s the best of my bunch. The race started just a little over an hour delayed and we’re currently in a light rain caution but hopefully things will …
Team Ethanol Race Command Center
This is the command center for the Rahal-Letterman Ethanol Car seen from trackside just before the race got started. We’ve been hoping the elements would cooperate but it’s a little iffy. Things were delayed due to rain and it looks like it just got started raining again here as the yellow flag just went up as I was posting this. …
Bobby Rahal is Ready To Race
While I was conducting an interview in the Rahal-Letterman hospitality tent, the owner stopped in looking all relaxed. Bobby Rahal is certainly a competitor and as you might be able to tell from my interview with him, he’s ready to stop talking and race. I’ve seen Bobby at a number of ethanol events and he’s a great spokesperson for Team …