The final race of the season brings reflection and reverence. The Team Ethanol pit crew paused for prayer one final time for the 2007 Indy Racing season. Just hours before, I spoke with Ethanol Promotion and Information Council Executive Director Tom Slunecka and we reflected on ethanol’s big year; the year the Indy Racing League switched to a 98% ethanol …
Dario Franchitti Peak 300 and Indy Series Champ
Just one word is fitting for Canadian Club Driver Dario Franchitti: Champion. Dario cinched the the 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 after Scott Dixon fell behind the Scottish driver in the last few hundred feet of the race after racing with Dario neck and neck. The win also secured Dario the 2007 IndyCar Series Title. The Andretti Green Racing teammate …
Motorsports and Ethanol
Motorsports and ethanol are a good fit for Ethanol Promotion and Information Council member Rob Herbon. Rob is the sales director for Fremont Industries in Shakopee, MN. I spoke with him about ethanol’s role in motorsports, what that role has done for the consumer market and what that role has done for his company. Listen to my interview with Rob …
Rahal Offers Final Thoughts
A couple hours before the race I spoke with Bobby Rahal of Rahal-Letterman racing and asked him about his thoughts on the completion of the first season for burning a 98% blend of ethanol out on the Indy Racing League tracks. Listen to my interview with Bobby here: [audio:http://www.zimmcomm.biz/audio/Rahal_Bobby.mp3] Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Photo Album
Team Ethanol Competing at Chicagoland
I managed to grab some shots of Ryan Hunter-Reay as he was gearing up just before the race. Earlier, I grabbed an interview with the Team Ethanol Driver getting some final thoughts before the 2007 season closer. Listen to my interview with Ryan here: [audio:http://www.zimmcomm.biz/audio/Hunter-Reay_Ryan2.mp3] Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Photo Album
Ethanol Green Means Go
The 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 race is underway! I’ll be bringing updates of the season finale race here at the Chicagoland race track throughout the day. Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 Photo Album
EPIC Member Enjoys VIP Race Experience for the First Time
The 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 marks the first time the President of Eclipse Inc. has gotten to peer into the cockpit of an IndyCar and meet Team Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay. In fact, it’s the first time Lachlan Perks has been to an EPIC sponsored racing event. Lachlan and I chatted about his experience and about ethanol. Listen to …
Free Autographs
What could be a better souvenir for the EPIC 2007 Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 experience than an autograph from Team Ethanol Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay? Well, perhaps a picture and a souvenir would be better. Well, members of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and sweepstakes winners Jerry and Bud Carter got both. Ryan was a true sport and was eager …
Break It Down
Members of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and the Race to Go Green Sweepstakes winners, Jerry and Bud Carter toured the garage that houses the Team Ethanol IndyCar this morning. Mechanics explained the complex construction of theses IndyCars from its electronic capabilities, $30,000 detachable steering wheel, design, construction and maintenance, down to the very fuel that IndyCar engines burn: …
Race Day Frenzy
It has already been a busy day here at the Chicagoland race track in Joliet, IL. The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council has a lot going on for its members and for its Race to Go Green Sweepstakes Jerry and Bud Carter winners at the final IndyCar Series Race for the 2007 season. I’ll be posting coverage on the garage …