Mint Chocolate Speedway
GULF STREAM, FLA. (April 14)- - Edy's
Grand Ice Cream announced that "Jeff's Mint Chocolate Speedway" outpaced
more than 8,000 flavor ideas and four other finalists in the company's
"Invent Jeff's Next Flavor" program. The idea for the flavor was submitted
by Angie Athanas of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Along with the other
finalists, she was on hand at Texas Motor Speedway in early April when Jeff
Gordon tasted all five flavors and selected the champion in a taste-off.
The mint ice cream with fudge swirls and mint chocolate #24 cars racing
through it will be available in grocery stores later this summer in
half-gallon containers.
The ice cream will feature Gordon along with ice cream inventor Angie
Athanas' name on the package. Gordon's love for Edy's Ice Cream prompted
the company several years ago
to put Jeff's picture on cartons of Rocky Road ice cream, re-naming the
flavor "Jeff's Rocky Road," as well as creating special flavors such as
"Sweet Victory Sundae" and "Checkered Flag Sundae."
Helping Out
NEWARK, DE. (April 5)- - As
part of DuPont's emphasis on current and future
integrated science, the DuPont Office of Education
is making a three-year grant of $400,000 to the
University of Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics
Education to support the continuing improvement of
science and mathematics education through the
Smithsonian Elementary Science program. The program
includes 24 curriculum units for grades one
through six. More than
60,000 students are involved in the program, which
also provides professional development in elementary science to teachers.
Stars Fell On Alabama
TALLADEGA, AL. (April 2)- - Jeff Gordon
tested at Talladega Superspeedway on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation
for the DieHard 500 on April 16. Gordon's superspeedway
program has seen less than stellar results since winning the Daytona
500 to begin the 1999 season. He finished 38th and 12th at the Talladega
races last year and posted finishes of 21st and 34th in his two previous
races at Daytona.
"The common goal is to always gain speed, and we were pretty far off speedwise at Daytona,"
Gordon said. "With the restrictor plate change, it’s going to make it that
much tougher for us. We know we have to pick up some speed from somewhere,
so that’s what we’re here to do. Fords are beating us the worst on the
superspeedways. They’re beating us in every
category- aerodynamics, horsepower- and that’s pretty tough. We’re trying
to make any gains we possibly can."
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