Team Ethanol Back on the Track
Posted: June 16, 2010
The biggest news out of the 2010 Fuel Ethanol Workshop this week was that Team Ethanol will be back on the racetrack this weekend at the Iowa Corn Indy 250 with Ryan Hunter-Reay at the wheel. The Team Ethanol Indy Car was a successful tool in creating awareness about higher blends of ethanol for many years through the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC).
Dave Vander Griend, the founder of ICM and one of the three original sponsors of the Team Ethanol IndyCar program made the announcement at the opening of the FEW 2010 expo. “We thought this is an excellent opportunity to showcase the fact that fuel ethanol is also biodegradable,” Dave said during an interview with Domestic Fuel. “Some of the things that are happening here in the Gulf Coast and some of the issues surrounding this oil spill would not be as severe if there was a higher use of ethanol and a lower use of non biodegradable fuel in our tanks.”
ICM is a title sponsor of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 and will be a supporting sponsor through the remainder of the season. They are also hoping to raise sponsorship dollars so that Team Ethanol can compete in several more races this season.
You can download (mp3) or listen to the Domestic Fuel interview with Dave Vander Griend here.
