MEDIA ADVISORY

Chicago Board of Trade Highlights Ethanol and the Indianapolis 500

WHAT

The CBOT will host Indy Race Car Driver Jeff Simmons and his 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol car in a tribute to the “Greening of Racing” and a salute to the IndyCar^® for its transition to 100 percent fuel-grade ethanol in 2007. 

Jeff Simmons will open the event by driving up in an IndyCar vehicle on the CBOT Plaza. Following a brief press conference, dignitaries will tour the Agricultural Trading Floor at the market open and then be available for interviews.

WHO

Charlie Carey, Chairman, Chicago Board of Trade
Jeff Simmons, #17 Team Ethanol Driver
Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Terry Angstadt, President IndyCar Series
Tom Slunecka, Exec. Dir., Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC)
                            

WHEN

Monday, May 14, 2007
8:30 a.m. Central Time

WHERE

Chicago Board of Trade
CBOT Plaza, outside of the Exchange on the east side of the building
141 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Il 60604
               
MEDIA CONTACT

For those interested in attending, please RSVP to Debbie Baratz, CBOT Communications at (312) 435-3625 or dbaratz1@cbot.com.