CAPITALIZES ON TIME OFF - WILL ARRIVE AT CHICAGO STRONGER THAN EVER
Jimmy Kite and the Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing team are expecting a great result at this weekend's Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 presented by Mr. Clean at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, IL, round 15of the 17-race Indy Racing League IndyCar Series.
The #91 Ethanol-sponsored Dallara/Toyota/Firestone entry skipped the road-course race at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA, two weeks ago, in order tofocus on the setup for this weekend's event on the 1.5-mile oval.
Team Manager Lee Kunzman is extremely optimistic about the team's chancesafter having a good test at Chicagoland Speedway last week. "We've madegains all season, and our top-10 finish at Kentucky shows that we're on the righttrack. We had a fantastic test at Chicago and we have really used the lastseveral weeks to focus on some areas where we know there are gains to be had.The car has never been stronger and we are looking forward to bringing homeanother good finish."
Driver of the #91 entry, Jimmy Kite, is also upbeat and positive about the team'schances for this weekend. "With the way that our performance has been gettingbetter and with the way that we ran on the last mile and a half oval at Kentucky,I'm really looking forward to this weekend," Kite said. "Now, we just need toimprove on our finish at Kentucky."
Kite will be making his tenth IndyCar start of the year since replacing the rookiePaul Dana, who was injured practicing for the Indianapolis 500. You can catchthe Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing team in action at Chicagoland Speedway in Joilet,IL on September 11th. The race will be broadcast live on ABC at 1:30 EasternTime.
Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing is backed by a group of companies within the fast-growing ethanol industry, led by the major ethanol design-build firms Fagen Inc.,ICM Inc., and Broin Companies. Ethanol is a high octane, high performance fuelthat is clean burning, renewable and made in America. As a growing componentof the United States' gasoline supply, ethanol delivers improved vehicleperformance while reducing emissions and improving air quality. The IndyCar
Series has announced that it will switch to ethanol as its fuel source beginningwith a 10% blend in 2006 and moving to 100% fuel-grade ethanol in 2007.
The team's 2005 roster of supporting partners under the ethanol banner includesnearly 30 equipment and process technology vendors and suppliers to theethanol industry.
A major ethanol industry sponsor on the 2005 roster is Ethanol Products. Majorassociate sponsors are Dakota Gold Marketing, Flottweg, Novozymes, andVictory Energy. Associate sponsors are A&B Process Systems, Advance TankConstruction, Alfa Laval, Brown Tank, Invensys Foxboro, J&D Construction,Laidig Systems, McCormick Construction, Mid America Steel, Monsanto, andWINBCO Tank. Supporters include the American Coalition for Ethanol,Blackburn Construction, E&I Specialists, the Ethanol Promotion & InformationCouncil, the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, New Energy Corp., the RenewableFuels Association and Tranter PHE.
Life Fitness is an associate sponsors for the #91 Ethanol Hemelgarn Racingentry.
