The importance and versatility of corn will once again be in the lead during all three NASCAR Racing Series after American Ethanol announced it will continue its partnership with Richard Childress Racing and RAB Racing for the 2012 season.

Michigan's more than 12,000 corn farmers support the partnership, which was established with the goal of increasing awareness of ethanol's renewable, clean-burning, high-octane benefits as a fuel. In 2010, NASCAR embraced the desire for greener, American-job-producing fuels when it announced its decision to move to Sunoco Green E15 -- a 15 percent ethanol, 85 percent gasoline blend -- for NASCAR's three national series. Last year, NASCAR completed more than one million miles of E15-fueled racing, qualifying and practice laps -- proving that E15 can withstand the test of America's toughest proving ground.

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