Thanks to Nathan Schock at Rhapsody in Green for pointing us to a story on his local tv station showcasing how E85 is making inroads in the local racing scene. I guess you can say, “Ethanol, it’s not just for the IRL any more.” You can watch the video here or find it on the KELO website.
Biofuels on Parade at Minnesota State Fair
Thanks to our friend Bob Moffitt, Communications Director, Clean Fuels & Vehicle Technologies Program, American Lung Association of Upper Midwest, for pointing us to his YouTube video about their “Path to Cleaner Air” exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair. It focuses on how “Biofuels like E85 (ethanol) and biodiesel are making Minnesota’s air cleaner and greener.”
Joe Jobe On Video At Jay Leno’s Garage.com
Hello from the American Coalition for Ethanol convention in St. Paul, MN. Before I get into some ethanol coverage though I’ve got a biodiesel story for you. You might remember that I went out to Burbank earlier this year with Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board and Gene Hemphill, New Holland to visit Jay Leno’s Garage. While we were there Jay …
IndyCar Practice
The IndyCars are really exciting to watch. At the Iowa Corn Indy 250 they were a little more exciting than normal due to all the bang-ups. I’ve been very thrilled to have the opportunity to shoot pictures at a number of races now thanks to our sponsor, the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and the Indy Racing League. This was …
Iowa Corn Growers Make Race Reality
Craig Floss is the CEO of the Iowa Corn Growers. I met him at the Kum & Go pump promotion in West Des Moines and got to interview him. The Iowa Corn Growers have been working for at least a year on making this weekend’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 a reality. Craig says there will be thousands of corn growers …
Pioneer Sponsoring #17 Indy Car
One of the people attending the ethanol pump promotion in West Des Moines was Pioneer Hi-Bred Marketing Director for Quality Traits, Russ Sanders. I interviewed Russ as things were heating up (quite literally) at this Kum & Go facility. Here’s Russ posing next to the #17 Indy Ethanol car which Pioneer is a sponsor of this year. Russ says that …
Tractor Race Competition Video
The CEO of the National Biodiesel Board is Joe Jobe. He was fired up to compete in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race on Sunday. He’s pictured here on top of the tractor with Michael Peterson and all the FFA students who helped out at the event. Unfortunately Joe didn’t win but he had a good competitive time. You …
Trucking With Propane
As I promo’d last week, I’m here in Washington, DC at Propane Days. The Roush F-150 Propane Injection Truck is the first thing I got to learn about since it was on display right outside the hotel where the main program is taking place. To learn all about it I interviewed Tom Arnold, director, Roush Manufacturing. He says that the …
EcoJet Talk With Bernard Juchli
While I was attending last week’s CMA Music Festival Jay Leno’s EcoJet showed up on display. Traveling along to appear in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race was Jay Leno’s Garage manager, Bernard Juchli. Thanks to John Herath, producer of the nationally syndicated agricultural talk radio show, AgriTalk, for videotaping me doing the interview. John also edited it together …
FFA Making Biodiesel
This week I’m attending the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN to do some work with New Holland and Michael Peterson. The activities culminate for us with the 2nd annual Michael Peterson/New Holland Tractor Race. You can learn more about it on Agwired. While here though I ran into a story I thought you might be interested in. Pictured here …