Racing with Relevance: Green Racing Redefines Sustainable Motorsports

By Reuben Sarkar, EERE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation

Green Racing is helping to bring new levels of "clean, fast, and efficient" to motorsports competition and consumer vehicles through the announcement of this season's Green Challenge Award and its new green racing protocols.

On October 13, I had the opportunity to recognize the racing teams bringing sustainable technologies to the racetrack through the TUDOR Night of Champions award ceremony along with our Green Racing partners at the E.P.A. and SAE International (a major engineering organization).

At this event, I presented Porsche with the Green Challenge Award, which acknowledges the manufacturer that went the farthest and fastest with the smallest environmental footprint over the season of the International Motor Sports Association's TUDOR United SportsCar Championship series. Clearly, Porsche's success shows that efficient automotive technologies can meet the performance and safety requirements of even the most demanding drivers.

The Green Racing initiative is continuing to look to the future with a major update to its green racing protocols. Developed by the D.O.E., EPA, and SAE International, green racing protocols help motorsport sanctioning bodies establish a roadmap to increase green initiatives. It establishes guidelines for helping race series adopt environmentally responsible and sustainable technology both on the racetrack and in race operations. For the complete story, see the EERE Blog.

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