NASCAR Will Use E15
Starting with the 2011 season, America's farmers will be linked to America's most watched sport.
Compiled by staff
Published: Dec 3, 2010
NASCAR announced a new historic partnership with American Ethanol led by Growth Energy, the country's leading voice for the U.S. ethanol industry.
The partnership, announced by NASCAR CEO Brian France, comes just weeks after NASCAR stated it would be taking its environmental commitment to the next level with Sunoco Green E15, a fuel that includes 15% renewable American ethanol.
"NASCAR and American Ethanol are ideal partners," said France. "NASCAR is a great American sport in its third generation of family ownership, and ethanol is produced from the harvest of family-owned farms across our country's heartland."
American Ethanol and Growth Energy are taking this opportunity to communicate to a whole new audience with the support of the National Corn Growers Association and other key U.S. farming ethanol leaders.
NASCAR's Green Flag featuring both American Ethanol and NASCAR Green. "There is nothing more American than NASCAR, and there is no fuel more American than ethanol," said Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy. "We are so proud that the bounty which America's farmers produce throughout the week will be used in NASCAR racing on Sunday."
Sunoco Green E15 will be blended at Sunoco's fuel facility in Marcus Hook, Pa., which provides high-performance race fuel to NASCAR teams at no cost to them. The American-grown and American-made corn ethanol will come in part from Sunoco's new ethanol plant in Fulton, N.Y. The new fuel will be pumped directly from tankers at the track, rather than from on-site underground storage tanks.
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