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Article: IndyCar Series Prepares for Debut of 100 Percent Fuel-Grade Ethanol.
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- Business Wire
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- March 16, 2007
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INDIANAPOLIS -- The IndyCar Series is poised to make motorsports history when it turns the first competitive laps with its 3.5-liter Honda Indy V-8 engine powered by 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol at the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 on March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The IndyCar Series is the first in motorsports to use a renewable fuel, setting the trend for the "Greening of Racing." Indy car racing had previously used methanol for more than 40 years.
"The IndyCar Series jump to ethanol has been great," said Tony Kanaan, the series' 2004 champion. "We are definitely on the right path with ethanol. There is more power with the new (3.5-liter Honda ...