Comments on: 2011 Indy 500 Has Green Goodies in Store

By: EcoPower Recycled Oil Named VIR's Official Raceway Oil

EcoPower Recycled Oil Named VIR's Official Raceway Oil — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:24:41 +0000

[…] couple of other examples are the huge solar installation at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania and the green showcase at the Indy 500 last year, which was part of the event’s 100th anniversary […]

By: NASCAR and EPA Partner for Green Products and Sustainability

NASCAR and EPA Partner for Green Products and Sustainability — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:10:36 +0000

[…] used the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 to host its first Emerging Tech Day, which showcased solar and electric vehicles. Last month, NASCAR highlighted Ford’s new Focus EV by using it to set the pace at the Sprint Cup […]

By: Tina Casey

Tina Casey — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:29:39 +0000

Travis: Thanks for all the extra information, it really rounds out the picture. In the interest of brevity we sometimes lose a lot of detail but hopefully don’t lose accuracy!

By: Travis R

Travis R — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:10:51 +0000

This article is a bit misleading, and I feel I need to clarify a couple of things.

The Indianapolis 500 race in May and the “Month of May” events that lead up to it, including the Emerging Tech Day, have nothing to do with NASCAR. This is all put on by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS).

NASCAR is a motorsports sanctioning body that does sanction a race at IMS later in the year called the Brickyard 400, but has nothing to do with the Indy 500. The cars that race on Memorial Day weekend are IndyCars, and the Indy 500 is a sanctioned IndyCar event that is part of the IndyCar Series schedule. IndyCar has its history rooted in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but they are separate entities.

NASCAR and IndyCar sanction events at places like IMS and other tracks around the world, but they do not own any tracks, and IMS is an independent, family-owned facility that hosts IndyCar- and NASCAR-sanctioned races. The same can be said about your article about the Pocono track – it is an independent facility that hosts a NASCAR race.

While I understand that NASCAR is trying to make some green changes of their own, they have nothing to do with the solar installation at Pocono, Emerging Tech Day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, or the Indy 500 race itself. Let’s not confuse “motorsports” with “NASCAR.” They are not synonymous – NASCAR is simply one form of motorsport.

In this case, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway deserves the credit for putting together Emerging Tech Day.

Anyway, I hope I don’t sound like a motorsports snob, but I just felt that there were a few things in this article that needed a bit more explanation. I hope that helps!