NASCAR: New E15 Fuel Brings Changes to Pit Road

As the 2011 season quickly approaches, the many changes NASCAR has under its belt are becoming more and more a reality. Between the possible new points system and the changes to where a driver can reach for a championship, the changes in the garage and on pit road have become insignificant to some.  During Preseason Thunder at Daytona, Sunoco released its new E15 ethanol-blended race fuel to Sprint Cup teams, the fuel used throughout the winter test, and it will continue to be used from now until the next fuel change is implemented.  A sign of the changes was initially the fuel cans. The change in fuel and fuel cans brings the elimination of the catch can man, as the new fuel can has a self-venting dump. The cans hold is a sl...

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