I had a great time at the Indy 250 last weekend. The race was at the new Iowa Speedway in Newton. Newton was an exceptional host for the IndyCar Pro Series and the Iowa Speedway found itself a good home. The coming events should look forward to the fine facilities.

The Iowa Speedway was one of 17 stops in the series and brought drivers, sponsors and fans from all over the world. I had the opportunity to meet each of the drivers before the race started.

The Iowa Corn Indy 250 also did a great job promoting ethanol and renewable fuels. This race was sponsored by corn and ethanol producers and starting this year every car in the Indy Racing League is running on 100 percent ethanol. Iowa is the perfect home for one of IndyCar’s national races since we are the #1 producer of corn and ethanol in the country. I’m glad someone else has come to realize that ethanol is good, good, good.