American Ethanol announced it has entered into a sponsor partnership with Richard Childress Racing and its #33 Chevy for the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Bowyer, driver of the #33 Chevy, will serve as an official spokesman for American Ethanol on behalf of Americas green, clean alternative fuel component. American Ethanol will be the primary sponsor of the #33 Chevy at the June 5th Kansas Speedway 400 and an associate sponsor of the car for the rest of the season. Richard Childress Racing and Clint Bowyer are great additions to the American Ethanol team, said Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis. Clints from Kansas, and he knows first-hand the opportunities that American farming and American ethanol offer our country opportunities to create jobs here, clean our air, and strengthen national security by making our nation more energy independent. Growth Energy led the effort to create American Ethanol, the coalition that signed a partnership agreement with NASCAR to promote the use of domestically-produced ethanol from both corn and cellulosic biomass. Other American Ethanol partners include the National Corn Growers Association. Ethanol is the most commercially-viable alternative that America currently has to offset the economic impact of foreign petroleum. Corn ethanol reduces emissions by 59%, and cellulosic ethanol is at least 86% cleaner. And by strengthening Americas energy independence, ethanol helps create American jobs studies have shown that for every $1 sent overseas for oil, $1.55 leaves the U.S. economy. Growth Energy, a coalition of American ethanol supporters, filed the petition to the federal government, called the Green Jobs Waiver, to increase the allowable blend of ethanol in fuel from 10% to 15%, or E15. This year, NASCAR embraced the desire for greener, American-job-producing fuels when it announced its decision to move to Sunoco Green E15 for NASCARs three national series.(RCR)(2-10-2011)
