Diesel Car wins LeMans

Audi wins at LeMans

- First diesel to win

6/18/2006 OFFICIAL BELL & ROSS TIMESTAMP: 11:53:43 PM EDT




AUDI AG has written an important chapter in the history of motor racing with its historic triumph in the Le Mans 24 Hour race. The new Audi R10 TDI was the first diesel car to win arguably the toughest car race in the world. In front of a record crowd of 235,000 spectators, Frank Biela (Germany), Emanuele Pirro (Italy) and Marco Werner (Germany) clinched the sixth and most important Le Mans win for Audi so far. Dindo Capello (Italy), Tom Kristensen (Denmark) and Allan McNish (Scotland) also achieved a podium in finishing third overall.

In the race, the advantage in fuel consumption of the Audi TDI Power was visible for the spectators to on average, the Audi drivers only pitted every 14 laps to refuel 90 liters of Shell V-Power Diesel. The opposition, who relies on petrol engines, had to pit considerably more often. The fans were also impressed just how quiet an environmentally friendly 650-hp sportscar can be.

from - http://www.autospies.com

ATA - Biodiesel SIG - 17 June 2006

17 June 2006, Noon, Macclesfield Hotel
Alan Williams and I are organising an inaugural meeting of people interested in using and perhaps making Biodiesel.
Chris from Mt. Gambier is bringing along his Mercedes 300D to show the modification he has made to run on Straight/Waste Vegetable Oil and there will be others along who have attended the Uni of WA Biodiesel Workshops.
If you have any queries, ideas or suggestions, please contact Alan (8557 8955) or me (steve@noolan.net or 0428 839 032)

What's happening - 4 June 2006

Canola prices are on a strong upward trend.
This is good for our farmers growing Canola and I believe this will also increase the amount of Value Adding that can be achieved by on-farm processing.
There have been a number of articles in the local press about Diesel powered cars (Advertiser) and Biodiesel Production & Use (Stock Journal & Mt Barker Courier), so interest and awareness by the general population is really starting to build.
There is an upcoming report on ABC's Landline featuring Brendan Maloney, a Yorke Peninsula farmer who has been using Biodiesel (B49) for a number of years across his whole fleet of vehicles.
At last both Oilpresses have been ordered (1 tonne per day with electric motor and 2-3 tonne per day which will be driven by a Diesel motor) and should be here soon.
My shipment of small Diesel engines is in the country and I should be collecting them this week. One is destined for my demo press and the rest will be for demonstration and evaluation.
The ordering and importation process has been instructive and a number of trading relationships formed.