NASCAR Goes Green (VIDEO)

One of the nation's most popular sports is going green. NASCAR, hardly synonymous with environmental innovation, can now claim that ⅓ of all its venues are recycling. The organization has also vowed that this green wave will reach every single remaining track within the next few years. From recycling 180,000 gallons of oil and fuel, to getting drivers to promote green habits, NASCAR is a suprising but interesting example of how all sectors are responding to environmental concerns.

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[curiousasheck]

12:13 PM on 12/04/2009

Thanks for reminding me to wear a green shirt today. SUV's been warming up for the past 20 minutes got to rush!

[mlaiuppa]

11:23 AM on 12/04/2009

The only way NASCAR can go green is to not have nascar racing anymore.

[Cryostatic]

07:45 AM on 12/03/2009

NASCAR going green? How?

Removing one of the left turns?

[AnthonyVolpe]

11:00 AM on 12/04/2009

The cars need to be pedaled now.

[Seán O'Nilbud]

06:32 PM on 12/02/2009

Why are comments censored by halfwits?

[BannedNBoston]

12:56 PM on 12/02/2009

All Nascar needs is to go 100% ethanol in 2 years so engines can be adapted.
Fuel injection is needed to replace the carburetor­s. So they can start when they are hot.

[mlaiuppa]

11:25 AM on 12/04/2009

Doesn't ethanol still produce greenhouse gases?

Won' the cars still have tires made of rubber? Many tires. Many many tires.

Why do we need this race? Is internal combustion engine technology still experiment­al? Do we really need races to test it? What is the purpose of nascar? Besides selling beer and cigarettes­?

[BannedNBoston]

12:53 PM on 12/02/2009

""NASCAR fans are the worst people on the planet. Uneducated republican­s that still believe sl@very should be legal""
Wrong Nascar fans are all types of people.

[KIVPossum]

02:13 PM on 12/02/2009

You might want to check the demographi­cs. Heavy republican base, yes. Uneducated­, not. The sport has a higher % of college grads as fan than many other sports. Plus, the simple economics prevent uneducated from coming to the races. You can easily drop a grand on a two day event at a minor venue. Go to a major event and double it.

[MaggieMamacat]

04:25 PM on 12/02/2009

thank you, Banned. Maybe a lot of the NASCAR fans I don't know are jerks, but the few NASCAR fans I do know are very nice people who consider themselves independen­t rather than Republican­. NASCAR's move for green technology will encourage more blue collar folks to go green.

[Tim303]

01:09 AM on 12/02/2009

"But why? Global warming isn't caused by us."

[mapleaforever]

05:38 PM on 12/01/2009

Although I consider myself a fan of the sport (Go Mark Martin!), it's stuck in the 60's, as far as the technology used in the cars is concerned. They're so paranoid of a competitiv­e advantage that they force all the teams to use dumbed down technology­.

Who cares if Joe Sixpack can't afford to start a team. Let's open it up to excellence and the cutting edge

[ConjureMan]

04:58 PM on 12/01/2009

Might I add the Indy 500 cars have been running on ethanol for the past several years. So Il'l call your Dale Jr. & raise you a Danica.

[sparky73]

01:54 PM on 12/01/2009

who care? They are nothing but redn*eck r@cists rethugs who h@te women

[spilkus]

02:49 PM on 12/01/2009

This is what happens when someone types and posts with out engaging the brain.

[sparky73]

03:19 PM on 12/01/2009

NASCAR fans are the worst people on the planet. Uneducated republican­s that still believe sl@very should be legal

[Hdaryl01]

04:39 PM on 12/01/2009

I believe the brain, or lack thereof, was firmly engaged. So much for open minded, diversity loving, non-judgme­ntal liberals..­....

[PRONESE]

04:36 PM on 12/01/2009

A very sad, stereotypi­cal comment,
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From a person in all likelihood has never attended a motor sports event of any kind in their life.
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Posish!
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R/ PRONESE

[martinfrosa]

01:16 PM on 12/01/2009

"Greenwash­ing" at its best. Just because I recycle an aluminum can on the way to use my private plane for a vacation flight, doesn't mean I am green.

[spilkus]

02:48 PM on 12/01/2009

No, at its best this will raise the awareness of the millions who attend NASCAR races and see them on TV. At best it will reduce waste and increase recycling. At best it will make more people aware of and get behind Climate Change legislatio­n.

[Ken Maddox]

05:15 PM on 12/01/2009

and at worst, it will have no effect.

Where is the down side here? NASCAR is not going to quit racing, fans are not going to quit driving to the tracks. Fans are not going to quit buying beer and soda and hamburgers and hot dogs, and all the other things sold in the concession stands complete with solid waste.

At worst, it will have no effect on the economy, the environmen­t, NASCAR, the Track Owners, or the fans.

[MrBen]

11:58 AM on 12/02/2009

I'll give NASCAR credit when they start racing electric cars. Recycling at venues is something that should have been done years ago (I'm sure many of the venues have been recycling regardless­, now NASCAR can give itself a pat on the back for making "all" venues recycling)­.

[jay1975]

10:51 AM on 12/03/2009

How is an electric car that goes 40 miles per charge going to work in a series that runs 500 mile races? Brilliant!

[Bedo]

01:12 PM on 12/01/2009

If NASCAR really wanted to go 'green', I have a "GREEN" fuel additive that will reduce emissions up to 89%. 100% renewable synthetic esters.
www.greenf­uelsolutio­ns.net

[BannedNBoston]

12:38 PM on 12/01/2009

Nascar isnt green its 10% green.

[KIVPossum]

02:19 PM on 12/02/2009

Most of the fans turn green after 18 beers.

Myself included.