Green racing: Bio-diesel at Le Mans in 2008
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Our readers might not consider
motor sports as a very green activity, but some people are trying to at least improve the image of the sport. After the
announcement from Audi a few months ago that it would be entering a diesel-powered race car at Le Mans, a French team
which has entered cars in the junior prototype class at the Le Mans 24 Hour race since 1992 has announced plans to
compete with a bio-diesel powered car in the event in 2008. The team will actually receive support from a French
association which supports the development of agricultural fuels. For these endurance races, diesel powered cars
actually make a lot of sense, since fuel economy is crucial when having to go around a track for 24 hours
straight. [Source: Energy Efficient Motorsports]
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Me 5:27PM (5/04/2006)
"Our readers might not consider motor sports as a very green activity, but some people are trying to at least improve the image of the sport."
Keep in mind that many if not most of the technology that makes todays cars run cleaner and more efficiently comes from racing. Many Americans that think of NASCAR when they think of racing don't realize this since NASCAR's rules regulate the cars to use old "technology".
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