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Iogen Energy’s Cellulosic Ethanol Helps Fuel Drayson Racing in American Le Mans Series
March 25, 2010 – 9:28 am | No Comment

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 …

Fuel Injection “On Target” for 2011 Debut, NASCAR Says
March 25, 2010 – 7:51 am | No Comment

(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 …

Todd Bodine and Frank Cicci Take Green Racing Commitment to NASCAR
March 22, 2010 – 2:53 pm | No Comment

“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 …

Ferrari Wins First Formula One Race with Cellulosic Ethanol Blend
March 19, 2010 – 6:26 am | No Comment

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 …

Dyson Racing Expected to Run Cutting-Edge Alternative Fuel in No. 16 Lola-Mazda
March 14, 2010 – 3:50 pm | One Comment

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 Ethanol to Power IZOD IndyCar Series in 2010
March 11, 2010 – 6:00 pm | One Comment

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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The DeltaWing Indy Race Car Is Not Only the Future: It’s Important!
March 4, 2010 – 6:16 pm | 2 Comments

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, …

Alcohol-Fueled Engines – Takin’ The Green Biobutanol: The Next Methanol?
February 27, 2010 – 3:37 pm | No Comment

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 …

ALMS Goes Greener with MICHELIN
February 27, 2010 – 8:28 am | No Comment

(Michelin)  The USA’s American Le Mans Series endurance racing championship, which was first organised in 1999, has released its new slogan: ‘Global Leader, Green Racing’. Meanwhile, MICHELIN will continue to back the 2010 MICHELIN GREEN X …

ALMS: Highcroft Adds GE
February 23, 2010 – 12:33 pm | No Comment

(Speed-TV)  Reigning American Le Mans Series LMP1 champions Patrón Highcroft Racing has formed a unique technical and sponsorship partnership with GE for the 2010 season.  GE Capital has become one of the team’s sponsors for …

American Le Mans Series Supporting Global ReLeaf
February 22, 2010 – 11:37 am | No Comment

In an effort to support environmental efforts globally, the American Le Mans Series will join forces with American Forests to support its “dollar-a-tree” Global ReLeaf campaign. 
Throughout the 2010 season, Series’ teams, manufacturers, corporate partners and …

Perspectives on Green Racing from Dayton International Speedway’s Garage and Pits
February 22, 2010 – 9:15 am | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Advanced Biofuels USA is perhaps the only biofuels-related organization keeping an eye on biofuels in racing with a page describing various projects that promote and encourage innovative, green racing, …

Green Racing Fuel ‘Ignite’ Gains Proven
February 21, 2010 – 3:25 pm | No Comment

by Michael Berenis (Tampa Sports Car Examiner)   The world of green racing fuels is about to change! Eddie Bello is the world record holder for fastest Porsche in the Texas Mile. In 2008, he set …

Indiana Company Leading ARCA West Fuel Conversion
February 21, 2010 – 3:11 pm | No Comment

(Inside Indiana Business)  Sales and marketing arm of ARCA West, Itzen Media officially announced that Ignite Racing Fuel will become the title sponsor of the ARCA West Series. Ignite Racing Fuel will be replacing previous …

All American Visionary: Dan Gurney
February 17, 2010 – 3:51 pm | No Comment

by Marshall Pruett (SPEEDTV.com)  … The biggest affront Gurney sees with the current version of an IndyCar is the singular thinking that goes into its design. Open competition has become a thing of the past, …

Next Generation Concept IndyCar Unveiled in Chicago
February 14, 2010 – 8:27 pm | No Comment

DeltaWing LLC, of Indianapolis, introduced the future of open wheel racing today at the Chicago Auto Show, aimed at realigning America’s premiere racing tradition with current automobile industry and consumer trends. DeltaWing calls on technological …

Leilani Munter Drives First All-Eco-Sponsored Car in Danica Patrick-Frenzied Daytona ARCA Effort
February 12, 2010 – 3:41 pm | No Comment

 by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) What is “green racing” really?  Using biofuels in race cars is certainly part of it; urging the design and testing of efficient engines that take maximum advantage of biofuels’ …

Keeneland Races Ahead on the Green
February 10, 2010 – 12:58 pm | No Comment

by Campbell Wood (Business Lexington)   Horse farm managers across the Bluegrass have their eyes on Keeneland’s proposed bio-fuel project. … The problem being what to do daily with tons upon tons of muck, a mixture …

Leilani Munter’s Green Team Roars on to Daytona
February 2, 2010 – 6:56 pm | No Comment

The first fully eco-sponsored race car is set to rev up the American Energy Revolution and bring the green message with a roar to 75 million U.S. race fans. This first of its kind stock …

Future Vehicle Technologies – One More Lap ‘Til Green
January 30, 2010 – 4:37 pm | No Comment

by  Jim McFarland (Circle Track)  Circle Track Takes The Initiative To Push-Start Your Thinking About Racing In A Green Environment
…Recently, suggestions from persons both inside and outside the motor racing community have indicated the sport may be …

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, CA, Highlights in Green
January 15, 2010 – 12:58 pm | No Comment

April 16-18 in Long Beach California, this weekend of Indy Car, American Le Mans Series and Toyota Celebrity/Pro racing strives to advance “green racing.”  Some announced highlights:
- The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is partnering …

Green Racing Documentary To Follow Only Diesel Racing Series in U.S.
December 17, 2009 – 11:29 am | No Comment

by Nick Chamber (Gas2.0) Volkswagen has announced that the documentary “Racing Under Green”—detailing the trials and tribulations of the Jetta TDI Cup, the U.S.’ only professional green racing series—will premiere the week of January 18 on …

Drayson Racing Wins Michelin® Green X Challenge® in Okayama
November 30, 2009 – 6:32 am | No Comment

(Drayson Racing)  Drayson Racing concluded its inaugural season by accomplishing one of its founding objectives: win the Michelin ® Green X Challenge ®. The award for the most efficient and competitive performance in an Automobile …

NASCAR, Rooted in Fossil Fuels, Turning over New, Green Leaf
October 30, 2009 – 2:23 pm | No Comment

by Nate Ryan  (USA Today)  …The concept might seem incongruous in a sport inherently tied to an internal combustion engine that many find synonymous with global warming, but NASCAR, despite cars with an eye-popping 5 …

Racing for the Next Generation
October 22, 2009 – 7:12 am | No Comment

by Jeremy Burne (Just-Auto)  Not many dispute the relationship between success on the track and success at the dealership, most acknowledge the global power of motorsports as a marketing tool for certain automotive brands. Many also …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Jetta TDI’s Demonstrate the Future of Racing
October 16, 2009 – 9:16 am | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  Back to my beloved TDI.  This time not the expensive Audi’s, but Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI’s swoop relatively quietly and gracefully around the track in the first all-diesel race series …

Green Racing at Petit LeMans: Corvette Flies a 2008 Winner Banner
October 13, 2009 – 4:57 pm | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)   GM’s Corvette proudly flies the Green Challenge Champion banner over its paddock at Petit Le Mans, having taken the honor for 2008.  Todd Christensen, GM sport compact marketing manager …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Put Some Teeth ($) into the Green Challenge
October 12, 2009 – 5:44 pm | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)   Bryan MacDonald, Highcroft Racing’s chief operating officer took a crack at explaining how important racing is to developing technologies with rest-of-the-world applications. His personal view of the future …

ALMS: Acura, Porsche First To Claim Michelin Green X Challenge Titles
October 12, 2009 – 8:43 am | No Comment

(SpeedTV)  The tenth and final race of the 2009 American Le Mans Series season provided a fitting test to determine the event winners and the first MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge season champions. The Lowe’s Fernandez …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Ethanol Never Tasted So Good: BP Biobutanol and Patron Tequila
October 11, 2009 – 5:40 pm | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  BP and Shell had a bit of a rivalry going on at Petit LeMans.  Shell is the official diesel fuel provider for Audi and Peugeot.  British Petroleum is a …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Audi and Shell
October 10, 2009 – 5:35 pm | No Comment

Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)  I am not a car guy.  Not a car gal.  That said, I LOVE the TDI Audi’s that race the LeMans endurance races.  I love them like I have never loved …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: Drayson Racing
October 9, 2009 – 4:04 pm | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA)   Drayson Racing (without Barwell this year) had a new, much faster car (built less than a month earlier in only 12 days) at the 2009 10 hour or 1000 …

Green Racing at Petit Le Mans: The Beginnings
October 8, 2009 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

by Joanne Ivancic  (Advanced Biofuels USA)  In search of the real people doing real work on real technologies to develop advanced biofuels and improve the efficiency of our personal modes of transportation, I’ve begun following the …

Road Atlanta: Michelin Green-X Challenge and Dyson BioButanol Racing Reports
September 30, 2009 – 12:36 pm | No Comment

(Motorsport.com)  “The competition to win the MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge continues to grow,” said Silvia Mammone, Michelin Motorsport manager. “Seeing manufacturers like Audi, Porsche and Mazda; energy producers like Shell and BP, and teams like …

World’s First Racing Car Made from Cashew Nut Shells
September 8, 2009 – 2:02 pm | No Comment

(Belfast Telegraph)  The world’s first racing car made from cashew nut shells has been assembled with the help of Northern Ireland researchers.   Potato starch and recycled bottles were also used in the construction of the …

Ethanol Race Fuel – Why Ethanol? Because It Will Save You Money With No Performance Loss
August 30, 2009 – 3:19 pm | No Comment

By Rob Fisher, Forrest Jehlik   (Circle Track)     Shortly after the first installment of Circle Track’s Project G.R.E.E.N. hit the newsstand it became apparent that the project had a multitude of different dimensions, all of which can …

Roadsters Embrace Green Racing
June 29, 2009 – 7:32 am | No Comment

by Doug Dollemore, American Chemical Society
Fast and green. That’s what it takes to get to the winner’s circle in a new type of auto racing. Called green racing, it’s a meshing of the fast and …

Green Earth Technologies Inks Deal Naming G-Oil(TM) as Official Motor Oil of the American Le Mans Series and IMSA
March 30, 2009 – 2:43 pm | No Comment

Green Earth Technologies announced March 19, 2009, that they have signed a two-year contract that will name their Ultimate Biodegradable “green” motor oil, G-OIL(TM), the official motor oil of The American Le Mans Series and the International …

NASCAR Hires Lynch to Head ‘Green’ Initiative
November 20, 2008 – 12:16 pm | One Comment

As NASCAR develops an industry-wide initiative to address the environment, the sanctioning body has taken an even bigger step in hiring Dr. Mike Lynch to head up a new Green initiative.
“Mike will be developing and …

Alternative Fuels – Green Racing What Is That, And Is It Possible?
February 27, 2008 – 3:58 pm | No Comment

by Rob Fisher   (Circle Track)  …”A little over two years ago at the SAE congress there was a meeting of a new technical working group. People from all over the racing community were at this …