The green lights on NHRA’s competition Christmas Tree have gone out until February. Yet, it’s the time of year when we all see a lot of green, mainly in the form of holiday decorations or gift-buying money racing out of our wallets.

I’ve been thinking a lot about green in recent weeks. The news, and I admit, some post-Pomona mental wandering, have taken me down this road.

Let me start with what is the politically-correct green: As in, environmentally friendly. Most sanctioning organizations beyond the 1,000-foot/quarter-mile confines of Planet NHRA have taken up the cause, at least for the purposes of PR.

The American Le Mans Series has bet the house on green racing technology, although I don’t know a single fan who buys a ticket or watches on TV to cheer a fuel vs. a driver. Formula One has played around with KERS – Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems. IndyCar went ethanol a few years ago. Even NASCAR, which only recently discovered unleaded gasoline, is getting into the “e” game next season.

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