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NASCAR® Eclipses One Million Competition Miles on Sunoco Green E15; Issues White Paper Proving Its Performance on America’s Toughest Proving Ground
Report Issued during Environmental Protection Agency’s Pollution Prevention Week
In a detailed ‘white paper’ issued today, NASCAR announced it has accumulated more than a million miles of driving in 2011 on America’s toughest proving grounds: the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series™, NASCAR Nationwide Series™ and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series™.
The data in the “One Million Competition Miles on Sunoco Green E15” report show E15’s qualities as a fuel.
NASCAR Nationwide Series Says Ethanol Performing Well
The director of the NASCAR Nationwide Series is Joe Balash, pictured here before Saturday’s STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. He’s proudly displaying the American Ethanol name around the gas coupler on this car that just happened to be rolling by. That name is on all NASCAR cars.
I talked with Joe before the race.
Growers See First-Hand How NASCAR Highlights the Importance of American Ethanol
Last weekend, more than 100,000 fans, including more than 1,100 American Ethanol supporters, cheered on Clint Bowyer as he drove a special-edition version of his No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, featuring an American-Ethanol paint scheme, during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series STP 400. More than 500 farmers had the opportunity to get an up-close look at how the American-Ethanol NASCAR partnership provides ethanol many high-profile opportunities to educate a fan-base of more than 80 million on the benefits of ethanol.
Clint Boyer, American Ethanol Producing a Winning Combination for NASCAR
By Mike Haag – San Antonio Express-News
When NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Clint Bowyer straps on his race helmet and climbs into his race car this weekend at Kansas Speedway for the STP 400, he will proudly carry the American Ethanol paint scheme on his No.
NASCAR Season Kicks Off with Ethanol
With an attendance of well over 100,000 and a broadcast audience in the millions, NASCAR’s exciting Daytona 500 – dubbed “The Great American Race” – had a crucial difference this past Sunday: the cars were all fueled with a 15 percent blend of ethanol as part of the NASCAR American Ethanol partnership involving the National Corn Growers Association and Growth Energy.
Daytona 500
The countdown to Daytona continues! It's only days away to America’s top premiere racing event, and the introduction of American Ethanol as a partner with NASCAR, America’s top-racing series.
National Corn Growers Association Becomes Official Partner of NASCAR
As the 2011 NASCAR season launches with a new, greener fuel, the nation’s corn growers are joining forces with NASCAR to promote the use of corn-based American ethanol. As an Official Partner of NASCAR, The National Corn Growers Association will leverage its relationship to spread the message to NASCAR fans around the country about the role American farmers play in the development of ethanol.
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Nation's Corn Farmers Support American Ethanol Partnership with NASCAR
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The National Corn Growers Association and its state affiliates are among the organizations backing American Ethanol, a partnership including Growth Energy and NASCAR. This new partnership, announced by NASCAR today, comes after the popular racing organization said in October it would fuel all races with E15, a 15 percent corn ethanol blend, starting with the 2011 season. |
Rising Prices Improve Outlook for Corn Farmers
“I'm happy. I have a whole better outlook on life,” Schmidt, who farms near La Salle, said with a laugh. The cause of his happiness was the increase in the price of corn, which has jumped to more than $5 a bushel in the past week or more and continues to climb.
In Schmidt's case, he said he had completed his harvest of 325 acres of the corn for grain crop. All of it, he said, was high-moisture corn that is harvested before it is dry enough to store in bins.
NASCAR Helps Drive Ethanol & Farmers Forward to Victory
NASCAR’s announcement Saturday, October 16, that it will race with E-15 fuel in its three national touring series starting next week is great news for the ethanol industry and U.S. corn farmers, the National Corn Growers Association said. It’s part of an important growing relationship that can help those off the farm learn more about where their food and fuel come from.
“We salute NASCAR for taking this great step forward,” said NCGA President Bart Schott, a corn farmer in Kulm, N.D. “With this and the decision by the U.S.
