Indy Driver Likes Ethanol
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Posted by Chuck Zimmerman – May 16th, 2006
At last week’s Ethanol Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway I got to meet Danica Patrick, one of the drivers for Rahal-Letterman Racing. Team Ethanol is a big sponsor of the team and Jeff Simmons drives the ethanol-wrapped car. But I wanted to find out what his teammates think of this new fuel they’re putting in their cars this year.
I got to interview Danica just before they headed out onto the track to take some practice laps. She thinks putting ethanol in your car is a great thing. You can listen to my interview with Danica here: 
Danica Patrick Interview (2 min MP3)
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Bradley Looferman
I just listened to Danica’s interview, and I didn’t hear her say anything about the appropriateness of ethanol as a racing fuel.
My guess is that the kind of fuel they have is transparent to most racing drivers as long as the car moves when they push the accelerator forward.
Having the ethanol industry sponsor a race team is a good marketing gimmick, but that’s all it is — a gimmick.
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