First, it brought back memories of me going around the track as a passenger in a NASCAR at the Atlanta Motor Speedway at 180 mph in a ride-along after the race. I'm not the biggest NASCAR fan in the world, the tickets and ride-along were actually a gift for my sister who is a NASCAR freak, but I have to admit it was a rush of a lifetime.
The second reason is because my company, Hydro Dynamics, Inc., has a huge initiative going right now to increase ethanol yield from corn using cavitation. I know there's some debate on the merits of corn ethanol (and I have some opinions on that), but this is a real win-win in that we allow higher ethanol production from the same amount of corn for already existing plants. Well if you're curious you can read more at http://hydrodynamics.com/markets/alternative-energy/ It's funny how things sometimes come full circle, years ago NASCAR started as a sport among guys who used to run moonshine, but next year they'll be running it in their engines. Ironic. Maybe some NASCAR fuel will be processed on a ShockWave Power Reactor in 2011!
