It was great getting to see Ryan Hunter-Reay yesterday while promoting American made ethanol in Des Moines. Thanks to Claire Masker, Iowa Corn Growers Association, for taking the photo. Ryan is very happy to be driving for ethanol again. He did so for a couple years back when it was known as Team Ethanol and now as Ethanol USA Team …
Kum & Go Welcomes Indy Car Drivers To New E-85 Location
Teammates Marco Andretti (left) and Ryan Hunter-Reay were on hand to promote American corn ethanol today at the grand opening of another Kum & Go E-85 pump location in Des Moines, IA. For two hours this today you could fill your tank with 85 cent/gallon E-85 and a lot of people came out to do just that. Today’s promotional event …
Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey Takes Ride in Indy Car
A good friend of mine likes to say you need to get “whomped up” for an event. They’re getting whomped up in Iowa in advance of this week’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 and so am I, especially after hearing that Team Ethanol will be running again. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey found a fast track through morning rush hour …
Team Ethanol Back On Track At Iowa Corn Indy 250
Cindy and Joanna are on location at the Fuel Ethanol Workshop this week. And yes, Cindy and I stayed in different hotels in different parts of the same city last night. It’s a little strange but . . . Joanna came up with some news at FEW that’s going to make my coverage of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 more …
Iowa Corn Indy 250 Only Race On U.S. Corn Ethanol
AgWired fans know that I’ve had an opportunity to cover quite a bit of Indy, as in Indy Racing League. In fact, it was the move by the IRL to ethanol as a fuel in their cars that got us started covering what was happening in the renewable fuels industry. This week I get back in action at the Iowa …
Indy 500 and Bill of Confusion
While I’m here in Lincoln, NE, Laura is still having fun in Indianapolis. She’s got photos uploaded to an online photo album so I thought I’d point you that way. Indy 500 2008 Photo Album I’ll be driving home tomorrow but she’ll be on site for the race so you may want to keep an eye on Domestic Fuel to …
Some IndyCar Cruising
While I’m here in Lincoln, NE this week with Michael Peterson, Laura is in Indianapolis having just too much fun. She’s primarily reporting for Domestic Fuel with sponsored coverage for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. Here’s her latest post from there: There are lots of perks that come along with covering the Indy Racing League. Perks like meeting IndyCar …
EPIC Kicks Off 92nd Indy 500 Festivities
This Sunday marks the 92nd year for the infamous Indy 500 race and the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council has all kinds of pre-race activities scheduled for this week. Tomorrow, both EPIC and the Indiana Corn Marketing Council will be sponsoring discounted fuel at Crystal Flash pumps in Indianapolis. Consumers will get to fill up with E10 for $2.97 or …
Ethanol and Dario Franchitti Win The Indy 500
Finally, the race is over and ethanol wins again. Actually the winner of the Indy 500 is Dario Franchitti seen waving at me as he passes the media center. At the post-race press conference, he seemed like the most amazed guy in the world for having run and we certainly congratulate him. During the press conference I asked him how …
The Race Is On Again
The track got dried out so we’re back to racing here in Indianapolis. However, rain is on the way again. Jeff Simmons in the ethanol car has been running very strong today. It looks like the race will be won on strategy and pit stop timing since the cars are pretty much out of sync with their normal plan. I’ll …