Team Ethanol scored its first IndyCar Series win Sunday at the Camping World Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, NY. Appropriately on Independence Day weekend, it was an all-American win for the Rahal Letterman team, which is sponsored by the ethanol industry – including ICM, POET and Fagen – with driver Ryan Hunter-Reay at the wheel. “It’s a dream come true,” …
Ethanol and Dan Wheldon Win in Iowa
This year’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 is over and as usual, ethanol won. Actually, Dan Wheldon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing won the race. He’s seen here holding up the trophy which is a replica gas pump. The Team Ethanol car ran as high as 3rd place but according to driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay, they lost a gamble on fuel strategy. He …
Ethanol Starts The Iowa Indy
The Iowa Corn Indy 250 is underway here at Iowa Speedway and the weather is perfect. Team Ethanol started at position 17 but driver Ryan Hunter-Reay made a bold move and jumped to 7th almost immediately and has been holding there by mid race. I’ll post more at the end of the race which, depending on cautions, won’t be long. …
Ryan is the One
The qualifying session for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 got rained out last night so unfortunately that means the drivers will start according to their points standing. That was a blow to Team Ethanol. The car was performing very well and would likely have had a much better starting position. Ryan Hunter-Reay, who spoke at the EPIC member reception last …
Ethanol Driver Pleased with Practice
We had a sunny day yesterday at Iowa Speedway until mid-afternoon when a thunderstorm popped up and absolutely drenched the track. It cut short practice plans although there’s going to be plenty of that today if the weather cooperates. I found Team Ethanol driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay, seen walking to the first practice session yesterday, taking a break near the team …
Team Ethanol Has Good First Practice
The first practice session for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 is just about to conclude and Team Ethanol’s #17 car is doing very well. Ryan Hunter-Reay clocked a practice lap at 181.676 mph and is currently 7th fastest. The track was heating up this afternoon as we have a sunny day, something people here in Iowa are very happy to …
Team Ethanol Driver Learning The Business
I finally got to meet the Team Ethanol driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay. Ryan was on hand at the Kum & Go pump promotion and posed here with the Highway Patrolmen who helped us with security and traffic and other drivers. He’s the tall guy on the left. Ryan says the Iowa race is very important, especially due to the connection to …
Ed Carpenter Promotes Ethanol
There were several IndyCar drivers on hand at the Kum & Go ethanol pump promotion in Ankeny, IA. One of them was Ed Carpenter, Vision Racing, seen here talking with one of the people who came out to fill up their tank. Ed hopes that promotions like this help people learn more about ethanol. He says that he’s been racing …
Ethanol Racing Again at Iowa Corn Indy 250
It looks like the flooding in Iowa has not affected things at the Iowa Speedway where I’m headed this afternoon for pre-race activities for this weekend’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. Iowa’s flooding disaster is not directly affecting scheduled events for the IndyCar Series weekend, June 20-22, at Iowa Speedway. The facility has immediate access to I-80 and is located on …
Hoosier Ag Spotlights Team Ethanol
Hoosier Ag Today has featured Team Ethanol IndyCar Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay in its HAT Podcast Channel this month. It’s the first podcast in a series HAT will produce that will be focused on Team Ethanol. The “Eye on the Ethanol Car” will feature weekly updates with Ryan, which will be available online each Thursday. In last week’s podcast, Ryan describes …