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5.0&SF E85 Mustang Shootout (UPDATED 09-30-08)

Is your Mustang the baddest corn-fed Pony around?

writer: Steve Turner

 E85 Mustang Shootout

HERE'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, A LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS FOR THE E85 SHOOTOUT. CHECK OUT THE NAMES AND PICS BELOW!

E85 Challenge List

Driver - Car

Dan Schoneck - '08 Shelby GT500

Bill Olander - '95 Mustang Cobra

Chuck Hoekstra - '89 Mustang LX

Steve Shrader - '99 Mustang GT

Scott Kaczmar - '86 Mustang

Keith Lopez - '79 Mustang

Kyle Step - '93 Mustang LX Convertible

Adam Ford - '85 Mustang GT

Steve Dembinski - '89 Mustang LX

Don Bowles - '05 Mustang GT

Jeff Lange - '88 Mustang LX

Will Carroll - '05 Mustang GT

Eric Lozowski - '88 Mustang GT

Justin Starkey - '07 Shelby GT500


 E85 Shootout Adam Ford
Adam Ford
 E85 Shootout Bill Olander
Bill Olander
 E85 Shootout Chuck Hoekstra
Chuck Hoekstra
 E85 Shootout Dan Schoneck
Dan Schoneck
 E85 Shootout Don Bowles
Don Bowles
 E85 Shootout Eric Lozowski
Eric Lozowski
 E85 Shootout Jeff Lange
Jeff Lange
 E85 Shootout Justin Starkey
Justin Starkey
 E85 Shootout Keith Lopez
Keith Lopez
 E85 Shootout Kyle Stepp
Kyle Stepp
 E85 Shootout Scott Kaczmar
Scott Kaczmar
 E85 Shootout Steve Dembinski
Steve Dembinski
 E85 Shootout Steve Shrader
Steve Shrader
 E85 Shootout Will Carroll
Will Carroll

By now you know that E85 offers race-gas octane at pump gas prices, and we've seen some Mustangs making huge power on "corn." Doing so could easily be the "green" way for Mustang enthusiasts to go racing in the future.

As such, we've decided to put together an E85 Mustang Shootout this fall at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois, in conjunction with Center Ethanol, Illinois Corn Growers, and Illinois Corn Marketing Board. Our goal is to see just how quick Mustangs can conquer the quarter-mile running E85.

The rules are simple: Have a Mustang set up to run E85. That's it. Now, we want to pick the best cars running a variety of combinations, so if you want to participate, send us some snapshots of your car along with a description of its combination and to-date performance on the dyno and quarter-mile.

We'll review the submissions, then pick 10 of the baddest E85-burning 'Stangs to square off at Gateway in mid-October.

So, what are you waiting for? Get your submissions to us by no later than September 5, 2008. Send them to 5.0&SF E85 Shootout, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619 or 5.0mailbag@sourceinterlink.com.


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