nascar update submitted by Ryan Welsh, Director of Sales and Marketing for American Ethanol
American Ethanol:
Battling for Choice Austin Dillon, driver of Richard Childress Racing’s #3 Dow/American Ethanol Chevrolet, drove his beaten and battered NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry down pit road in the closing laps of the Geico 500 calling for four tires, Sunoco Green E15 fuel and to make significant body repairs. “Start making aero repairs to the left front. We got damage,” said crew chief Slugger Labbe directing the team. “And hurry up, we don’t have much time, the motor is running hot!”
The setting is the largest speedway in the NASCAR circuit and the #3 Dow/American Ethanol race team fought with guts and gumption, gaining 14 spots in the last three laps of the 2016 race at Talladega to earn a third-place finish, on a day constantly threatened by a stormy sky. The real storm lay ahead on the track as 35 of the 40 cars were engulfed in wrecks and accidents. The Dow/American Ethanol Chevrolet team scored their best finish in the Sprint Cup Series to-date, surviving four wrecks and 17 pit stops.
RCR’s #3 crew making repairs for a top 3 finish
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