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NASCAR full steam ahead with E15

2011 was the first NASCAR Racing season for Sunoco Green E15 fuel.  Danny Lawrence, trackside manager for RCR/ECR Engines told Indiana Corn Farmers this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – when they received word NASCAR was switching fuels to E15 – they weren’t thrilled.  “We had heard all these horror stories about ethanol like water in the fuel or the fuel being inconsistent,” he says.  “I’m going to tell you what – it was absolutely a pleasant surprise at how easy the transition was switching to E15.”  Lawrence says the transition was “pretty much flawless”.

Lawrence tells Brownfield – after almost two full seasons running on E-15, it’s hard to find a negative.  “We make more power with the fuel,” he says.  “It is really more stable and the quality of the fuel was a little higher than we were used to.”  He says the only downside was they lost a little bit of fuel efficiency.  But, he says, “the power gains that we made overcome that.”

Lawrence says he wouldn’t give up the power gained from using E15 for the slight increase in miles per tank by using regular unleaded fuel.

AUDIO: Danny Lawrence ECR-RCR Racing (3:00mp3)