Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Ethanol And Dario Franchitti Win Indy 500

Finally, the race is over and ethanol wins again. Actually the winner of the Indy 500 is Dario Franchitti seen waving at me as he passes the media center. At the post-race press conference, he seemed like the most amazed guy in the world for having run and we certainly congratulate him.

During the press conference he was asked how he felt about winning by burning a renewable fuel in his car and how it performed. He has no problem with ethanol. In fact, he said it helped him get better gas mileage and that was beneficial in the end.

The race was shortened by rain and called after 166 laps. I heard several drivers saying they just couldn’t get into a normal race flow and that’s too bad but I guess it’s just the way it is. They’ll be racing again in another week. I’ll be attending two more races this season so count on some more IRL action on AgWired.

2007 Indy 500 Photo Album

http://agwired.com/2007/05/27/ethanol-and-dario-franchitti-win-the-indy-500/

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