Richard “Smokey” Young will use an unleaded, high-octane biofuel developed by a Purdue Research Park-based company during his attempt to establish a new 100-kilometer closed course speed record on Sept. 11.
Young will power his No. …

(Indianapolis Business Journal)  A subsidiary of Carmel-based Telamon Corp. that supplies racing teams with ethanol-based fuel made from Indiana corn has signed contracts giving it a distribution channel in 26 states.
National Biofuels Distribution LLC began …

Drayson Racing swept every major accolade for this weekend’s American Le Mans Series event at Road America. From being quickest in every practice, earning the pole position in resounding style, posting the quickest race lap, …

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) You’d have a pretty dangerous drinking game if you downed a shot every time a car racing announcer said “a slight air pressure adjustment” or if you liberated a …

Green Earth Team Gunner ALMS prototype challenge. photo: J.Ivancic

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  If there is any doubt that the Green Earth Technologies (G-Oil) Gunnar Racing Team stands for green racing, then you aren’t …

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)     The classic 2010 Mid-Ohio American Le Mans race was this year’s showcase of biofuel innovation with Dyson Racing winning the prototype class using isobiobutanol; and the E85-powered Risi Ferrari taking the checkered …

(Michelin)  Repeat winners were the order of the day in the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge at Mid Ohio.
Finishing second in the overall race by 0.506 seconds and taking their second MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge win of …

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  We’ve written a fair amount about Lord Paul Drayson’s Green Racing efforts and for good reason. Since joining the ALMS circuit in 2008 Paul and Elspeth Drayson, and …

By Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Imagine. Imagine you’re a small but very smart racing team with a history of innovation and success. 
Following your strengths, you spent a considerable amount of money modifying your …

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  During Friday’s qualifying, the E-85 powered number 61 and 62 Ferraris fielded by Risi Competizione of Houston, Texas, stormed to the 1st and 2nd positions in qualifying. 
Ferraris are known …

by Robert E. Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA) Green Racing fans have been waiting for a weekend like this – a big-time race where biofuel powered cars just dominated. We’re big supporters of the American Le …

(Road Atlanta)  The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón took another monumental step toward enhancing its position as the Global Leader of Green Racing with today’s announcement that Porsche’s innovative 911 GT3 R Hybrid …

(Iogen)  Iogen July 22, 2010, announced that its cellulosic ethanol fuelled UK-based Drayson Racing to its first American Le Mans Series Michelin® Green X® Challenge victory of the 2010 race season.  
“Winning the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge is one …

(Progressive Automotive X Prize)  Nine Vehicles from Seven Teams Continue in their Pursuit of a Multimillion Dollar Prize for Super Fuel-Efficient Cars
The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10 million competition to inspire a new …

by Rob Fisher (Circle Track)  …CT: What inspired the concept of green racing?
LS: The concept of green racing really started with some of us at DOE and EPA talking about how to properly advance technology in …

by Jim McFarland (Circle Track)  Initial Results For Our First Engine Dyno Session Open Up Some Distinct Possibilities For Future “Green” Racing
This project is clearly getting some traction. While initial reader responses have largely been in support …

by Godwin Kelly (Daytona Beach News Journal)  Racing history may one day look back at Forrest Jehlik and his rag-tag band of volunteer engineers and technicians, who have worked in oven-like heat at New Smyrna …

(MotorSport.com)  Lola/Judd, Ferrari claim First Wins in Michelin® Green X® Challenge
Drayson Racing and Extreme Speed Score First Wins With E85
It was day of firsts in the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge at the Utah Grand Prix. …

by Cindy Zimmerman (DomesticFuel)  Thanks to the collective support of a number of sponsors, including ICM-Ethanol USA, Ryan Hunter-Reay will continue to drive the No. 37 IZOD-sponsored car for Andretti Autosport for the rest of the …

by Dustin Long (Virginian-Pilot)  NASCAR Chairman Brian France said that the series might not use ethanol next season, going against previous comments from series officials that it would be used in 2011.
“I don’t know that we’ll …

(Reuters/Globe and Mail)  The sport is keen to transform its image with more environmentally-friendly technology such as kinetic energy recovery systems.

Formula One teams said on Wednesday (June 30, 2010) they aimed to cut their carbon footprint by …

(Iowa Corn)  Iowa corn grower leaders and membership witnessed the fourth running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer at the Iowa Speedway in Newton as a victory for corn-based ethanol and for Iowa …

(Michelin)  Victory in the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge at the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours ended up going to the HPD-ARX 01c N°42 run by Michelin’s partner Strakka Racing whose exceptional energy-efficient performance earned it a …

(Michelin)  As part of the festivities programmed in parallel to last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, the race organisers included a parade lap of a certain number of high-tech vehicles round the French venue’s full circuit. …

by Paul Drayson (Drayson Racing)  …Consider the first round of the American Le Mans Series at Sebring last month.  Peugeot triumphed in the LMP1 category using bio-diesel power, and all 36 entrants ran on E10 …

(ICM)  “Reunited and it feels so good.” Those may be the lyrics to a classic song by Peaches and Herb, but one may suspect they’re whistling the tune in Ryan Hunter-Reay’s Ethanol USA-Team IZOD® pit at …

(Michelin)  The new Porsche GT-R Hybrid/Michelin led for a significant amount of last weekend’s Nürburgring 24 Hours before being sidelined with an hour remaining. Victory in the FIA Alternative Energies Cup went to Volkswagen’s biogas-fuelled Scirocco …

(SweeterAlternative.com)  Sugarcane ethanol is a clean, renewable fuel that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over 60% compared to gasoline and can save money at the pump. These are just a couple of the points delivered by …

by Bob Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Our friends at DeltaWing Racing brought their DeltaWing Prototype to the Indiana Society of Washington DC for their annual Indy 500 reception last week. “Senior Green Motor Sports Correspondent” and …

(American LeMans Series)  Environmental Race Within the Race Continues to Grow.
The MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge returns to the hills of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (May 22) for the second season of competition having dramatically grown …

by Jeremy Shere (EnergyWorld.com)  excerpts from his in-process book on the history of biofuels:
… Promoting alcohol as motor fuel would benefit not only the automobile industry, Ford thought, but also help farmers would find a ready and …

(Fox News)  When NASCAR takes the green flag in 2011, race cars are expected to be fueled by E15 — a mixture of 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline.
Hendrick Motorsports is already testing the …

by Jim Lane (BiofuelsDigest)  …Also, what exactly is up with biobutanol, perhaps the most important fuel you never heard of  — one that is gaining serious traction among bioenergy cognoscenti as a more perfect solution …

Race car driver and environmental activist Leilani Münter is featured in the new tv series “Fast Forward” on Discovery’s Planet Green Network. The series tells the stories of thirteen unique visionaries in their quest to …

by Nik Bristow  (AutoBlogGreen)  Green Earth Technologies, maker of G-Oil, the “world’s first and only bio-based and ultimate biodegradable motor oil approved by the American Petroleum Institute,” aired their first-ever television commercial on Saturday, April …

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by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Stephanie Thomas is a very smart young woman. Everyone in the High Performance Motorsports Program at University of Northwestern Ohio says so. If you ask for a person to …

(The AutoChannel)  Mazda Australia will use ethanol blend fuel to power its turbo rotary Mazda RX-8 SP at the upcoming Targa Tasmania rally.
With event regulations now encouraging competitors to go green and consider alternate fuels, …

by Nick Chambers  (Gas2.0)   Calling themselves the “underdogs,” the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) has today launched an advertising campaign and a new website, sweeteralternative.com, to bring awareness of the successes of the Brazilian ethanol …

Hajek Motorsports raced to a new land-speed record thanks in part to the soy-based components of the car that owner Brent Hajek helped grow on his northwest Oklahoma farm.
 
…Hajek read about soy plastics developed for …

(American Le Mans Series)  G-Oil’s Green Earth Team Gunnar made history and an unprecedented run in the season-opening round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón at Sebring International Raceway over …

(Michelin)  Building on the success it encountered in 2009, the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge is to be organised once again and will this year cover the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans Series, the …

Iogen Energy announced today that its cellulosic ethanol helped fuel Drayson Racing’s “Lola-Judd” in the 58th running of Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, March 20th. This is the first time Iogen Energy’s cellulosic ethanol …

(Racer.com)  NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton says that the sanctioning body is on target for introducing fuel injection systems to Sprint Cup racing for 2011. He added that NASCAR is also close to …

“At almost 80 million strong, the NASCAR fan base can be an incredible force on a real threat that is upon all of us and impacts our future.”
– Frank Cicci, Get Green Racing Owner
Meet Todd …

by Sam Abuelsamid (AutoblogGreen)  Corvette Racing and several other teams in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) have been running on cellulosic ethanol for two years now but the alcohol fuel made its first appearance …

by John Dagys (SpeedTV.com)  Following a two-race trial last year, biobutanol has become an approved fuel choice for LMP teams in the American Le Mans Series, IMSA confirmed late Thursday. The cutting-edge alternative fuel, developed …

Brazilian sugarcane industry association UNICA announced this afternoon it has renewed its fuel supply agreement for the second year with the Indy Racing League (IRL) for the majority of the 2010 IZOD IndyCar Series season.
 
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by Bob Kozak (Advanced Biofuels USA)   It is Memorial Day Weekend 2013, the annual Indianapolis 500 car race is attracting the largest crowd in years. The televison audience is also looking to be a record, …

by Rob Fisher (Circle Track)  Racers running alcohol-fueled engines should perk up when they hear the word biobutanol. Touted as an environmentally friendly advanced biofuel, biobutanol gained recent exposure when an American research and development company …