Here is part of an newspaper article about a local refinery that supplies the fuel:
As part of the sponsorship, the company provides all of the fuel for the racing cars during NASCAR’s season starting with Feb. 20’s Daytona 500 through the November close.
This year, Sunoco was instructed to create a fuel blend that includes 15 percent ethanol. Ethanol is not produced in Marcus Hook but the company shipped it from its Fulton, N.Y., plant and the remainder of the processing occurred in Delaware County.
“We’ve got teams saying they have a little more horsepower,” Archer said of the new Sunoco Green E15 fuel. “I’m not sure we’d have scientists saying that.”
Before 2004, NASCAR had its fuel provided by 76, a brand associated with ConocoPhillips, right down the street from Sunoco in Marcus Hook, for 15 years. Then, they decided to interview other prospects.
Archer said while Sunoco wasn’t the largest petroleum manufacturer on the list, she said it still had an attractive offer. However, the company had been providing racing fuel to other organizations for decades. “Our shot was we will get you the same fuel, the same place, every time, every week, all year long,” she said.
The pitch worked. In August 2003, Sunoco was instructed to have the fuel and its teams in place for Daytona six months later.
It did and seven years later, it still maintains a relationship with NASCAR.
“Even now, it’s something that Sunoco employees are proud of,” Archer said.
At the Marcus Hook facility, 11 employees are dedicated to producing the Sunoco Green E15 – six work at the distillation towers and five work at the blender.
Sunoco sends a 28,000-gallon freight car carrying ethanol from New York to Marcus Hook.
Then, as the crude product is processed into the 98-octane racing fuel, it is blended with the ethanol for the final product.
Robert A. Marro, general manager for Sunoco Performance Products in Marcus Hook, said the racing fuel has the basic component of street fuel.
“We process that one step farther,” he said.
Then, it’s sent wherever the races are. “It’s all going across the country,” said Joseph F. McGinn, Sunoco’s communications and community relations specialist. “It’s all coming from here.”
Marro said there are 500 racetracks that have Sunoco fuel and NASCAR itself has 140 Sunoco crew members pouring fuel into the drivers’ cars.
On Tuesday, a crew from energyNOW! on ABC was filming a segment called “Green Racing,” which will air on March.
As part of the sponsorship, the company provides all of the fuel for the racing cars during NASCAR’s season starting with Feb. 20’s Daytona 500 through the November close.
This year, Sunoco was instructed to create a fuel blend that includes 15 percent ethanol. Ethanol is not produced in Marcus Hook but the company shipped it from its Fulton, N.Y., plant and the remainder of the processing occurred in Delaware County.
“We’ve got teams saying they have a little more horsepower,” Archer said of the new Sunoco Green E15 fuel. “I’m not sure we’d have scientists saying that.”
Before 2004, NASCAR had its fuel provided by 76, a brand associated with ConocoPhillips, right down the street from Sunoco in Marcus Hook, for 15 years. Then, they decided to interview other prospects.
Archer said while Sunoco wasn’t the largest petroleum manufacturer on the list, she said it still had an attractive offer. However, the company had been providing racing fuel to other organizations for decades. “Our shot was we will get you the same fuel, the same place, every time, every week, all year long,” she said.
The pitch worked. In August 2003, Sunoco was instructed to have the fuel and its teams in place for Daytona six months later.
It did and seven years later, it still maintains a relationship with NASCAR.
“Even now, it’s something that Sunoco employees are proud of,” Archer said.
At the Marcus Hook facility, 11 employees are dedicated to producing the Sunoco Green E15 – six work at the distillation towers and five work at the blender.
Sunoco sends a 28,000-gallon freight car carrying ethanol from New York to Marcus Hook.
Then, as the crude product is processed into the 98-octane racing fuel, it is blended with the ethanol for the final product.
Robert A. Marro, general manager for Sunoco Performance Products in Marcus Hook, said the racing fuel has the basic component of street fuel.
“We process that one step farther,” he said.
Then, it’s sent wherever the races are. “It’s all going across the country,” said Joseph F. McGinn, Sunoco’s communications and community relations specialist. “It’s all coming from here.”
Marro said there are 500 racetracks that have Sunoco fuel and NASCAR itself has 140 Sunoco crew members pouring fuel into the drivers’ cars.
On Tuesday, a crew from energyNOW! on ABC was filming a segment called “Green Racing,” which will air on March.
