It has been a long day at the track here in Newton, IA for the lead up to the Iowa Corn Indy 250. I’ve updated my photo album and am calling it quits for the night since we’ve got to be back out at the track early. This is what an IndyCar driver does a lot of. It’s Jeff Simmons …
ICGA and EPIC Very Happy With Iowa IRL Race
The logo for the Iowa Indy Corn 250, presented by Ethanol is very cool. It really looks good on the lawn in between the track and the pits here at Iowa Speedway. The Iowa Corn Growers Association has been instrumental in making this race a reality here in Newton, IA. One of the corn growers here who’s very excited about …
Getting Pitty With It
These representatives of the Iowa Corn Growers were getting in some pit practice action this afternoon. Jeff Simmons, driver of the #17 Ethanol car for Rahal-Letterman Racing got his first laps on this track this afternoon. He’s peeling out of his pit behind them. He just got done dialing in the computer settings with his team in advance of what …
ICGA Press Conference and Race Trophy
The first press conference of the day was the unveiling of the trophy for Sunday’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. It’s a tall good looking trophy. The group show here consists of several board members and CEO, Craig Floss, speaking on the left. Craig made a short statement which you can listen to here: iowa-corn-07-icga-press-conf.mp3 Here’s some of the reasons why …
Pioneer’s Russ Sanders Talks About Ethanol and Indy
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 …
KXNO Radio Remote in Des Moines
The sister AM sports station to WHO in Des Moines is KXNO. Morning show man Larry Cotlar interviewed IndyCar driver Jeff Simmons at today’s pump promotion. It was just a short live spot but I thought you might be interested to see Jeff in action with the media. This was one of many interviews he did today. Iowa Corn Indy …
Promoting Ethanol in Iowa
It’s ethanol promotion time in Iowa and things are in full gear starting with this afternoon’s pump promotion at the Kum & Go in West Des Moines. I’ll be off to one taking place at a HyVee right near here (I’m working in Panera Bread at the moment) in just a little while. I got a few laughs today in …
Can You Make The Logo Bigger!
I got an email today after sending out our ZimmNews which has a small ZimmComm New Media logo in it. In the email it said, “Make the logo bigger.” At first glance I thought he meant we should make the logo bigger in the email but no . . . He was bringing my attention to a hilarious song called …
Iowa Corn Fueling IRL Race
I saw a lot of this driving north into Iowa this afternoon. I’m in early to get ready for all the activities leading up to this weekend’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. I think it’s going to be one big corn growers tailgate party. What do you think? I know I got invited to one just today that wasn’t on my …
Farmbridge To Help Iraq Farmers
Susan Littlefield has put together a website called FarmBridge to help connect American farmers with farmers in Iraq. It’s actually a forum site where you can easily post questions and answers on various topics. Like most forums it can grow to include new topics after someone gets registered. Here’s the FarmBridge mission: FarmBridge.com is a grass roots effort by farmers, …