NTT Indy Car Series’ decision to change fuel suppliers from Sunoco to Speedway raised eyebrows. After all, fuel is the lifeblood of an Indy car. But the new supplier’s parent company, oil giant Marathon Petroleum, knows the Indy E85 mix well, and the transition seems to have been seamless. Speedway, the 4000- store convenience and gas chain owned by Marathon, is happy with the positive profile it gives them. Read more ….
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
