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NASCAR Waves the Green Flag, Focuses on Environment
Foxnews ^
| November 18, 2011
| By John Brandon
Posted on 11/18/2011 8:05:52 AM PST by US Navy Vet
Over the past six decades, one of the most-watched sports in the world has stayed true to its core values: burning high-octane fuel in old-school carbureted V8 engines and keeping fans entertained.
Now, NASCAR is going green and their initial forays have proved successful.
Over the past racing season, which ends this Sunday in Miami, NASCAR has used an ethanol blend called Sunoco Green E15. Offering a slight 6 to 8 horsepower gain over straight gasoline, ethanol is produced in the U.S. and, according to Brian France, the Chairman and CEO of NASCAR, the industry employs hundreds of thousands of US workers.
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Another Brian France ClusterSWIVE!
To: US Navy Vet
Sad. What’s next? Hemp golf shirts and birkenstocks for the PGA?
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:08:59 AM PST
by
albie
To: US Navy Vet
"old-school carbureted V8 engines..." "Be still my beating heart..."
To: US Navy Vet
Political correctness - The slow fatal poisoning of America.
To: US Navy Vet
We burn our food for fuel. Got it.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:13:59 AM PST
by
freedomson
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To: US Navy Vet
He must have been threatened by Obama. NASCAR probably was also told to pay some “Shakedown” money to the Obama Campaign and the DNC as well or to expect the EPA and other Federal agencies to come down on them HARD.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:14:03 AM PST
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
To: freedomson
I am in a rental van issued to me by some crowd and it is an E85 burner. It is mediocre at best. Real gas or even better a diesel would have been a lot better. I wasn’t consulted but at least some other sap had to rent it.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:17:28 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: US Navy Vet
Biofuels have routinely proven to cause more pollution than plain gas.
And the liberals tell us that its ‘Pubbies who want dirty air and dirty water!!!
Go figure!!
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:18:24 AM PST
by
DustyMoment
(Congress - Another name for white collar criminals!!)
To: US Navy Vet
NASCAR has ruined stock car racing in the last 5 years. They've turned their backs on their loyal fan base and embraced new age multiculturalism. They want to be loved by the leftist Rats. Well, The RATS still don't love them, and I along with many longtime fans, simply do not care anymore...
Mike
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:26:28 AM PST
by
MichaelP
(The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools ~HS)
To: Thunder90
He must have been threatened by Obama. NASCAR probably was also told to pay some Shakedown money to the Obama Campaign and the DNC as well or to expect the EPA and other Federal agencies to come down on them HARD. ...and guess who is the Grand Marshal for the season finale at Homestead, FL this weekend.
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:35:45 AM PST
by
Roccus
(POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
To: Roccus; Thunder90
Oooops, that should be Grand MarshalS...
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posted on
11/18/2011 8:37:28 AM PST
by
Roccus
(POLITICIAN...............a four letter word spelled with ten letters.)
To: MichaelP
” I along with many longtime fans, simply do not care anymore...”
Ditto! Haven’t watched a race in 4 years.
To: US Navy Vet
Wait’ll NASCAR goes to all-electric motors...
Thay’ll have to add a sound system/speakers to each car to broadcast that pre-recorded screaming roar of a mega-horsepower V8 as it flys past the crowded stands.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:18:13 AM PST
by
moovova
(Report my sarcastic, fear-mongering, hate-filled lies to www.AttackWatch.com by clicking HERE.)
To: US Navy Vet
First the Ford 400 coming up is going to have the First Wookie as the Grand Marshall and now this crap.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:21:37 AM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: US Navy Vet
Maybe Brian France should sit down on the couch with Nancy Pelosi for a photo op.
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:25:23 AM PST
by
McGruff
(Hold the House, retake the Senate.)
To: US Navy Vet
Did they mention the lower mileage they got with E15?
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:28:38 AM PST
by
ltc8k6
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:29:40 AM PST
by
RedMDer
(Forward With Confidence!)
To: US Navy Vet
Over the past racing season, which ends this Sunday in Miami, NASCAR has used an ethanol blend called Sunoco Green E15. Offering a slight 6 to 8 horsepower gain over straight gasoline, ethanol is produced in the U.S. and, according to Brian France, the Chairman and CEO of NASCAR, the industry employs hundreds of thousands of US workers.
Anyone who thinks ETHANOL is going to help our energy is mistaken...most of the ETHANOL comes from corn, which is driving up our food prices.
What we need is ETHANOL made from food wastes.. such as hay, cornstalks, weeds...not our food...
BTW... GO... CARL EDWARDS...BEAT SMOKE!! :)
99 > 14
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posted on
11/18/2011 9:30:14 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(Cain/West 2012....what would the RACISTS LIBERALS say???)
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