But "green" fuel is not part of the picture at NASCAR races. Using "The Official Fuel of NASCAR," also known as high-octane "110 Leaded Racing Gasoline," as many as 50 drivers spin around 40 major tracks (and an unknown number of lesser venues). Each track averages 10 250- to 500-mile races per week in the summer, and the average race lasts two hours. These figures do not count practice runs.
According to the radio show Living on Earth, "The Environmental Protection Agency says the form of lead used in gasoline, alkyl lead, can cause neurological damage, mood swings and memory loss at very low levels. Children are especially vulnerable. A report EPA drafted five years ago says lead particles could remain airborne around race tracks and spectators and residents nearby might be at risk."
Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, says that "government is asleep at the switch" when it comes to regulating use of leaded gas by NASCAR. In a letter to NASCAR last January, O'Donnell wrote, "By permitting the continued use of lead, your organization may be putting millions of spectators and nearby residents at unnecessary risk of suffering serious health effects…Even low levels of lead damage the brain and nerves in fetuses and young children, resulting in learning deficits and lowered IQ."
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At the average consumption of two miles per gallon in a 250-mile race, 125 gallons of fuel would be required per car. Multiply that by 40 cars in one race, and each event consumes the staggering figure of 5,000 gallons of gasoline! If there are 10 races per week, that's 50,000 gallons. Multiply that by the number of NASCAR official tracks (not counting small ones), and the fuel consumption rises astronomically—to roughly two million gallons for one season!
I guess if I'm going to have a woman of my own in the future, I'll have to put up with that for rest of my life. 
