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Ethanol is Racing Champion

This year’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 is over and as usual, ethanol won. Actually, Dan Wheldon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing won the race. It was a great birthday present since he turned 30 the day of the race.

We like to say ethanol won because it’s the fuel powering the high performance Honda engines in the Indy cars. This is the second season for the IRL to use 100 percent fuel grade ethanol in the cars. The drivers love it. Performance is proven, they carry less fuel since they get better gas mileage, the air is easier to breathe and their eyes don’t burn like when they used to run on methanol. So really, no matter who crosses the finish line first, ethanol is in the tank with them.

A lot of people were rooting for The Team Ethanol car which ran as high as 3rd place but according to driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay, they lost a gamble on fuel strategy. He ran a strong race all day and really wanted to finish on the podium in front of so many fans of ethanol but it wasn’t to be. He finished 8th though and maybe he’ll get some breaks to go his way next time.